Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

4 – 4

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 30 Aug 2020 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Diego Chara 30' Y

Larrys Mabiala 67' Y

Eryk Williamson 69' Y

Y 81' Sam Johnson

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Daniel Radford
Referee Jeffrey Greeson
Referee Mike Rottersman
Referee

12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2019-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2019-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Portland Timbers 2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	4–4	D
24 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–3	L
12 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W
06 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
02 Aug	New York City FC	A	3–1	W
29 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	1–1	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	4–4	D
23 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	4–1	W
28 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–5	L
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
18 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D
13 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Real Salt Lake
#23	Position	#21
24	Points	27
18	Played	17
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 3 / 6
33	Scored	29
33	Conceded	25
+0	GD	+4
1.33	PPG	1.59
39%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Real Salt Lake

Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A
Sergi Solans	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Providence Park that hosts another battle between Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake.
5' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
6' Diego Chara does the damage! The net is bulging and Portland Timbers surge ahead!
11' Pablo Ruiz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
16' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
19' Corey Baird does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
21' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jaroslaw Niezgoda makes it 2-1.
26' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' Controversy at the stadium! Diego Chara argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Albert Rusnak made 283 appearances and scored 77 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
45' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
48' What an equalizer from Damir Kreilach!
53' Larrys Mabiala, a DR Congo , has 29 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
58' It’s high time Freddy Juarez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
63' Diego Valeri has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
66' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 66 minute. Justin Meram leaves to be changed by Everton Luiz.
67' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Larrys Mabiala.
67' Portland Timbers make a change. Jaroslaw Niezgoda trudges off to be replaced by Felipe Mora on 67 minutes.
69' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Eryk Williamson.
70' Sebastian Blanco doubles the advantage! 3-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
75' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
78' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Eryk Williamson is withdrawn and Cristhian Paredes gets his opportunity.
81' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Sam Johnson.
81' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Pablo Ruiz departs to be replaced by Sam Johnson.
84' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Maikel Chang departs to be replaced by Giuseppe Rossi.
85' What a moment for Felipe Mora! That strike on 85 puts his side firmly in control.
90' Giuseppe Rossi is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
90' Portland Timbers make a change. Diego Valeri trudges off to be replaced by Marvin Loria on 90 minutes.
The points are shared — Portland Timbers 4-4 Real Salt Lake. Honours even.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jorge Villafana
21
Diego Chara
8
Diego Valeri C ↓ Renzo Zambrano 90'
33
Larrys Mabiala
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Marvin Loria 90'
30
Eryk Williamson ↓ Cristhian Paredes 78'
17
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Andy Polo 78'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Felipe Mora 67'
15
Chris Duvall
13
Dario Zuparic

Bench

7
Andy Polo ↑ 78'
19
Tomas Conechny
18
Julio Cascante
22
Cristhian Paredes ↑ 78'
40
Renzo Zambrano ↑ 90'
44
Marvin Loria ↑ 90'
31
Aljaz Ivacic
9
Felipe Mora ↑ 67'
28
Pablo Bonilla

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Felipe Mora	7
Sebastian Blanco	7
Damir Kreilach	5
Dairon Asprilla	4
Diego Chara	3
Yimmi Chara	3
Jefferson Savarino	3
Rubio Rubin	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-08-12 Portland Timbers 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2020-08-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers W 2020-07-29 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Cincinnati D

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake W 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake L 2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-07-18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.24 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

2.17 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers44% Draw22% Real Salt Lake34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes78% 0% No22%

Avg goals/match: 4.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

66%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

56%

Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers33% Draw36% Real Salt Lake31%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–4 not predicted

4 – 4

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 1

6.7%

2 – 1

6.5%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.2%

0 – 2

4 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	12%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	17%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	16%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	11%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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