Sunday , 15 November 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
San Jose Earthquakes
1 – 1
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Thu 17 Sep 2020 · 01:30 UTC Avaya Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'
Y 84' Dario Zuparic
Y 85' Cristhian Paredes
Jackson Yueill 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Avaya Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee C. Blanchard
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Thomas Zablocki
  • Referee Timothy Ford
  • Referee Diego Blas
  • Referee Chris Elliott
  • Referee
11 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

5
4
11
San Jose Earthquakes 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-07 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-07-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Sep Portland Timbers H 1–1 D
14 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–0 D
11 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 1–7 L
06 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 1–1 D
03 Sep Los Angeles FC A 1–5 L
30 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–3 L
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Sep San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D
14 Sep Los Angeles FC A 2–4 L
07 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 2–1 W
03 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–3 L
30 Aug Real Salt Lake H 4–4 D
24 Aug Seattle Sounders FC H 0–3 L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers
#19 Position #22
52 Points 46
34 Played 34
14 / 10 / 10 W / D / L 13 / 7 / 14
57 Scored 62
51 Conceded 61
+6 GD +1
1.53 PPG 1.35
41% Win % 38%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts). Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
14/7
16-30
6/7
31-45
6/7
46-60
7/8
61-75
6/3
76+
10/16
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Portland Timbers
0-15
7/10
16-30
8/10
31-45
9/9
46-60
6/5
61-75
10/4
76+
12/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 17 G 3 A
Ousseni Bouda 7 G 1 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Portland Timbers
Kristoffer Velde 12 G 6 A
Ariel Lassiter 9 G 4 A
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. San Jose Earthquakes is hosting Portland Timbers for another epic battle.
  • 5' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 10' It’s high time Matias Almeyda made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
  • 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Dario Zuparic suffering a number of foals already.
  • 25' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 30' Andy Polo has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 18 appearances.
  • 33' Yimmi Chara adds to his 0 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 34' Yimmi Chara makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Portland Timbers are in front.
  • 39' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 44' Both keepers have barely been tested. San Jose Earthquakes and Portland Timbers are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 46' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Paul Marie by Shea Salinas on 46 minute.
  • 51' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 56' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 61' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
  • 64' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 64 minute. Eryk Williamson leaves to be changed by Cristhian Paredes.
  • 69' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. Jacob Akanyirige has done his job and it is now time for Chris Wondolowski to step up.
  • 74' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 76' A goal from the Georgia international Vako Qazaishvili! He fires home on 76 to make it 1-2!
  • 81' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Jaroslaw Niezgoda is replaced by Tomas Conechny.
  • 84' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Dario Zuparic.
  • 85' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Cristhian Paredes.
  • 90' The referee has no hesitation. Jackson Yueill is booked for San Jose Earthquakes — Yellow card on 90.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Preston Judd 5
Yimmi Chara 5
Felipe Mora 4
Jonathan Rodriguez 3
Jaroslaw Niezgoda 3
Cristian Espinoza 3
Diego Valeri 3
Dairon Asprilla 3

Head to Head

2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-07 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-07-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Portland Timbers

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes L

Portland Timbers Form

2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.73 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.45 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Portland Timbers 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes42% Draw26% Portland Timbers32%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.18
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
68%
Draw or Portland Timbers
58%
San Jose Earthquakes or Portland Timbers
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes32% Draw43% Portland Timbers25%
Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 2
7.3%
1 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
6.3%
2 – 0
6.2%
0 – 0
5.8%
0 – 1
5.3%
3 – 1
5%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 2
3.7%
1 – 3
3.5%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 13% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 20% 57%
-0.5 43% — 57%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 16% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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