St. Louis City vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

St. Louis City

1 – 2

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sun 30 Apr 2023 · 00:30 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 63' Evander pen

Celio Pompeu 79' 1–1

1–2 83' Yimmi Chara

Y 8' Zac McGraw

Kyle Hiebert 71' Y

Y 90' Juan Mosquera

Overview

Match Preview

St. Louis City vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Citypark.

St. Louis City 26 games · 44 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

St. Louis City 7 games · Avg 3.4 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-30 St. Louis City 1–2 Portland Timbers 2023-03-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 St. Louis City

Recent Form

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L
23 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
16 Apr	FC Cincinnati	H	5–1	W
09 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
02 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	0–1	L
26 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	4–0	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Apr	St. Louis City	A	2–1	W
22 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
16 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	H	4–1	W
09 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
02 Apr	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
25 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

St. Louis City		Portland Timbers
#19	Position	#26
44	Points	32
26	Played	27
12 / 8 / 6	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
45	Scored	48
36	Conceded	51
+9	GD	-3
1.69	PPG	1.19
46%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

86% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

St. Louis City are 19th (44 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Louis City

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/2

31-45

9/3

46-60

8/5

61-75

6/5

76+

6/10

■ 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)

St. Louis City

Rafael Navarro	13 G	3 A
Simon Becher	8 G	4 A
Marcel Hartel	6 G	3 A

Portland Timbers

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Citypark. St. Louis City are looking to make home advantage count against Portland Timbers.
5' Zac McGraw, a Canada , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
8' The referee has no hesitation. Zac McGraw is booked for Portland Timbers — Yellow card on 8.
13' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Kyle Hiebert has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
18' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His St. Louis City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
21' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — David Ayala exits the field as Cristhian Paredes enters on 21.
26' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
31' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
36' St. Louis City are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Portland Timbers's 4-2-3-1 shape.
41' Portland Timbers come into this ranked 22 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' Portland Timbers have won 475 goals from 295 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
51' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
54' The St. Louis City manager makes a substitution. Miguel Perez departs to be replaced by Tomas Ostrak.
55' St. Louis City make a change. Miguel Perez trudges off to be replaced by Tomas Ostrak on 55 minutes.
60' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
62' Evander has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 62 minutes.
63' Evander is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 10 goals this season for the .
64' The supporters are chanting for Jaroslaw Niezgoda. He replaces Franck Boli on 64 minute.
67' The St. Louis City bench stirs into life. Jared Stroud is withdrawn and Celio Pompeu gets his opportunity.
71' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kyle Hiebert.
76' With 0 assists to his name this season, Juan Mosquera is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
79' Celio Pompeu makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and St. Louis City are in front.
83' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Yimmi Chara makes no mistake. 1-3!
83' St. Louis City make a change. Jakob Nerwinski trudges off to be replaced by Akil Watts on 83 minutes.
86' Isak Steiner Jensen is ready to make an impact after coming on for Rasmus Alm at the 86 minute mark.
88' Claudio Bravo is replacing Eric Miller for the Portland Timbers side.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Juan Mosquera is booked for Portland Timbers — Yellow card on 90.
1-2 the final result. St. Louis City will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1
Roman Burki
10
Eduard Lowen
26
Tim Parker
14
John Nelson
11
Nicholas Gioacchini ↓ Aziel Jackson 67'
19
Indiana Vassilev
8
Jared Stroud ↓ Celio Pompeu 67'
2
Jakob Nerwinski ↓ Akil Watts 83'
21
Rasmus Alm ↓ Isak Steiner Jensen 83'
22
Kyle Hiebert
28
Miguel Perez ↓ Tomas Ostrak 55'

Bench

17
Selmir Pidro
39
Benjamin Lundt
7
Tomas Ostrak ↑ 55'
25
Aziel Jackson ↑ 67'
24
Lucas Bartlett
15
Joshua Yaro
20
Akil Watts ↑ 83'
12
Celio Pompeu ↑ 67'
30
Isak Steiner Jensen ↑ 83'

Coach Bradley Carnell

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Felipe Mora	2
Evander	2
Kristoffer Velde	2
Rafael Navarro	2
Marcel Hartel	2
Jonathan Rodriguez	1
Cedric Teuchert	1
Zac McGraw	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.44 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City46% Draw25% Portland Timbers29%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.44

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

71%

Draw or Portland Timbers

54%

St. Louis City or Portland Timbers

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City37% Draw41% Portland Timbers22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 0

5.8%

0 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	20%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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

St. Louis City vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

Portland Timbers Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Clean Sheet