Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Real Salt Lake
1 – 3
Full Time
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.

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
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers has kicked off!
  • 5' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sebastian Blanco, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 2 goals in the last 1 games.
  • 17' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sebastian Blanco makes it 0-1.
  • 22' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 27' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 32' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 36' Ruiz picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 38' Goal! Aaron Herrera scores his 5 goal in 287 matches.
  • 43' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 45' GOAL! Jose Van Rankin fires home to make it 0-3!
  • 46' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Andrew Brody has done his job and it is now time for Justin Meram to step up.
  • 51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 56' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 60' Real Salt Lake make a change. Rubio Rubin trudges off to be replaced by Bobby Wood on 60 minutes.
  • 61' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Jaroslaw Niezgoda is replaced by Felipe Mora.
  • 66' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 71' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 75' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Sebastian Blanco by Santiago Moreno on 75 minute.
  • 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' Steve Clark is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
  • 82' Bill Tuiloma picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 84' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Everton has done his job and it is now time for Anderson Julio to step up.
  • 86' Albert Rusnak doubles the advantage! 1-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 86' Claudio Bravo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 87' Portland Timbers make a change. Yimmi Chara trudges off to be replaced by Marvin Loria on 87 minutes.
  • Another three points for Portland Timbers.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

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

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

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
3 / 4
2 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.25 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake34% Draw24% Portland Timbers42%
Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes77% 0% No23%
Avg goals/match: 4.25
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 92%
8%
± 2.5 78%
22%
± 3.5 60%
40%
± 4.5 42%
58%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
58%
Draw or Portland Timbers
66%
Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake29% Draw37% Portland Timbers34%
Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
7.2%
1 – 2
7.1%
2 – 2
6.9%
2 – 1
6.3%
1 – 3
Actual
2 – 3
5.2%
3 – 2
4.6%
3 – 1
4.1%
0 – 2
3.8%
3 – 3
3.5%
1 – 4
3%
2 – 0
3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 10% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 16% 65%
-0.5 35% — 65%
+0.5 56% — 44%
+1 56% 18% 26%
+1.5 74% — 26%
+2 74% 13% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
11% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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