Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

3 – 0

Full Time

San Jose Earthquakes

Mon 12 Oct 2020 · 02:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45+4' · FT 45+3'

Eryk Williamson 18' Y

Marco Farfan 29' Y

Y 69' Tanner Beason

Y 79' Andres Rios

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Logan Brown
Referee Guido Gonzalez
Referee Joe Dickerson
Referee Farhad Dadkho

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 San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-12 Portland Timbers 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-07 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	W
08 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	6–3	W
28 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
20 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	6–1	W
17 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
08 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
04 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
28 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–1	W
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–5	L
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–6	L

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		San Jose Earthquakes
#26	Position	#18
32	Points	45
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
48	Scored	49
51	Conceded	39
-3	GD	+10
1.19	PPG	1.67
33%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 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

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/4

31-45

5/6

46-60

6/7

61-75

5/2

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Providence Park. Portland Timbers are looking to make home advantage count against San Jose Earthquakes.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
15' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
18' A meaty challenge results in booking for Eryk Williamson on 18.
23' Bill Tuiloma is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
28' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Preston Judd scoring 2 goals.
29' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Marco Farfan.
34' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
39' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
44' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
46' Magnificent from Jaroslaw Niezgoda! That is 8 goals in 117 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
51' Jeremy Ebobisse has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
52' A stunning finish from Jaroslaw Niezgoda — that came from absolutely nowhere!
57' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' The crowd applauds Jaroslaw Niezgoda as he leaves the pitch. Felipe Mora steps in for Portland Timbers.
65' The San Jose Earthquakes bench stirs into life. Tommy Thompson is withdrawn and Shea Salinas gets his opportunity.
69' Poor challenge from Tanner Beason. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
74' The crowd applauds Diego Valeri as he leaves the pitch. Tomas Conechny steps in for Portland Timbers.
79' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a Yellow card on 79.
84' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
86' Felipe Mora adds to his 3 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
88' Portland Timbers make a change. Marvin Loria trudges off to be replaced by Renzo Zambrano on 88 minutes.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portland Timbers players.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Preston Judd	5
Yimmi Chara	5
Felipe Mora	4
Jaroslaw Niezgoda	3
Cristian Espinoza	3
Diego Valeri	3
Dairon Asprilla	3
Evander	3

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2020-10-12 Portland Timbers 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-24 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-10-12 Portland Timbers 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-10-08 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.26 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers60% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes19%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

80%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

40%

Portland Timbers or San Jose Earthquakes

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers42% Draw39% San Jose Earthquakes19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.9%

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.6%

1 – 2

5.4%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

4.6%

0 – 0

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	21%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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