Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
2 – 1
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Thu 15 Oct 2020 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'
Marcelo Silva 16' Y
Aaron Herrera 82' Y
Justin Portillo 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Robert Sibiga
  • Referee Jeffrey Greeson
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Adam Garner
11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

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

5
5
10
Real Salt Lake 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2019-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2019-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Oct Portland Timbers H 2–1 W
11 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L
08 Oct Seattle Sounders FC A 1–2 L
05 Oct Los Angeles FC H 1–3 L
28 Sep Minnesota United FC A 0–0 D
24 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 W
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Oct Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
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

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Portland Timbers
#27 Position #26
32 Points 32
27 Played 27
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
40 Scored 48
44 Conceded 51
-4 GD -3
1.19 PPG 1.19
33% Win % 33%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/5
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/7
76+
6/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A
Kristoffer Velde 8 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Real Salt Lake to score. At the same time, Portland Timbers does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Diego Valeri has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 10' 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.
  • 11' The deadlock is broken! Douglas Martinez gets on the scoresheet on 11 minutes.
  • 16' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Marcelo Silva.
  • 21' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Portland Timbers's shape.
  • 26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Damir Kreilach makes it 2-0.
  • 31' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 31.
  • 36' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 46' Tomas Conechny makes way for Yimmi Chara at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
  • 51' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 56' Justin Portillo, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 296 games and scored 480 goals.
  • 64' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Justin Meram comes on to replace Douglas Martinez.
  • 69' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Justen Glad is hanging Marcelo Silva on the field on 69 minute.
  • 74' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 77' The New Zealand defender Bill Tuiloma breaks the deadlock on 77 minutes. 2-1!
  • 82' The referee calls foul for Aaron Herrera. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 84' The crowd applauds Nick Besler as he leaves the pitch. Kyle Beckerman steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • 89' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Portland Timbers winning 50% of all matches.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Justin Portillo.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Felipe Mora 7
Sebastian Blanco 7
Damir Kreilach 5
Dairon Asprilla 4
Diego Chara 3
Yimmi Chara 3
Jefferson Savarino 3
Rubio Rubin 2

Head to Head

2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2019-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2019-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2020-10-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-28 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Portland Timbers Form

2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.9 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.94 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake40% Draw24% Portland Timbers36%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes72% 0% No28%
Avg goals/match: 3.84
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 73%
27%
± 3.5 53%
47%
± 4.5 34%
66%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
64%
Draw or Portland Timbers
60%
Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake30% Draw39% Portland Timbers31%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
8.8%
1 – 2
7.5%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
7%
1 – 3
4.8%
3 – 1
4.6%
2 – 3
4.5%
3 – 2
4.4%
0 – 2
4.2%
2 – 0
4%
0 – 1
3.7%
1 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 11% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 17% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 60% — 40%
+1 60% 18% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 12% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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