Major League Soccer

Aug 27, 2022 at 3am UK

Jeld-Wen Field

Portland
2 - 1
Seattle

Asprilla (41' pen.), Blanco (51')
Blanco (11'), Williamson (45+2'), McGraw (78')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Gomez Andrade (8')
Lodeiro (20'), Leyva (23')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Seattle Sounders

Last Six:

Last Game: LA Galaxy 3-3 Seattle
Saturday, August 20 at 3am in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	-7	34
5	Seattle Sounders	26	1	33
6	Portland Timbers	27	-1	33

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Portland Timbers win with a probability of 50.95%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 24.63% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portland Timbers win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.61%) and 2-0 (8.94%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 0-1 (7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.59%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Portland Timbers would win this match.

Result
Portland Timbers	Draw	Seattle Sounders
50.95%	24.41% ( -0)	24.63% ( -0)

Both teams to score 53.3% (

-0)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.41% (

-0)

48.59%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.29% (

-0)

70.71% (

-0)

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.92% (

-0)

19.07% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

49.32% (

-0)

50.68% (

-0)

Seattle Sounders Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.86% (

-0)

34.13%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.17% (

-0)

70.82%

Score Analysis

Portland Timbers 50.94%

Seattle Sounders 24.63%

Draw 24.41%

Portland Timbers	Draw	Seattle Sounders
1-0 @ 10.78% 2-1 @ 9.61% 2-0 @ 8.94% 3-1 @ 5.31% 3-0 @ 4.94% 3-2 @ 2.85% 4-1 @ 2.2% 4-0 @ 2.04% 4-2 @ 1.18% Other @ 3.11% Total : 50.94%	1-1 @ 11.59% 0-0 @ 6.51% 2-2 @ 5.16% 3-3 @ 1.02% ( -0) Other @ 0.12% Total : 24.41%	0-1 @ 7% 1-2 @ 6.23% 0-2 @ 3.76% 1-3 @ 2.23% 2-3 @ 1.85% 0-3 @ 1.35% ( -0) Other @ 2.21% Total : 24.63%