San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

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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.

San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee C. Blanchard
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Thomas Zablocki
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Diego Blas
Referee Chris Elliott
Referee

8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 19 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#18	Position	#23
33	Points	24
18	Played	18
10 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 8
37	Scored	33
24	Conceded	33
+13	GD	+0
1.83	PPG	1.33
56%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/6

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/2

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. San Jose Earthquakes get us underway at Avaya Stadium.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' USA international Cade Cowell has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 4 assists in the Array this season.
15' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
30' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
33' GOAL! Yimmi Chara fires home to make it 0-1!
34' The deadlock is broken! Yimmi Chara gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
39' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
44' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
46' Shea Salinas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Paul Marie on 46 minute.
51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Judson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
56' San Jose Earthquakes are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Portland Timbers's shape.
61' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
64' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Eryk Williamson is withdrawn and Cristhian Paredes gets his opportunity.
69' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Jacob Akanyirige exits the field as Chris Wondolowski enters on 69.
74' Cristhian Paredes has been relatively quiet despite scoring 18 goals in his last 291 appearances.
76' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Vako Qazaishvili makes no mistake. 1-2!
81' Another change for Portland Timbers made on 81 minute. Jaroslaw Niezgoda leaves to be changed by Tomas Conechny.
84' Poor challenge from Dario Zuparic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
85' Cristhian Paredes has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 85.
90' Jackson Yueill was booked on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

25
Andres Rios ↓ Carlos Fierro 69'
93
Judson
4
Oswaldo Alanis ↓ Shea Salinas 46'
11
Vako Qazaishvili
23
Florian Jungwirth
14
Jackson Yueill C
18
J.T. Marcinkowski
27
Marcos Lopez
10
Cristian Espinoza ↓ Cade Cowell 69'
29
Jacob Akanyirige ↓ Chris Wondolowski 69'
33
Paul Marie ↓ Tommy Thompson 46'

Bench

6
Shea Salinas ↑ 46'
96
Luis Felipe
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 69'
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 46'
26
Eric Calvillo
17
Daniel Vega
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 69'
21
Carlos Fierro ↑ 69'
15
Tanner Beason

Coach Matias Almeyda

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Marvin Loria 64'
7
Andy Polo
21
Diego Chara C
25
Bill Tuiloma
12
Steve Clark
32
Marco Farfan
30
Eryk Williamson ↓ Cristhian Paredes 64'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Tomas Conechny 81'
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 64'
28
Pablo Bonilla

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

2.01 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes48% Draw25% Portland Timbers27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.38

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

73%

Draw or Portland Timbers

52%

San Jose Earthquakes or Portland Timbers

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw41% Portland Timbers21%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

6.9%

1 – 0

6.2%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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