Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Real Salt Lake

2 – 0

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sat 2 May 2026 · 20:45 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Zavier Gozo 10' 1–0

Diego Luna 28' 2–0

Y 60' Jimer Fory

Y 82' Ian Smith

Juan Sanabria 85' Y

Overview

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

Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Rosendo Mendoza (USA)
Assistant 1 Brooke Mayo (USA)
Assistant 2 Matthew Nelson

8 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.1 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

Real Salt Lake 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers 2025-07-17 Portland Timbers 0–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-05-15 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Portland Timbers 2024-09-22 Real Salt Lake 3–3 Portland Timbers 2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

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

Portland Timbers

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
#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' What a night it is going to be! Real Salt Lake welcome Portland Timbers for this crunch clash at Rio Tinto Stadium.
5' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' A stunning finish from Zavier Gozo — that came from absolutely nowhere!
15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Jose Caicedo has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
28' Diego Luna doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
33' Sergi Solans needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
38' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
43' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
48' The energy levels are beginning to show. Phil Neville might look to freshen things up shortly.
53' Noel Caliskan is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
58' With 2 assists to his name this season, Morgan Guilavogui is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
60' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jimer Fory on 60.
65' 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.
70' 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.
75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
80' Rafael Cabral has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 260 appearances.
82' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Ian Smith on 82 minutes.
85' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Juan Sanabria.
90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jimer Fory, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-04-23 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2026-04-19 Real Salt Lake 4–2 San Diego FC W 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-22 San Diego FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D

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 accuracy

1 / 4

1.88 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake50% Draw24% Portland Timbers26%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

74%

Draw or Portland Timbers

50%

Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake35% Draw42% Portland Timbers23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

5.6%

0 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3 – 0

0 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	20%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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