Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 24 Aug 2019 · 02:00 UTC HT 45+10' · FT 45+6'

Y 53' Kelvin Leerdam

Y 65' Joevin Jones

Y 84' Saad Abdul Salaam

Y 90' Stefan Frei

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS .

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 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 26 games · Avg 2.9 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-24 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-07-22 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2018-11-09 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Portland Timbers 2018-11-04 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-08-27 Portland Timbers 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
19 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	0–2	L
15 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–2	W
11 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–1	W
04 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	0–1	L
28 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–0	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
18 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
15 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
10 Aug	New England Revolution	H	3–3	D
05 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–3	L
28 Jul	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Seattle Sounders FC
#23	Position	#24
24	Points	24
18	Played	17
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
33	Scored	20
33	Conceded	22
+0	GD	-2
1.33	PPG	1.41
39%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Portland Timbers kicks off things out of here…
5' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 291 games and scored 469 goals.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
22' GOAL! Cristian Roldan scores on 22. Assisted by Raul Ruidiaz
27' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
32' Diego Valeri needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
37' Jordy Delem is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
46' The crowd applauds Marvin Loria as he leaves the pitch. Jeremy Ebobisse steps in for Portland Timbers.
47' The deadlock is broken! Raul Ruidiaz gets on the scoresheet on 47 minutes.
52' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
53' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a Yellow card on 53.
54' Goal! Diego Valeri scores his 43 goal in 291 matches.
59' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
64' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
65' Poor challenge from Joevin Jones. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
66' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Jordan Morris by Brad Smith on 66 minute.
71' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
72' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Cristhian Paredes departs to be replaced by Tomas Conechny.
74' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Kim Keehee is withdrawn and Saad Abdul Salaam gets his opportunity.
77' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Joevin Jones has done his job and it is now time for Emanuel Cecchini to step up.
79' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Julio Cascante departs to be replaced by Andy Polo.
84' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a Yellow card on 84.
89' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Diego Chara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' Stefan Frei was booked on 90.
Another three points for Seattle Sounders FC.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jorge Villafana
21
Diego Chara
8
Diego Valeri C
16
Zarek Valentin
18
Julio Cascante ↓ Andy Polo 79'
25
Bill Tuiloma
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Tomas Conechny 72'
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 46'
7
Brian Fernandez

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	15
Sebastian Blanco	6
Dairon Asprilla	4
Felipe Mora	3
Fredy Montero	3
Kevin Kelsy	3
Santiago Moreno	3
Jaroslaw Niezgoda	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2019-08-24 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2019-08-19 Portland Timbers 0–2 Atlanta United FC L 2019-08-15 Portland Timbers 3–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-08-11 Portland Timbers 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2019-08-04 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Portland Timbers L 2019-07-28 Portland Timbers 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2019-08-24 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2019-08-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2019-08-15 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2019-08-10 Seattle Sounders FC 3–3 New England Revolution D 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-07-28 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.69 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders FC 73% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers40% Draw27% Seattle Sounders FC33%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.12

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

67%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

60%

Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers32% Draw43% Seattle Sounders FC25%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

6.7%

2 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

6.1%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 2

3.5%

1 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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