Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders FC Live Stream, Predictions

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Portland Timbers

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Portland Timbers won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 4-1 MLS loss in their previous game against FC Dallas.

In that game, Portland Timbers managed 41% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Portland Timbers was Williamson (62'). For their opponents, FC Dallas got 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Ricaurte (2'), Obrian (13'), Bressan (45') and Sealy (85') scored for FC Dallas.

It has been seldom in recent times that Portland Timbers haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that The Timbers have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals in the process.

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC head into the encounter after a 3-0 MLS win as they beat Los Angeles Galaxy in their previous game.

In that match, Seattle Sounders FC had 46% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 9 on target. For Seattle Sounders FC, the scorers were Ruidíaz (20', 93') and Smith (23'). On the other side, Los Angeles Galaxy had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Brian Schmetzer's Seattle Sounders FC have found the back of the net a total of 12 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during that period equals 6.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 22/07/2019 shows that Portland Timbers have won 3 of these games and Seattle Sounders FC 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from The Timbers and 8 netted by The Sounders. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league match between the two was MLS match day 21 on 23/10/2020 when the final score was Seattle Sounders FC 1-1 Portland Timbers.

That day, Seattle Sounders FC had 59% possession and 15 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer was Bruin (93').

On the other side, Portland Timbers had 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Flores (10') scored.

The referee was Ismail Elfath.

📋 Team News: Portland Timbers

Sebastián Blanco (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Jaroslaw Niezgoda (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Steve Clark (Thigh Muscle Strain), Aljaz Ivacic (Pubalgia), Cristhian Paredes (Thigh Muscle Strain) and Ismaila Jome (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be taking part for Portland boss Giovanni Savarese.

📋 Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle boss Brian Schmetzer has to choose a team with limited availability. Fredy Montero (Thigh Muscle Strain) and Jimmy Medranda (Muscle Injury) can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Timbers may well end up cancelling each other out here.

Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could have goals and the potential for a draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a score draw when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:22 04/05/2021