Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Mon 28 Sep 2020 · 02:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45+6' · FT 45+4'

Cristian Gutierrez 8' Y

Lucas Cavallini 40' Y

Janio Bikel 45' Y

Y 45' Marco Farfan

Y 49' Cristhian Paredes

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Providence Park.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ted Unkel
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Mike Rottersman
Referee Chris Elliott
Referee

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers 2019-08-11 Portland Timbers 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-05-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Portland Timbers 2018-10-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Portland Timbers 2018-08-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	0–1	L
24 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–6	L
20 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W
17 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–1	W
14 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–4	L
06 Sep	Toronto FC	H	3–2	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
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

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Portland Timbers
#16	Position	#23
34	Points	24
17	Played	18
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 8
38	Scored	33
17	Conceded	33
+21	GD	+0
2.00	PPG	1.33
59%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts). Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers has kicked off!
5' Assisted by Eryk Williamson with the perfectly-timed delivery and Felipe Mora makes no mistake. 0-1!
8' A moment of madness from Cristian Gutierrez on 8 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be frustrated.
13' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vancouver Whitecaps FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
18' With 0 assists to his name this season, Larrys Mabiala is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
23' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vancouver Whitecaps FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
28' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cristian Gutierrez, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
33' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
38' Cristian Dajome, a Colombia , has 21 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
40' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Lucas Cavallini.
45' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Janio Bikel gets a Yellow card.
46' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Eryk Williamson is replaced by Diego Valeri.
49' Cristhian Paredes was booked on 49.
54' Portland Timbers have won 469 goals from 291 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
57' The supporters are chanting for Yimmi Chara. He replaces Marvin Loria on 57 minute.
62' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
64' Cristian Gutierrez makes way for David Milinkovic at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
69' It’s high time Marc Dos Santos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
74' Vancouver Whitecaps FC 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.
77' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Felipe Mora by Jaroslaw Niezgoda on 77 minute.
82' 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 Cristhian Paredes suffering a number of foals already.
87' Vancouver Whitecaps FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Thomas Muller scoring 1 goals.
90' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Jake Nerwinski has done his job and it is now time for Tosaint Ricketts to step up.
The final score is 0-1.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

53
Ali Adnan
12
Fredy Montero C
15
Andy Rose
1
Bryan Meredith
28
Jake Nerwinski ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 90'
22
Erik Godoy
19
Janio Bikel
3
Cristian Gutierrez ↓ David Milinkovic 64'
17
Leonard Owusu
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Ryan Raposo 90'
9
Lucas Cavallini

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

7
Andy Polo
21
Diego Chara C
33
Larrys Mabiala
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 77'
12
Steve Clark
32
Marco Farfan
30
Eryk Williamson ↓ Diego Valeri 46'
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Yimmi Chara 57'
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 77'
28
Pablo Bonilla

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	7
Felipe Mora	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Evander	4
Yimmi Chara	4
Cristian Dajome	4
Dairon Asprilla	3
Alphonso Davies	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2020-09-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-24 Los Angeles FC 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-09-17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2020-09-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–4 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-09-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Toronto FC W

Portland Timbers Form

2020-09-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-24 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

2.16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.46 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC47% Draw25% Portland Timbers28%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Portland Timbers

53%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Portland Timbers

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC39% Draw39% Portland Timbers22%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

6.3%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

1 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 0

4 – 1

3.4%

0 – 1

Actual

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	20%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

12% ✗

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