Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 1 Sep 2024 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Lukasz Szpala (USA)

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 26 games · Avg 2.9 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-05-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-09-03 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Portland Timbers 2023-06-03 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Portland Timbers 2023-04-16 Portland Timbers 4–1 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
25 Aug	St. Louis City	H	4–4	D
21 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
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

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
24 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	3–2	W
21 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–3	L
18 Jul	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
14 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
07 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Seattle Sounders FC
#26	Position	#24
32	Points	35
27	Played	26
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	9 / 8 / 9
48	Scored	33
51	Conceded	34
-3	GD	-1
1.19	PPG	1.35
33%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

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

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Providence Park!
5' Kamal Miller has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
8' Andrew Thomas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stefan Frei on 8 minute.
13' Pedro De la Vega, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
18' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
23' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
28' Dario Zuparic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
33' Cristian Roldan has been relatively quiet despite scoring 38 goals in his last 292 appearances.
38' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
43' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
48' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
53' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
55' Juan Mosquera puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
56' Pedro De la Vega makes way for Raul Ruidiaz at the 56 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
66' Seattle Sounders FC is showing some good football. However, Seattle Sounders FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
71' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
75' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Nouhou Tolo is replaced by Reed Baker-Whiting.
79' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Joshua Atencio departs to be replaced by Obed Vargas.
84' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Kevin Kelsy scoring 3 goals.
85' Portland Timbers make a change. Mason Toye trudges off to be replaced by Eryk Williamson on 85 minutes.
89' Eric Miller is replacing Antony for the Portland Timbers side.
90' Cristhian Paredes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Evander on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Joao Paulo
9
Raul Ruidiaz ↑ 56'
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 79'
15
Jon Bell
21
Reed Baker-Whiting ↑ 75'
26
Andrew Thomas ↑ 8'
18
Obed Vargas ↑ 79'
17
Danny Musovski
93
Georgi Minoungou ↑ 56'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2024-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-08-25 Portland Timbers 4–4 St. Louis City D 2024-07-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Portland Timbers L 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

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2024-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-08-24 Minnesota United FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-07-21 Seattle Sounders FC 0–3 Los Angeles FC L 2024-07-18 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 St. Louis City W 2024-07-14 Austin FC 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-07-07 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 New England Revolution W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.78 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers48% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC27%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.11

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

73%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

52%

Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers35% Draw43% Seattle Sounders FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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