Portland Timbers vs New York City FC, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Portland Timbers

3 – 0

Full Time

New York City FC

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

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs New York City FC — MLS .

Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

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 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
#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 history

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 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

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Portland Timbers have kicked off against New York City FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' Maxime Chanot is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
15' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Portland Timbers and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
35' 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 Diego Valeri suffering a number of foals already.
40' 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.
45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Fanendo Adi made 245 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
50' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
55' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Cristhian Paredes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
60' Portland Timbers have won 458 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
70' The 39-year-old Maxi Moralez has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 2 assists is a remarkable return.
75' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
80' Thomas McNamara has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 286 appearances.
85' It’s high time Patrick Vieira made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
90' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
Portland Timbers celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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
Fanendo Adi	1
Jesus Medina	1
Andy Polo	1
Diego Valeri	1
Santiago Rodriguez	1
Larrys Mabiala	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.19 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers54% Draw23% New York City FC23%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.52

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

77%

Draw or New York City FC

46%

Portland Timbers or New York City FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers41% Draw39% New York City FC20%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

1 – 0

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

4 – 1

3.6%

0 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	17%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	21%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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)

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