📏 Form Guide

Portland Timbers

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Portland Timbers will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-1 MLS success over St. Louis City.

In that game, Portland Timbers managed 52% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Portland Timbers, the scorers were Antony (55') and David Ayala (91'). St. Louis City got 18 shots 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 supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, San Jose Earthquakes managed 53% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for San Jose Earthquakes was Josef Martínez (83'). At the other end, St. Louis City got 11 attempts at goal with 4 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.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 18/06/2023 tells us that Portland Timbers have won 3 of them and San Jose Earthquakes 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 18 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 for The Timbers and 9 netted by Quakes. The average goals per game has been 3.

ℹ️ Team News: Portland Timbers

Zac McGraw (Back injury) and Jonathan Rodríguez (Knee injury) will be missing for Portland Timbers manager Phil Neville.

It’s our opinion that The Timbers may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation this time with James Pantemis, Juan Mosquera, Dario Zuparic, Finn Surman, Jimer Fory, Joao Ortiz, David Ayala, Santiago Moreno, David Da Costa, Antony and Felipe Mora.

🗞️ Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena has to choose a team with limited availability. Niko Tsakiris (Leg injury), Noel Buck (Leg injury), DeJuan Jones (Calf injury), Cristian Arango (Muscle injury) and Bruno Wilson (Leg injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that Quakes seem likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 system using Earl Edwards Jr., Daniel Munie, David Romney, Rodrigues, Cristian Espinoza, Ian Harkes, Beau Leroux, Vitor Costa, Ousseni Bouda, Hernan Lopez and Josef Martinez.

🔮 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.

Renata Leite, 02:00 14/06/2025