Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Real Salt Lake

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Portland Timbers

Sun 9 Oct 2022 · 21:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 27' David Ayala

Rubio Rubin 67' Y

Y 88' Sebastian Blanco

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

2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers 2022-04-24 Portland Timbers 0–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–1	W
02 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
18 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
15 Sep	Austin FC	A	0–3	L
11 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	0–0	D
05 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
02 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
18 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
04 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	2–1	W
01 Sep	Austin FC	A	2–1	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' The game is set. Real Salt Lake kicks off things out of here…
5' Braian Ojeda, a Paraguay , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
19' GOAL! Jefferson Savarino fires home to make it 1-0!
24' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 24 minutes.
27' A meaty challenge results in booking for David Ayala on 27.
32' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' Jaroslaw Niezgoda gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Zac McGraw and will look to change the dynamic.
40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
45' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
48' Magnificent from Rubio Rubin! That is 14 goals in 280 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
49' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Rubio Rubin makes no mistake. 3-0!
54' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Jose Van Rankin comes on to replace Claudio Bravo.
58' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bode Davis is hanging Maikel Chang Ramirez on the field on 58 minute.
63' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
67' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 67.
71' Justin Meram gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Jefferson Savarino and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Sebastian Blanco comes on to replace Santiago Moreno.
76' The whistle greets Rubio Rubin as he departs to be replaced by Jasper Loeffelsend.
81' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 280 games and scored 417 goals.
82' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Bode Davis makes no mistake. 4-0!
83' Bode Davis makes no mistake. The score reads 5-0 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
87' What a moment for Dairon Asprilla! That strike on 87 puts his side firmly in control.
88' Portland Timbers player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
The points are shared — Real Salt Lake 3-1 Portland Timbers. Honours even.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

36
Bryan Oviedo
10
Sergio Cordova ↓ Anderson Julio 71'
15
Justen Glad
30
Marcelo Silva
11
Jefferson Savarino ↓ Justin Meram 71'
2
Andrew Brody
18
Zac MacMath
88
Braian Ojeda
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Jasper Loeffelsend 76'
6
Ruiz
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Bode Davis 58'

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara
33
Larrys Mabiala
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla
22
Cristhian Paredes
5
Claudio Bravo ↓ Jose Van Rankin 54'
31
Aljaz Ivacic
24
David Ayala ↓ Marvin Loria 54'
18
Zac McGraw ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 35'
30
Santiago Moreno ↓ Sebastian Blanco 74'
29
Juan Mosquera

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

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

2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2022-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2022-09-15 Austin FC 3–0 Real Salt Lake L 2022-09-11 Real Salt Lake 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2022-09-05 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L

Portland Timbers Form

2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers L 2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-09-18 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-09-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-04 Portland Timbers 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2022-09-01 Austin FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.14 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake49% Draw24% Portland Timbers27%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

73%

Draw or Portland Timbers

51%

Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw39% Portland Timbers23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

1 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 0

3.9%

0 – 1

3.4%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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