📊 Form Guide

Portland Timbers

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Portland Timbers prepare for this fixture following a 3-3 MLS tied result versus Sporting Kansas City.

In that match, Portland Timbers managed 50% possession and 10 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Portland Timbers, the goalscorers were Evander (64'), Felipe Mora (66') and Eric Miller (81'). Sporting Kansas City got 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. William Agada (13', 45') and Dany Rosero (38') scored for Sporting Kansas City.

Portland Timbers have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, although they have also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Portland Timbers have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Los Angeles FC

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Los Angeles FC head into the match following a 2-1 MLS win in the defeat of Los Angeles Galaxy in their previous fixture.

In that match, Los Angeles FC had 32% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Los Angeles FC, the scorers were Timothy Tillman (4') and Denis Bouanga (35'). LA Galaxy had 18 shots at goal with 4 on target. Julián Aude (29') was the scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.

Steve Cherundolo's Los Angeles FC have turned their attacks into goals 9 times in the course of their previous six matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 9.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes going back to 30/09/2021 shows us that Portland Timbers have won 2 of these games and Los Angeles FC 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Timbers and 9 being from LAFC. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was MLS match day 40 on 10/09/2023 when the final score was Portland Timbers 2-0 Los Angeles FC.

That day, Portland Timbers managed 39% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Larrys Mabiala (28') and Claudio Bravo (53').

Los Angeles FC got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Drew Fischer.

📰 Team News: Portland Timbers

Zac McGraw (Head injury), Larrys Mabiala (Leg injury) and Marvin Loría (Knee surgery) will not be taking part for Portland Timbers boss Phil Neville.

It’s our opinion that The Timbers should use the 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Maxime Crépeau, Juan Mosquera, Miguel Araujo, Kamal Miller, Eric Miller, Cristhian Paredes, Diego Chara, Santiago Moreno, Evander, Antony and Jonathan Rodriguez.

📰 Team News: Los Angeles FC

Thanks to a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Los Angeles FC manager Steve Cherundolo has zero fitness concerns to speak of before this clash.

We believe Los Angeles FC seem likely to utilise a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Hugo Lloris, Ryan Hollingshead, Jesús Murillo, Aaron Long, Sergi Palencia, Timothy Tillman, Ilie Sanchez, Eduard Atuesta, Cristian Olivera, Mateusz Bogusz and Denis Bouanga.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Los Angeles FC and Portland Timbers won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

We’ll have to see, but a draw might be on the cards. That is why we are leaning toward a tight encounter with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this one.

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

Renata Leite, 20:00 13/04/2024