Portland Timbers vs New York City FC, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Portland Timbers

3 – 0

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New York City FC

Sun 22 Apr 2018 · 22:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Portland Timbers vs New York City FC — MLS .

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Adam Wienckowski
Referee Ted Unkel
Referee Mike Kampmeinert
Referee Nima Saghafi

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 5 games · Avg 2.6 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-04-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	New York City FC	H	3–0	W
15 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	3–2	W
08 Apr	Orlando City SC	A	2–3	L
31 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D
24 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
11 Mar	New York Red Bulls	A	0–4	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
15 Apr	Atlanta United FC	A	2–2	D
11 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	4–0	W
01 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
24 Mar	New England Revolution	A	2–2	D
17 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		New York City FC
#26	Position	#8
32	Points	33
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 10
48	Scored	41
51	Conceded	36
-3	GD	+5
1.19	PPG	1.22
33%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). New York City FC are 8th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Portland Timbers to score. At the same time, New York City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Portland Timbers in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
20' Fanendo Adi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Alvas Powell suffering a number of foals already.
30' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
35' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' Diego Chara has been relatively quiet despite scoring 7 goals in his last 296 appearances.
45' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
50' 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.
55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
60' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
65' Costa Rica international Rodney Wallace has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
70' A quiet spell here at . Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
75' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
80' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Patrick Vieira will be considering his options from the bench.
85' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
90' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

23
Rodney Wallace ↓ Jesus Medina 61'
12
Ebenezer Ofori ↓ Yangel Herrera 79'
9
Jo Inge Berget
3
Anton Tinnerholm
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Thomas McNamara 70'
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring
6
Alexander Callens
7
David Villa C
1
Sean Johnson

Bench

Coach Patrick Vieira

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Blanco	3
Evander	2
Jesus Medina	1
Andy Polo	1
Diego Valeri	1
Santiago Rodriguez	1
Larrys Mabiala	1
Antony	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.27 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers57% Draw22% New York City FC21%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.49

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

79%

Draw or New York City FC

43%

Portland Timbers or New York City FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers44% Draw39% New York City FC17%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.9%

3 – 1

6.9%

1 – 0

6.5%

3 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 2

0 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

4.3%

4 – 1

4 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	21%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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

Portland Timbers vs New York City FC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

New York City FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Clean Sheet