Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Thu 17 Jul 2025 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Brayan Vera

Y 52' Pablo Ruiz

Y 67' Bode Davis

Felipe Mora 69' Y

Y 90' Rafael Cabral

Overview

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

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

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

Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2025-07-17 Portland Timbers 0–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-05-15 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Portland Timbers 2024-09-22 Real Salt Lake 3–3 Portland Timbers 2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake 2023-08-31 Portland Timbers 2–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
13 Jul	St. Louis City	A	1–2	L
06 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–1	W
28 Jun	Toronto FC	A	0–3	L
14 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
08 Jun	St. Louis City	H	2–1	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	1–0	W
13 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
06 Jul	St. Louis City	H	3–2	W
29 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
15 Jun	D.C. United SC	H	2–0	W
01 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–2	L

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' We are underway at Providence Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Juan Sanabria scoring 1 goals.
10' 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.
15' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Santiago Moreno is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
25' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
35' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' With 0 assists to his name this season, Bode Davis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
45' It’s gonna be a card for Brayan Vera.
50' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Pablo Ruiz on 52.
55' The whistle greets Omir Fernandez as he departs to be replaced by Ariel Lassiter.
60' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
65' 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 Emeka Eneli suffering a number of foals already.
67' The referee has no hesitation. Bode Davis is booked for Real Salt Lake — card on 67.
69' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Felipe Mora on 69 minutes.
71' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Felipe Mora exits the field as Gage Guerra enters on 71.
73' Pablo Ruiz makes way for Emeka Eneli at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
78' Alexandros Katranis has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
80' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Justen Glad has done his job and it is now time for Philip Quinton to step up.
83' A stunning finish from Diogo Goncalves — that came from absolutely nowhere!
86' Cristhian Paredes gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces David Ayala and will look to change the dynamic.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Rafael Cabral.
90' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Dominik Marczuk comes on to replace Diego Luna.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

17
Cristhian Paredes ↑ 86'
41
James Pantemis
15
Eric Miller ↑ 71'
7
Ariel Lassiter ↑ 55'
19
Kevin Kelsy
80
Julio Ortiz
23
Ian Smith
88
Gage Guerra ↑ 71'

Coach Phil Neville

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

77
Johnny Russell
98
Alexandros Katranis ↑ 73'
31
Mason Stajduhar
26
Philip Quinton ↑ 80'
14
Emeka Eneli ↑ 73'
81
Griffin Dillon
23
Ariath Piol ↑ 73'
11
Dominik Marczuk ↑ 90'
36
Jesus Barea ↑ 90'

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
Rubio Rubin	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2025-07-17 Portland Timbers 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-07-13 St. Louis City 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2025-07-06 Portland Timbers 2–1 New England Revolution W 2025-06-28 Toronto FC 3–0 Portland Timbers L 2025-06-14 Portland Timbers 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2025-06-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 St. Louis City W

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-07-17 Portland Timbers 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2025-07-13 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2025-07-06 Real Salt Lake 3–2 St. Louis City W 2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-06-15 Real Salt Lake 2–0 D.C. United SC W 2025-06-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.65 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake 72% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers41% Draw28% Real Salt Lake31%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

69%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

59%

Portland Timbers or Real Salt Lake

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers32% Draw44% Real Salt Lake24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.1%

0 – 0

6.9%

2 – 0

6.9%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

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