Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake

Portland Timbers

2 - 1

Real Salt Lake

🕒 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:30 Europe/London 📍 Providence Park 🧑‍⚖️ J. Dickerson 🔁 Regular Season - 38 🏁 match finished

Season

2023-2024 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 38

Regular Season Table

Portland Timbers 19 · Real Salt Lake 11

Referee Stats

J. Dickerson

21 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	57%
Draws	24%
Away wins	19%

How the match was won

Real Salt Lake outshot their opponent (7-14).
Possession was balanced (47%-53%).
Real Salt Lake had the sharper finishing (2-5 shots on target).

Team Overview

Portland Timbers (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-3-5

Goals For / Against

29 / 22

Avg: 1.71 / 1.29

Points

Avg: 1.76

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Real Salt Lake (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 8-5-6

Goals For / Against

25 / 26

Avg: 1.32 / 1.37

Points

Avg: 1.53

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.76

PPG

1.53

1.71

1.32

1.29

1.37

65%

O2.5

65%

71%

BTTS

65%

Score 1st

League-position context

Portland Timbers rank19th

Real Salt Lake rank11th

Portland Timbers points43

Real Salt Lake points50

Portland Timbers: #19 · 43 pts · GD -12

20 pts off the top 2. 9 pts off the play-off line. 7 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Real Salt Lake: #11 · 50 pts · GD -2

13 pts off the top 2. 2 pts off the play-off line. 14 pts clear of the relegation zone.

7-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Portland Timbers last 5 home

L W W W W

Points12/15

Weighted index67

Goals10-7

Record4-0-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Real Salt Lake last 5 away

W D W L L

Points7/15

Weighted index62

Goals6-6

Record2-1-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Portland Timbers trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS71%

BTTS + O2.565%

1H Over 0.571%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 41% · 1H BTTS 0%

Real Salt Lake trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.559%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 29% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Portland Timbers score at home88%

Portland Timbers clean sheet at home24%

Real Salt Lake score away82%

Real Salt Lake clean sheet away24%

First-goal patterns

Portland Timbers score first0%

Portland Timbers win after scoring first0%

Real Salt Lake score first0%

Real Salt Lake win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Portland Timbers 0% · Real Salt Lake 0%

Vs league average

Portland Timbers score at home1.71 vs 1.69

Portland Timbers concede at home1.29 vs 1.07

Real Salt Lake score away1.32 vs 1.07

Real Salt Lake concede away1.37 vs 1.69

Portland Timbers score 1% above league average, while Real Salt Lake score 23% above league average.

Defensive side: Portland Timbers are 21% above league average at home, and Real Salt Lake are 19% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.00

BTTS40%

Over 2.540%

At this venue setup: 2.80 goals on average across the last 5.

Portland Timbers goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Real Salt Lake goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

47%

53%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

417

457

Passes Accurate

341

385

Passes %

82%

84%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	22
Home Wins	12
Draws	5
Away Wins	5
Over 2.5 Goals	15 (68.2%)
BTTS	13 (59.1%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	12
Home Wins	9
Draws	2
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	8 (66.7%)
BTTS	6 (50.0%)

Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake Head-to-Head History by Season

2026-2027 Season

26 Jul 2026 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 02 May 2026 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 2 - 0

2025-2026 Season

23 Oct 2025 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 3 - 1 17 Jul 2025 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 0 - 1 15 May 2025 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 0 - 0

2024-2025 Season

22 Sep 2024 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 3 - 3 14 Jul 2024 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 3 - 0

2023-2024 Season

31 Aug 2023 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 18 May 2023 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 0 - 0

2022-2023 Season

09 Oct 2022 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 3 - 1 24 Apr 2022 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 0 - 0

2021-2022 Season

04 Dec 2021 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 2 - 0 04 Nov 2021 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 1 - 3 26 Sep 2021 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 6 - 1 08 Aug 2021 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 3 - 2

2020-2021 Season

15 Oct 2020 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 2 - 1 30 Aug 2020 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 4 - 4

2019-2020 Season

20 Oct 2019 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 2 - 1 01 Sep 2019 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 05 May 2019 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 1 - 2

2018-2019 Season

21 Oct 2018 Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 3 - 0 07 Oct 2018 Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers 1 - 4