Major League Soccer

May 18, 2023 at 4.12am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
0 - 0
Portland

Eneli (45+1')

Boli (72')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Last Game: Salt Lake 0-3 Los Angeles
Sunday, May 14 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Next Game: Colorado vs. Salt Lake
Sunday, May 21 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Portland Timbers

All competitions

Last Game: Portland 3-1 Vancouver
Sunday, May 14 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Next Game: Portland vs. Minnesota Utd
Sunday, May 21 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Portland Timbers

While Portland Timbers are higher in the division right now, it is the hosts who could end up taking all three points in this one by taking the experience from their recent match against their opponents.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 54.28%. A draw had a probability of 24% and a win for Portland Timbers had a probability of 21.69%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.68%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.92%) and 2-1 (9.71%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.43%), while for a Portland Timbers win it was 0-1 (6.73%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.9% likelihood.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Portland Timbers
54.28% ( -0.05)	24.04% ( 0.02)	21.69% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 50.97% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.05% (

-0.05)

49.95% (

0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.06% (

-0.05)

71.94% (

0.05)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.69% (

-0.04)

18.31% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.61% (

-0.07)

49.39% (

0.07)

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.4%

37.6% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.62% (

74.38%

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 54.27%

Portland Timbers 21.69%

Draw 24.03%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Portland Timbers
1-0 @ 11.68% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 9.92% ( -0) 2-1 @ 9.71% ( -0) 3-0 @ 5.62% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 5.49% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.69% ( -0) 4-0 @ 2.38% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 2.33% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.14% ( -0) Other @ 3.31% Total : 54.27%	1-1 @ 11.43% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 6.88% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 4.75% ( -0) Other @ 0.97% Total : 24.03%	0-1 @ 6.73% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 5.59% ( 0) 0-2 @ 3.29% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 1.82% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.55% 0-3 @ 1.07% ( 0) Other @ 1.62% Total : 21.69%