Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Rosendo Mendoza (USA)
- Assistant 1 Brooke Mayo (USA)
- Assistant 2 Matthew Nelson
7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Portland Timbers H 2–0 W 26 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L 23 Apr Internacional CF Miami H 0–2 L 19 Apr San Diego FC H 4–2 W 04 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W 22 Mar San Diego FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L 26 Apr San Diego FC A 2–1 W 19 Apr Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L 11 Apr Los Angeles FC H 2–1 W 05 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–3 L 22 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 D Season Stats
Real Salt Lake Portland Timbers #18 Position #28 26 Points 14 14 Played 14 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 8 26 Scored 22 19 Conceded 28 +7 GD -6 1.86 PPG 1.00 57% Win % 29% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this seasonReal Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededPortland Timbers0-152/516-303/331-453/346-60–/261-752/–76+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Rio Tinto Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers.
- 5' Sam Junqua needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 6 goal in 259 matches.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Kevin Kelsy has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 28' GOAL! Diego Luna scores on 28. Assisted by Juan Sanabria
- 33' Portland Timbers 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.
- 38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
- 43' Antony has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 48' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
- 58' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Juan Sanabria made 508 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' It’s gonna be a card for Jimer Fory.
- 65' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 70' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 75' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Diego Luna scoring 1 goals.
- 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 82' It’s gonna be a card for Ian Smith.
- 85' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Juan Sanabria gets a card.
- 90' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Real Salt Lake Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 2
- 15
- 29
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 10
- 1
- 92
- 72
- 22
Bench
- 7
- 98
- 31
- 26
- 17
- 23
- 27
- 11
- 39
Coach Pablo MastroeniPortland Timbers Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 5
- 17
- 41
- 99
- 10
- 11
- 20
- 6
- 19
- 27
- 30
Bench
- 21
- 25
- 4
- 7
- 9
- 16
- 28
- 23
- 88
Coach Phil Neville -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sebastian Blanco 7 Damir Kreilach 5 Felipe Mora 5 Dairon Asprilla 4 Diego Chara 3 Yimmi Chara 3 Jefferson Savarino 3 Evander 2 Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
Portland Timbers Form
2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-26 San Diego FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-19 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2026-03-22 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.18 Real Salt Lake xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.18 Portland Timbers xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.36Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 64% 36% ± 3.5 43% 57% ± 4.5 25% 75% Double Chance
Real Salt Lake or Draw 80%Draw or Portland Timbers 42%Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.8%2 – 1 9.4%2 – 0 Actual1 – 0 7%3 – 1 6.8%3 – 0 5.8%2 – 2 5.5%1 – 2 5.1%0 – 0 4.9%3 – 2 4.1%4 – 1 3.7%0 – 1 3.5%Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake
Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Portland Timbers covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 18% 63% -1.5 37% — 63% -1 37% 22% 41% -0.5 59% — 41% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 11% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 31% ✗Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.