Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

2 – 3

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 3 Sep 2020 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45+1' · FT 45+5'

Pablo Bonilla 12' Y

Renzo Zambrano 48' Y

Y 63' Julian Araujo

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Adam Garner
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Joe Dickerson

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 4.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers 2019-07-28 Portland Timbers 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Portland Timbers 2018-06-02 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–3	L
30 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	4–4	D
24 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–3	L
12 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W
06 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
02 Aug	New York City FC	A	3–1	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	3–2	W
30 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–2	W
22 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
24 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
19 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–6	L
14 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Los Angeles Galaxy
#28	Position	#24
14	Points	20
14	Played	15
4 / 2 / 8	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 5
22	Scored	22
28	Conceded	22
-6	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	1.33
29%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Providence Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Portland Timbers and Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' Julio Cascante needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
12' Pablo Bonilla picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
15' The Mexico Efrain Alvarez breaks the deadlock on 15 minutes. 0-1!
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Emiliano Insua made 438 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Los Angeles Galaxy are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
35' It’s high time Guillermo Schelotto made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
48' A moment of madness from Renzo Zambrano on 48 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Portland Timbers will be frustrated.
50' Cristian Pavon adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
56' Sebastian Blanco has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tomas Conechny on 56 minute.
61' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
62' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Sebastian Lletget is withdrawn and Jonathan dos Santos gets his opportunity.
63' Julian Araujo was booked on 63.
67' The Chile Felipe Mora breaks the deadlock on 67 minutes. 1-2!
71' Joe Corona has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 71 minutes.
75' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Julian Araujo trudges off to be replaced by Rolf Feltscher on 75 minutes.
78' Yimmi Chara is replacing Pablo Bonilla for the Portland Timbers side.
83' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
87' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Ethan Zubak trudges off to be replaced by Cameron Dunbar on 87 minutes.
88' Diego Valeri gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Renzo Zambrano and will look to change the dynamic.
It finishes all square. Portland Timbers and Los Angeles Galaxy share the spoils 2-3.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

7
Andy Polo
19
Tomas Conechny ↓ Sebastian Blanco 56'
1
Jeff Attinella C
18
Julio Cascante
25
Bill Tuiloma
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Eryk Williamson 56'
32
Marco Farfan
40
Renzo Zambrano ↓ Diego Valeri 88'
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 56'
9
Felipe Mora
28
Pablo Bonilla ↓ Yimmi Chara 78'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

3
Emiliano Insua
2
Perry Kitchen
17
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Jonathan dos Santos 62'
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres C
29
Ethan Zubak ↓ Cameron Dunbar 87'
10
Cristian Pavon
26
Efrain Alvarez ↓ Emil Cuello 75'
22
Julian Araujo ↓ Rolf Feltscher 75'
15
Joe Corona
20
Nick DePuy

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Felipe Mora	8
Diego Valeri	6
Jeremy Ebobisse	6
Javier Hernandez	4
Cristian Pavon	4
Sebastian Blanco	3
Jonathan Rodriguez	3
Santiago Moreno	3

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-08-12 Portland Timbers 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2020-08-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-08-22 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-07-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2020-07-19 Los Angeles FC 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.91 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.98 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers38% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy38%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

62%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

62%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers30% Draw39% Los Angeles Galaxy31%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 3

Actual

3 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 2

4.1%

2 – 0

3.8%

0 – 1

3.6%

1 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	11%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	17%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	18%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.