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Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

MLS · 2018
Portland Timbers
3 – 0
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 21 Oct 2018 · 21:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Ismail Elfath
  • Referee Ian Anderson
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Chris Wattam
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic
14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

10
5
5
Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-10-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Oct Real Salt Lake H 3–0 W
07 Oct Real Salt Lake A 4–1 W
30 Sep FC Dallas H 0–0 D
23 Sep Minnesota United FC A 2–3 L
20 Sep Columbus Crew SC H 3–2 W
16 Sep Houston Dynamo A 1–4 L
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Oct Portland Timbers A 0–3 L
19 Oct New England Revolution H 4–1 W
07 Oct Portland Timbers H 1–4 L
30 Sep Sporting Kansas City A 1–1 D
22 Sep Atlanta United FC A 0–2 L
16 Sep Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake
#26 Position #27
32 Points 32
27 Played 27
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
48 Scored 40
51 Conceded 44
-3 GD -4
1.19 PPG 1.19
33% Win % 33%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 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
Real Salt Lake
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/5
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/7
76+
6/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A
Kristoffer Velde 8 G 5 A
Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Portland Timbers gets underway.
  • 5' Marcelo Silva, a Uruguay , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Zarek Valentin, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 15' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 20' A quiet spell here at . Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 30' Diego Valeri has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' Larrys Mabiala has been relatively quiet despite scoring 15 goals in his last 296 appearances.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 45' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mike Petke might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 55' Over 55 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 60' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 65' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Brooks Lennon has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 70' 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 Steve Clark suffering a number of foals already.
  • 75' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 80' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 85' Justen Glad needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 90' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 90.
  • 3-0 the final result. Real Salt Lake will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sebastian Blanco 7
Felipe Mora 7
Damir Kreilach 5
Dairon Asprilla 4
Yimmi Chara 3
Jefferson Savarino 3
Diego Chara 3
Albert Rusnak 2

Head to Head

2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-10-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers Form

2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake W 2018-10-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Portland Timbers W 2018-09-30 Portland Timbers 0–0 FC Dallas D 2018-09-23 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2018-09-20 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-09-16 Houston Dynamo 4–1 Portland Timbers L

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake L 2018-10-19 Real Salt Lake 4–1 New England Revolution W 2018-10-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Portland Timbers L 2018-09-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2018-09-22 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2018-09-16 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Minnesota United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.41 Portland Timbers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.06 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Portland Timbers to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers65% Draw20% Real Salt Lake15%
Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.47
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
85%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
35%
Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake
80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portland Timbers48% Draw38% Real Salt Lake14%
Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9.3%
2 – 0
9.1%
1 – 1
8.8%
3 – 1
7.4%
1 – 0
7.2%
3 – 0
Actual
2 – 2
4.9%
4 – 1
4.5%
0 – 0
4.5%
4 – 0
4.2%
1 – 2
4.1%
3 – 2
3.9%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap Portland Timbers covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 25% — 75%
-2 25% 19% 56%
-1.5 44% — 56%
-1 44% 21% 34%
-0.5 66% — 34%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 9% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
35% ✗
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

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