Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Real Salt Lake

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Portland Timbers

Thu 4 Nov 2021 · 02:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ruiz 36' Y

Y 82' Bill Tuiloma

Y 86' Claudio Bravo

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)

Standings

#	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

Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2021-11-04 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Portland Timbers 2021-09-26 Portland Timbers 6–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-08-08 Portland Timbers 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Nov	Portland Timbers	H	1–3	L
30 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–4	L
28 Oct	FC Dallas	A	2–1	W
24 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
17 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
02 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–2	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Nov	Real Salt Lake	A	3–1	W
28 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W
24 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
21 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–3	L
17 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
03 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–0	W

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 history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Real Salt Lake host Portland Timbers — let the battle begin!
5' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Portland Timbers's shape.
17' Sebastian Blanco adds to his 0 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
22' The 28-year-old Cristhian Paredes has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
27' Marvin Loria is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
32' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
36' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
38' What a moment for Aaron Herrera! That strike on 38 puts his side firmly in control.
43' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
45' GOAL! Jose Van Rankin fires home to make it 0-3!
46' The crowd applauds Andrew Brody as he leaves the pitch. Justin Meram steps in for Real Salt Lake.
51' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact .
56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
60' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Rubio Rubin exits the field as Bobby Wood enters on 60.
61' The whistle greets Jaroslaw Niezgoda as he departs to be replaced by Felipe Mora.
66' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 287 games and scored 458 goals.
71' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
75' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Sebastian Blanco departs to be replaced by Santiago Moreno.
76' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jonathan Menendez is hanging Maikel Chang Ramirez on the field on 76 minute.
81' Dairon Asprilla has been relatively quiet despite scoring 35 goals in his last 287 appearances.
82' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Bill Tuiloma.
84' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Everton is replaced by Anderson Julio.
86' Albert Rusnak is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
86' The referee calls foul for Claudio Bravo. He receives a Yellow card.
87' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 87 minute. Yimmi Chara leaves to be changed by Marvin Loria.
Another three points for Portland Timbers.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

8
Damir Kreilach
15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
22
Aaron Herrera
2
Andrew Brody ↓ Justin Meram 46'
1
David Ochoa
20
Erik Holt
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Bobby Wood 60'
6
Ruiz
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Jonathan Menendez 76'
25
Everton ↓ Anderson Julio 84'

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Marvin Loria 87'
2
Jose Van Rankin
21
Diego Chara
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ George Fochive 75'
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Santiago Moreno 75'
5
Claudio Bravo
13
Dario Zuparic
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Felipe Mora 61'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-11-04 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Portland Timbers L 2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-28 FC Dallas 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2021-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2021-10-17 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-10-02 Austin FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L

Portland Timbers Form

2021-11-04 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Portland Timbers W 2021-10-28 Portland Timbers 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-10-24 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2021-10-21 Portland Timbers 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2021-10-17 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2021-10-03 Portland Timbers 1–0 Internacional CF Miami W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.29 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake41% Draw23% Portland Timbers36%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.3

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	61%	39%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

65%

Draw or Portland Timbers

59%

Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake35% Draw36% Portland Timbers29%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

1 – 1

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 3

Actual

2 – 0

3.7%

3 – 3

3.5%

4 – 1

4 – 2

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	13%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	18%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	16%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	10%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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