Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Portland Timbers

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Portland Timbers will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 3-2 MLS loss in their previous game against Los Angeles FC.

In that match, Portland Timbers had 53% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Portland Timbers, the goals were scored by Evander (62') and Cristhian Paredes (84'). Los Angeles FC got 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Giorgio Chiellini (24'), Carlos Vela (34') and Kwadwo Opoku (52') scored for Los Angeles FC.

Portland Timbers haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have managed to rack up 7 during that period while also conceding a total of 9.

St. Louis City

St. Louis City will go into this meeting after a 3-1 MLS win in the defeat of Charlotte FC in their previous outing.

In that game, St. Louis City managed 39% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. For St. Louis City, the scorers were Eduard Löwen (45') and João Klauss (71'). Charlotte FC had 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Enzo Copetti (25') and Bill Tuiloma (41' Own goal) scored for Charlotte FC.

ℹ️ Team News: Portland Timbers

Yimmi Chará (Muscle Injury), Sebastián Blanco (Knee Problems), Dairon Asprilla (Knee Surgery), David Ayala (Knee Surgery) and Felipe Mora (Knee Surgery) will not be able to play for Portland Timbers gaffer Giovanni Savarese.

In our view, The Timbers will possibly kick off with a 5-3-2 formation this time featuring David Bingham, Zac McGraw, Larrys Mabiala, Dario Zuparic, Juan Mosquera, Claudio Bravo, Cristhian Paredes, Eryk Williamson, Diego Chara, Santiago Moreno and Nathan Fogaca.

🗞️ Team News: St. Louis City

Owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the St. Louis City manager Bradley Carnell has zero fitness concerns to report before this clash.

There’s a good chance that St. Louis City seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Roman Buerki, Jakob Nerwinski, Tim Parker, Kyle Hiebert, John Nelson, Eduard Loewen, Indiana Vassilev, Rasmus Alm, Miguel Perez, Jared Stroud and Joao Klauss.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that in this game, St. Louis City have it within them to find the back of the net against this Portland Timbers lineup, although that might not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Portland Timbers at the end of the 90 minutes. There looks to be little in this one.

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

Renata Leite, 02:24 08/03/2023