Los Angeles FC vs Portland Timbers Live Stream, Predictions

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Los Angeles FC

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Los Angeles FC enter this match following on from a 2-2 MLS drawn game vs Philadelphia Union.

In that match, Los Angeles FC had 66% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Los Angeles FC, the scorers were Kwadwo Opoku (56') and Franco Escobar (82'). On the other side, Philadelphia Union got 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Dániel Gazdag (9') and Julián Carranza (67') scored for Philadelphia Union.

Los Angeles FC have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, although they’ve also found ways to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Los Angeles FC have conceded in 5 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.

Portland Timbers

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In their last game, Portland Timbers drew 1-1 in the MLS tie with New York Red Bulls.

In that match, Portland Timbers had 50% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Portland Timbers was Jarosław Niezgoda (53'). For their opponents, New York Red Bulls had 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Aaron Long (67') was the scorer for New York Red Bulls.

Giovanni Savarese's Portland Timbers have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 5 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 8.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings going back to 19/10/2020 tells us that Los Angeles FC have won 0 of them & Portland Timbers 3, with the number of draws being 3.

A total of 15 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 for LAFC and 9 created by The Timbers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league encounter between the two was MLS match day 3 on 07/03/2022 when the final score was Los Angeles FC 1-1 Portland Timbers.

On that day, Los Angeles FC managed 69% possession and 25 shots on goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Mamadou Fall (93').

Portland Timbers got 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Yimmi Chará (18') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Ismail Elfath.

ℹ️ Team News: Los Angeles FC

The Los Angeles FC boss Steve Cherundolo has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match thanks to a completely healthy squad to pick from.

📋 Team News: Portland Timbers

Thanks to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Portland Timbers boss Giovanni Savarese doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us like Portland Timbers will surely find it tough to be scoring even one goal against a Los Angeles FC team who seem set to really run this game.

We reckon that it will be a 3-0 winning margin for Los Angeles FC by the conclusion of the match.

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

Andre Moura, 23:28 08/05/2022