Portland Timbers face off with San Jose Earthquakes in Saturday’s big MLS clash.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Portland Timbers v San Jose Earthquakes, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Portland Timbers
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Portland Timbers will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-1 MLS success over St. Louis City.
In that match, Portland Timbers had 52% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Portland Timbers, the scorers were Antony (55') and David Ayala (91'). For their opponents, St. Louis City had 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Akil Watts (50') was the scorer for St. Louis City.
It has not been often in recent times where Portland Timbers haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Portland Timbers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 5 goals in the process.
San Jose Earthquakes
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to St. Louis City in MLS competition, San Jose Earthquakes and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, San Jose Earthquakes had 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for San Jose Earthquakes was Josef Martínez (83'). At the other end, St. Louis City had 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Klauss (45') and Eduard Löwen (92') scored for St. Louis City.
Bruce Arena's San Jose Earthquakes have slotted home a total of 9 times throughout their latest six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those matches adds up to 8.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 18/06/2023 shows us that Portland Timbers have won 3 of these games and San Jose Earthquakes 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 of them for The Timbers and 9 being from Quakes. The average goals per game has been 3.
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Team News: Portland Timbers
Zac McGraw (Back injury) and Jonathan Rodríguez (Knee injury) are not available for Portland Timbers gaffer Phil Neville.
It’s our opinion that The Timbers may well employ a 5-4-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Maxime Crépeau, Antony, Kamal Miller, Finn Surman, Juan Mosquera, Jimer Fory, Santiago Moreno, David Ayala, Joao Ortiz, David Costa and Felipe Mora.
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Team News: San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena has not got a full squad to pick from. Bruno Wilson (Leg injury), Niko Tsakiris (Leg injury), Noel Buck (Leg injury), DeJuan Jones (Calf injury) and Cristian Arango (Muscle injury) are not able to play.
From our viewpoint, Quakes could decide to play in a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting the game with Earl Edwards Jr., Reid Roberts, Max Floriani, David Romney, Nick Lima, Nick Fernandez, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Jamar Ricketts, Hernán López Munoz, Ousseni Bouda and Preston Judd.
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Prediction
When taking all factors into account, San Jose Earthquakes are capable enough to breach the defence of this Portland Timbers outfit, however it isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.
Our selection here is for a 2-1 winning score for Portland Timbers when all is said and done. Should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds in the win-draw-win market, a win for Portland Timbers is available for 1.8, betting on a drawn result is 3.75 & selecting a win for San Jose Earthquakes gets 4.33. Those are the best of the prices that can be secured at this very moment.
Renata Leite,
04:00 11/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Portland Timbers
Formed: 2009
Stadium: Providence Park (25,218)
Captain: Diego Chará
Chairman: Heather Davis
Manager: Phil Neville
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Western Conference)