Portland Timbers vs New York City FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Portland Timbers vs New York City FC — MLS at Providence Park.
- Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
- New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Jun New York City FC H 1–1 D 22 Jun Chicago Fire FC H 1–2 L 18 Jun San Jose Earthquakes A 0–0 D 12 Jun FC Dallas H 1–0 W 03 Jun Seattle Sounders FC A 0–0 D 28 May Sporting Kansas City A 1–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Jun Portland Timbers A 1–1 D 21 Jun Atlanta United FC A 2–2 D 17 Jun Columbus Crew SC H 1–1 D 11 Jun Real Salt Lake A 0–0 D 03 Jun New England Revolution H 0–0 D 31 May FC Cincinnati H 1–3 L Season Stats
Portland Timbers New York City FC #28 Position #8 14 Points 19 14 Played 15 4 / 2 / 8 W / D / L 5 / 4 / 6 22 Scored 25 28 Conceded 21 -6 GD +4 1.00 PPG 1.27 29% Win % 33% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this seasonPortland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Portland Timbers0-152/516-303/331-453/346-60–/261-752/–76+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York City FC0-152/–16-302/331-451/346-603/261-751/276+2/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Portland Timbers and New York City FC has kicked off!
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' Matias Pellegrini has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 11 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' 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.
- 35' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 38' Evander puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
- 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 282 games and scored 449 goals.
- 46' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Cristhian Paredes departs to be replaced by Noel Caliskan.
- 50' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Larrys Mabiala gets a card.
- 51' Goal! Keaton Parks scores his 16 goal in 282 matches.
- 56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Santiago Rodriguez made 282 appearances and scored 27 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 61' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 66' Gabriel Pereira needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 70' Claudio Bravo is having his name booked by the referee on 70.
- 75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 76' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Marvin Loria by Felipe Mora on 76 minute.
- 80' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Mitja Ilenic departs to be replaced by Stephen Turnbull.
- 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Talles Magno, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 86' It is a substitution in Portland Timbers team. Franck Boli is replaced by Nathan on 86 minute.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Stephen Turnbull.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Portland Timbers Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 21
- 33
- 22
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Marvin Loria ↓ Felipe Mora 76'
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- 31
- 13
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7
Franck Boli ↓ Nathan 86'
- 30
- 29
Bench
- 1
- 11
- 15
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Felipe Mora ↑ 76'
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99
Nathan ↑ 86'
- 14
- 16
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92
Noel Caliskan ↑ 46'
New York City FC Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
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- 4
- 55
- 49
- 80
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43
Talles Magno ↓ Andres Jasson 86'
- 24
- 11
- 10
- 22
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35
Mitja Ilenic ↓ Stephen Turnbull 80'
Bench
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21
Andres Jasson ↑ 86'
- 93
- 33
- 30
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34
Stephen Turnbull ↑ 80'
- 19
- 3
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17
Matias Pellegrini ↑ 46'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sebastian Blanco 3 Evander 2 Larrys Mabiala 1 Antony 1 Keaton Parks 1 Fanendo Adi 1 Larrys Mabiala 1 Sebastian Blanco 1 Head to Head
Portland Timbers Form
2023-06-25 Portland Timbers 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-06-22 Portland Timbers 1–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-06-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2023-06-12 Portland Timbers 1–0 FC Dallas W 2023-06-03 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers LNew York City FC Form
2023-06-25 Portland Timbers 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-06-21 Atlanta United FC 2–2 New York City FC D 2023-06-17 New York City FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-06-11 Real Salt Lake 0–0 New York City FC D 2023-06-03 New York City FC 0–0 New England Revolution D 2023-05-31 New York City FC 1–3 FC Cincinnati L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.5 Portland Timbers xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.42 New York City FC xGI would bet for: Portland Timbers or New York City FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.92Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Portland Timbers or Draw 69%Draw or New York City FC 57%Portland Timbers or New York City FC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Portland Timbers win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.3%1 – 2 7.8%1 – 0 7.2%0 – 0 7.2%0 – 1 6.8%2 – 0 6%2 – 2 5.9%0 – 2 5.4%3 – 1 4.2%1 – 3 3.7%3 – 2 3%Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers
Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push New York City FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 12% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 19% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 18% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet 25% ✓New York City FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.