San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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San Jose Earthquakes

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Portland Timbers

Sun 20 Sep 2020 · 02:30 UTC Avaya Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+3'

Nick Lima 14' Y

Y 29' Tomas Conechny

Florian Jungwirth 49' Y

Overview

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

San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Nick Uranga
Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee R. Mendoza
Referee
Referee

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

San Jose Earthquakes 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–6	L
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

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	6–1	W
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

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' And we are off! San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers — let the football do the talking.
5' San Jose Earthquakes has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
14' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nick Lima on 14.
19' Over 19 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
24' San Jose Earthquakes are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Portland Timbers backline.
25' Diego Valeri is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
27' What composure from Jeremy Ebobisse! The USA international strokes it home. 0-2.
29' Tomas Conechny catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 29.
34' Carlos Fierro has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
39' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
44' Carlos Fierro has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 44 minutes.
46' Portland Timbers make a change. Tomas Conechny trudges off to be replaced by Yimmi Chara on 46 minutes.
49' Florian Jungwirth has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 49.
54' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
57' The Argentina Diego Valeri breaks the deadlock on 57 minutes. 1-3!
62' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
64' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Andres Rios departs to be replaced by Chris Wondolowski.
65' The whistle greets Florian Jungwirth as he departs to be replaced by Vako Qazaishvili.
70' Yimmi Chara does the damage! The net is bulging and Portland Timbers surge ahead!
75' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
79' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Jack Skahan comes on to replace Shea Salinas.
82' Jaroslaw Niezgoda is replacing Jeremy Ebobisse for the Portland Timbers side.
85' The Costa Rica Julio Cascante breaks the deadlock on 85 minutes. 1-5!
87' A stunning finish from Jaroslaw Niezgoda — that came from absolutely nowhere!
89' Renzo Zambrano is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cristhian Paredes at the 89 minute mark.
San Jose Earthquakes will have plenty to reflect on. Portland Timbers were simply the better side today.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

25
Andres Rios ↓ Chris Wondolowski 64'
93
Judson
6
Shea Salinas ↓ Jack Skahan 79'
24
Nick Lima ↓ Cristian Espinoza 64'
23
Florian Jungwirth ↓ Vako Qazaishvili 65'
14
Jackson Yueill C
26
Eric Calvillo ↓ Tommy Thompson 64'
27
Marcos Lopez
17
Daniel Vega
21
Carlos Fierro
15
Tanner Beason

Bench

11
Vako Qazaishvili ↑ 65'
96
Luis Felipe
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 64'
12
Matt Bersano
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 64'
10
Cristian Espinoza ↑ 64'
33
Paul Marie
44
Cade Cowell
16
Jack Skahan ↑ 79'

Coach Matias Almeyda

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jorge Villafana
19
Tomas Conechny ↓ Yimmi Chara 46'
21
Diego Chara ↓ Eryk Williamson 89'
8
Diego Valeri C
18
Julio Cascante
25
Bill Tuiloma
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Renzo Zambrano 89'
32
Marco Farfan
17
Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 82'
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Andy Polo 82'
31
Aljaz Ivacic

Bench

23
Yimmi Chara ↑ 46'
7
Andy Polo ↑ 82'
14
Andres Flores
12
Steve Clark
30
Eryk Williamson ↑ 89'
40
Renzo Zambrano ↑ 89'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↑ 82'
13
Dario Zuparic
28
Pablo Bonilla

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers L 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

Portland Timbers Form

2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.74 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

2.14 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Portland Timbers 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes31% Draw24% Portland Timbers45%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

55%

Draw or Portland Timbers

69%

San Jose Earthquakes or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes26% Draw38% Portland Timbers36%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–6 not predicted

1 – 6

Actual

1 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 1

6.5%

1 – 3

5.6%

2 – 3

4.9%

0 – 2

4.8%

0 – 1

3 – 2

3 – 1

3.8%

0 – 3

3.4%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	9%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	15%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	19%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	14%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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