Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 23 Feb 2025 · 21:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Kamal Miller 11' R

Y 36' Andres Cubas

Jimer Fory 63' Y

Y 88' Ryan Gauld

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 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 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-23 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-09-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2024-06-23 Portland Timbers 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-03-31 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers 2023-08-27 Portland Timbers 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–4	L
20 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
06 Oct	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
03 Oct	Austin FC	H	0–1	L
29 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
22 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	3–3	D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	4–1	W
20 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
13 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
05 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	0–1	L
03 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–3	L
29 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#26	Position	#16
32	Points	50
27	Played	26
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	15 / 5 / 6
48	Scored	59
51	Conceded	26
-3	GD	+33
1.19	PPG	1.92
33%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Portland Timbers gets underway.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Phil Neville will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
11' That looks like a foul for a card for Kamal Miller.
16' Both keepers have barely been tested. Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
21' 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.
24' Ryan Gauld adds to his 2 season tally! Vancouver Whitecaps FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
29' With 1 assists to his name this season, Yohei Takaoka is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
32' Magnificent from Pedro Vite! That is 12 goals in 283 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
36' The referee has no hesitation. Andres Cubas is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — card on 36.
37' Felipe Mora makes way for Eric Miller at the 37 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
42' Serbia international Ranko Veselinovic has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. David Ayala departs to be replaced by David Pereira da Costa.
51' It looks surprising Vancouver Whitecaps FC does not make any changes. Brian White has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
53' What composure from Sam Adekugbe! The Canada international strokes it home. 0-3.
58' Ali Ahmed has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
61' Brilliant from the ! Jayden Nelson makes it 0-4 with a superb finish on 61.
62' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Jayden Nelson is replaced by Ali Ahmed on 62 minute.
63' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Jimer Fory gets a card.
63' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Ralph Priso-Mbongue comes on to replace Andres Cubas.
66' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Julio Ortiz is withdrawn and Cristhian Paredes gets his opportunity.
71' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
73' Magnificent from Antony! That is 26 goals in 377 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
78' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
82' The crowd applauds Sebastian Berhalter as he leaves the pitch. Jeevan Badwal steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
87' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Antony departs to be replaced by Ariel Lassiter.
88' That looks like a foul for a card for Ryan Gauld.
90' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Brian White by Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau on 90 minute.
The final score is 1-4.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

21
Diego Chara
16
Maxime Crepeau
4
Kamal Miller
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Eric Miller 37'
24
David Ayala ↓ David Pereira da Costa 46'
18
Zac McGraw
11
Antony ↓ Ariel Lassiter 87'
20
Finn Surman ↓ Ian Smith 66'
19
Kevin Kelsy
27
Jimer Fory
80
Julio Ortiz ↓ Cristhian Paredes 66'

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

24
Brian White ↓ Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau 90'
1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas ↓ Ralph Priso-Mbongue 63'
33
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Jeevan Badwal 82'
7
Jayden Nelson ↓ Ali Ahmed 62'
4
Ranko Veselinovic
45
Pedro Vite
3
Sam Adekugbe ↓ Edier Ocampo 82'
2
Mathias Laborda

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	7
Ryan Gauld	5
Felipe Mora	5
Evander	4
Yimmi Chara	4
Cristian Dajome	4
Dairon Asprilla	3
Jonathan Rodriguez	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2025-02-23 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-10-20 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2024-10-06 Portland Timbers 0–0 FC Dallas D 2024-10-03 Portland Timbers 0–1 Austin FC L 2024-09-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2024-09-22 Real Salt Lake 3–3 Portland Timbers D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2025-02-23 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-10-13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2024-10-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Minnesota United FC L 2024-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-09-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.26 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

2.45 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers24% Draw23% Vancouver Whitecaps FC53%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.71

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

47%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

76%

Portland Timbers or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers16% Draw37% Vancouver Whitecaps FC47%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

1 – 1

8.4%

0 – 2

7.4%

1 – 3

7.2%

0 – 3

5.9%

0 – 1

5.7%

2 – 2

5.6%

2 – 1

4.7%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 4

Actual

0 – 0

3.7%

0 – 4

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	10%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	38%	—	62%
+1	38%	21%	41%
+1.5	59%	—	41%
+2	59%	18%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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