Thursday , 2 July 2026

Portland Timbers vs Nashville SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Portland Timbers
1 – 0
Full Time
Nashville SC
Sun 8 Mar 2020 · 23:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45+4'
Larrys Mabiala 5' Y
Y 29' Daniel Lovitz
Diego Chara 84' Y
Chris Duvall 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Nashville SC — MLS at Providence Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Guido Gonzalez
  • Referee Jose Da Silva
  • Referee Chris Elliott
  • Referee Ricardo Salazar
13 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game

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

2
2
1
Portland Timbers 5 games · Avg 2.8 goals Nashville SC
Last 5 meetings
2020-03-08 Portland Timbers 1–0 Nashville SC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Mar Nashville SC H 1–0 W
02 Mar Minnesota United FC H 1–3 L
20 Oct Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
06 Oct San Jose Earthquakes H 3–1 W
29 Sep Sporting Kansas City A 2–2 D
26 Sep New England Revolution H 2–2 D
Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Mar Portland Timbers A 0–1 L
01 Mar Atlanta United FC H 1–2 L

Season Stats

Portland Timbers Nashville SC
#28 Position #1
14 Points 33
14 Played 14
4 / 2 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 3 / 1
22 Scored 31
28 Conceded 11
-6 GD +20
1.00 PPG 2.36
29% Win % 71%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season
43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (33 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
Nashville SC
0-15
2/1
16-30
4/3
31-45
–/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
3/2
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Portland Timbers host Nashville SC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' A meaty challenge results in booking for Larrys Mabiala on 5.
  • 10' Dominique Badji is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nashville SC tonight.
  • 12' Diego Valeri doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 17' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 22' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 27' Nashville SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 29' Daniel Lovitz catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 29.
  • 34' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 44' Nashville SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 49' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 54' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 59' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nashville SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 61' Abu Danladi is ready to make an impact after coming on for David Accam at the 61 minute mark.
  • 63' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Diego Valeri departs to be replaced by Cristhian Paredes.
  • 68' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 68 minutes.
  • 71' Daniel Rios is ready to make an impact after coming on for Dominique Badji at the 71 minute mark.
  • 74' Jeremy Ebobisse is replacing Yimmi Chara for the Portland Timbers side.
  • 79' Nashville SC is showing some good football. However, Nashville SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 82' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Abu Danladi is withdrawn and Jimmy Medranda gets his opportunity.
  • 84' Diego Chara is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
  • 89' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 90' Chris Duvall picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Nashville SC will have plenty to reflect on. Portland Timbers were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Smith

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.04 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.51 Nashville SC xG
I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Nashville SC 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers34% Draw27% Nashville SC39%
Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.55
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw
61%
Draw or Nashville SC
66%
Portland Timbers or Nashville SC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Portland Timbers19% Draw48% Nashville SC33%
Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.2%
0 – 1
10.7%
0 – 0
9.8%
1 – 2
8.9%
0 – 2
8.6%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
6.1%
2 – 2
4.7%
1 – 3
4.5%
0 – 3
4.3%
2 – 0
4.1%
2 – 3
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push Nashville SC covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 7% 90%
-1.5 10% — 90%
-1 10% 15% 75%
-0.5 25% — 75%
+0.5 54% — 46%
+1 54% 23% 24%
+1.5 76% — 24%
+2 76% 14% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
23% ✗
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
36% ✓

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