Seattle Sounders FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Mon 30 Aug 2021 · 02:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 44' Jose Van Rankin

Y 45' Jose Van Rankin

Y 76' Diego Valeri

Overview

Match Preview

Seattle Sounders FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

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

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · Avg 2.9 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers 2021-08-16 Portland Timbers 2–6 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-05-09 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2020-09-24 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	0–2	L
21 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W
19 Aug	FC Dallas	A	1–0	W
16 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	6–2	W
05 Aug	FC Dallas	H	1–1	D
31 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	L

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–0	W
22 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–3	L
19 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
16 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–6	L
08 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	3–2	W
05 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Portland Timbers
#24	Position	#26
35	Points	32
26	Played	27
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
33	Scored	48
34	Conceded	51
-1	GD	-3
1.35	PPG	1.19
35%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ 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)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Lumen Field. Seattle Sounders FC are looking to make home advantage count against Portland Timbers.
5' Raul Ruidiaz has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
12' Portland Timbers make a change. Eryk Williamson trudges off to be replaced by Cristhian Paredes on 12 minutes.
17' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
22' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
27' Seattle Sounders FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Portland Timbers's shape.
32' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jose Van Rankin, as he is very good at scoring at Lumen Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
42' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
44' Jose Van Rankin picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
45' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Jose Van Rankin gets a Yellow card.
50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Schmetzer might look to freshen things up shortly.
55' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
58' Sebastian Blanco doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
63' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Timbers are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
65' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Sebastian Blanco by Diego Valeri on 65 minute.
70' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
73' The crowd applauds Brad Smith as he leaves the pitch. Jimmy Medranda steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
74' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Shane O'Neill departs to be replaced by Fredy Montero.
76' The referee calls foul for Diego Valeri. He receives a Yellow card.
81' Seattle Sounders FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
86' Steve Clark has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
87' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Kelyn Rowe exits the field as Will Bruin enters on 87.
The final score is 0-2.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara
2
Jose Van Rankin ↓ George Fochive 74'
21
Diego Chara ↓ Santiago Moreno 74'
33
Larrys Mabiala
27
Dairon Asprilla
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Diego Valeri 65'
19
Eryk Williamson ↓ Cristhian Paredes 12'
5
Claudio Bravo
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	15
Sebastian Blanco	6
Dairon Asprilla	4
Kevin Kelsy	3
Santiago Moreno	3
Felipe Mora	3
Fredy Montero	3
Cristian Roldan	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers L 2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-19 FC Dallas 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-16 Portland Timbers 2–6 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 FC Dallas D 2021-07-31 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Portland Timbers Form

2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers W 2021-08-22 Austin FC 3–1 Portland Timbers L 2021-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2021-08-16 Portland Timbers 2–6 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-08-08 Portland Timbers 3–2 Real Salt Lake W 2021-08-05 Portland Timbers 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.46 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Portland Timbers 73% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC40% Draw27% Portland Timbers33%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Portland Timbers

60%

Seattle Sounders FC or Portland Timbers

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC28% Draw45% Portland Timbers27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

0 – 0

7.3%

1 – 0

7.2%

0 – 1

2 – 2

5.9%

2 – 0

5.8%

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	19%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	18%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

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