Portland Timbers vs FC Dallas Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Portland Timbers

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It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Portland Timbers haven’t conceded. The reality is that Portland Timbers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals during that time.

FC Dallas

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For 5 of the past 6 games featuring FC Dallas, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that period is a paltry 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Toros standing at 0.83. Let’s find out if that trend can be sustained here.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 14/04/2019 tells us that Portland Timbers have won 2 of them & FC Dallas 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 for The Timbers and 11 belonging to Toros. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was MLS match day 6 on 20/03/2022 which ended up with the score at FC Dallas 4-1 Portland Timbers.

On that day, FC Dallas had 55% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Jesús Ferreira (26', 30', 36') and Paul Arriola (77').

At the other end, Portland Timbers had 1 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Jarosław Niezgoda (61') scored.

The referee was Allen Chapman.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, FC Dallas have it in them to find the net against this Portland Timbers lineup, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Portland Timbers at the end of the match. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 16:05 05/08/2022