Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Portland Timbers

3 – 0

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 14 Jul 2024 · 02:25 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Diego Chara 7' Y

Jonathan Rodriguez 7' Y

Y 23' Cristian Arango

Y 23' Carlos Gomez

Felipe Mora 23' Y

Y 37' Braian Ojeda

Y 56' Matt Crooks

Y 63' Diego Luna

Claudio Bravo 86' Y

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)

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

2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake 2023-08-31 Portland Timbers 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2023-05-18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Portland Timbers 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers 2022-04-24 Portland Timbers 0–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	3–0	W
08 Jul	Nashville SC	H	4–1	W
05 Jul	FC Dallas	A	2–3	L
30 Jun	Minnesota United FC	H	3–2	W
23 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–0	W
20 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
07 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	5–2	W
04 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
23 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–1	L
20 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	4–3	W
15 Jun	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–0	D

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' And we are off! Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake — let the football do the talking.
2' Felipe Mora makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Portland Timbers are in front.
7' Diego Chara catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 7.
12' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. James Pantemis has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
17' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
22' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
23' Cristian Arango picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
28' Portland Timbers currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
33' Juan Mosquera is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
37' Real Salt Lake receives a card for a hard tackle on 37.
42' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
47' Dario Zuparic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
48' Santiago Moreno adds to his 2 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
53' With 0 assists to his name this season, Miguel Araujo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
56' Matt Crooks catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 56.
61' Jonathan Rodriguez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 21 appearances.
63' Diego Luna is having his name booked by the referee on 63.
63' Real Salt Lake make a change. Emeka Eneli trudges off to be replaced by Nelson Palacio on 63 minutes.
68' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
73' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
76' It is a substitution in Portland Timbers team. Matt Crooks is replaced by David Ayala on 76 minute.
78' Santiago Moreno makes way for Maikel Chang at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
83' 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.
84' Claudio Bravo makes way for Antony at the 84 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
86' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 86.
89' The supporters are chanting for Eric Miller. He replaces Felipe Mora on 89 minute.
90' Against the run of play, Evander has scored! This game has turned on its head.
Real Salt Lake will have plenty to reflect on. Portland Timbers were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Larrys Mabiala
22
Cristhian Paredes
15
Eric Miller ↑ 89'
25
Trey Muse
24
David Ayala
99
Nathan ↑ 89'
18
Zac McGraw
11
Antony ↑ 84'

Coach Phil Neville

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

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

2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake W 2024-07-08 Portland Timbers 4–1 Nashville SC W 2024-07-05 FC Dallas 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2024-06-30 Portland Timbers 3–2 Minnesota United FC W 2024-06-23 Portland Timbers 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-06-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Portland Timbers W

Real Salt Lake Form

2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake L 2024-07-07 Real Salt Lake 5–2 Atlanta United FC W 2024-07-04 Real Salt Lake 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2024-06-23 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake W 2024-06-15 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.07 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers54% Draw23% Real Salt Lake23%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.45

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

77%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

46%

Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers39% Draw40% Real Salt Lake21%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 2

6.1%

1 – 0

0 – 0

4.6%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	21%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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