Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Portland Timbers

6 – 1

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 26 Sep 2021 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Yimmi Chara 45' Y

Y 51' Ruiz

Y 73' Justen Glad

Overview

Match Preview

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)

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

2021-09-26 Portland Timbers 6–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-08-08 Portland Timbers 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	6–1	W
19 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
16 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–2	D
11 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
04 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	2–0	W
30 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–0	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–6	L
19 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
16 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	4–3	W
13 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L
05 Sep	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
30 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–4	L

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' The game is set. Real Salt Lake kicks off things out of here…
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
25' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
27' A stunning finish from Felipe Mora — that came from absolutely nowhere!
32' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
36' Brilliant from the ! Dairon Asprilla makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 36.
41' The deadlock is broken! Damir Kreilach gets on the scoresheet on 41 minutes.
45' Yimmi Chara is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' Noah Powder has so much to prove this time. He replaces Toni Datkovic on 46 minute.
48' Goal! Yimmi Chara scores his 25 goal in 475 matches.
49' Yimmi Chara doubles the advantage! 4-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
51' Ruiz has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 51.
56' Justen Glad is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
61' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 50% of all matches.
63' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Menendez. He replaces Justin Meram on 63 minute.
68' Diego Chara doubles the advantage! 5-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
73' That is a Yellow card for Real Salt Lake. Justen Glad will be fuming at that decision.
74' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Dairon Asprilla by Santiago Moreno on 74 minute.
75' George Fochive makes way for Cristhian Paredes at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
77' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Ruiz exits the field as Anderson Julio enters on 77.
80' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Felipe Mora departs to be replaced by Jaroslaw Niezgoda.
85' What a strike from Jaroslaw Niezgoda! The score is 6-1.
86' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 86 minute. Yimmi Chara leaves to be changed by Diego Valeri.
88' Cristhian Paredes makes no mistake. The score reads 7-1 and Portland Timbers are in front.
89' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Rubio Rubin is replaced by Milan Iloski.
Full Time. Portland Timbers beats Real Salt Lake

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Diego Valeri 86'
2
Jose Van Rankin
21
Diego Chara
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla ↓ Santiago Moreno 74'
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Marvin Loria 80'
5
Claudio Bravo
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 80'
20
George Fochive ↓ Cristhian Paredes 75'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

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
Diego Luna	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2021-09-26 Portland Timbers 6–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-09-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-09-16 Portland Timbers 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-09-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2021-09-04 Houston Dynamo 0–2 Portland Timbers W 2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers W

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-09-26 Portland Timbers 6–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake W 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-05 Real Salt Lake 3–2 FC Dallas W 2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.81 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.9 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers57% Draw20% Real Salt Lake23%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.71

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	83%	17%
± 3.5	68%	32%
± 4.5	49%	51%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

76%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

43%

Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers44% Draw34% Real Salt Lake22%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 6–1 not predicted

6 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

3 – 2

5.7%

1 – 1

5.5%

1 – 2

4.6%

4 – 1

4.3%

4 – 2

2 – 3

3.9%

2 – 0

3.8%

3 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	16%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	18%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	12%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	7%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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