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 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 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	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#22	Position	#19
46	Points	52
34	Played	34
13 / 7 / 14	W / D / L	14 / 10 / 10
62	Scored	57
61	Conceded	51
+1	GD	+6
1.35	PPG	1.53
38%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

7/10

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

6/5

61-75

10/4

76+

12/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Providence Park that hosts another battle between Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes.
5' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, J.T. Marcinkowski is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
18' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Eryk Williamson.
23' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
28' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
29' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Marco Farfan.
34' Jeremy Ebobisse is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
39' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Preston Judd scoring 4 goals.
44' The 29-year-old Eryk Williamson has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
46' Assisted by Diego Chara with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jaroslaw Niezgoda makes no mistake. 1-0!
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Oswaldo Alanis, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
52' Jaroslaw Niezgoda is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
57' Bill Tuiloma needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
61' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Felipe Mora comes on to replace Jaroslaw Niezgoda.
65' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Shea Salinas comes on to replace Tommy Thompson.
69' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Tanner Beason will be fuming at that decision.
74' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Tomas Conechny comes on to replace Diego Valeri.
79' Andres Rios has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 79.
84' Diego Valeri, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
86' What composure from Felipe Mora! The Chile international strokes it home. 3-0.
88' Renzo Zambrano gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Marvin Loria and will look to change the dynamic.
Another three points for Portland Timbers.

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

2.31 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers62% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.53

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

83%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

38%

Portland Timbers or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers45% Draw39% San Jose Earthquakes16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

1 – 0

6.3%

3 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 0

4.3%

4 – 1

4.1%

4 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	18%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	21%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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