Major League Soccer

Apr 9, 2023 at 3.30am UK

BC Place Stadium

Vancouver
1 - 0
Portland

White (74')
Blackmon (39'), Sartini (40'), White (90'), Berhalter (90+3')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Zuparic (48'), Moreno (53'), Ayala (90+1')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps

All competitions

Last Game: Vancouver 5-0 Montreal
Sunday, April 2 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Portland Timbers

All competitions

Last Game: Dallas 1-1 Portland
Sunday, April 2 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 Portland Timbers

Sartini may have found the missing ingredients to this team's attacking deficiencies last weekend, and that artificial turf seems ideally suited to youngsters like Ahmed and Becher, who should be well-rested and we believe will cause plenty of headaches to an ageing Timbers side, who have been out of sorts defensively all season.

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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 Vancouver Whitecaps win with a probability of 57.78%. A draw had a probability of 22.3% and a win for Portland Timbers had a probability of 19.89%.

The most likely scoreline for a Vancouver Whitecaps win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.92%) and 2-0 (9.86%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.56%), while for a Portland Timbers win it was 0-1 (5.63%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Vancouver Whitecaps in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Vancouver Whitecaps.

Result
Vancouver Whitecaps	Draw	Portland Timbers
57.78% ( -0.01)	22.32% ( 0.01)	19.89% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 53.72% (

-0.06)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.02% (

-0.08)

44.98% (

0.08)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.67% (

-0.08)

67.33% (

0.07)

Vancouver Whitecaps Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.71% (

-0.03)

15.29% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

56% (

-0.06)

44% (

0.05)

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.42% (

-0.05)

36.58% (

0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.63% (

-0.05)

73.37% (

0.05)

Score Analysis

Vancouver Whitecaps 57.78%

Portland Timbers 19.89%

Draw 22.32%

Vancouver Whitecaps	Draw	Portland Timbers
1-0 @ 10.5% ( 0.03) 2-1 @ 9.92% ( -0) 2-0 @ 9.86% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 6.21% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 6.17% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.12% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 2.92% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.9% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.47% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 1.1% ( -0) 5-0 @ 1.09% ( -0) Other @ 2.53% Total : 57.78%	1-1 @ 10.56% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 5.59% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 4.99% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.05% ( -0) Other @ 0.13% Total : 22.32%	0-1 @ 5.63% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 5.31% ( -0) 0-2 @ 2.83% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.78% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.67% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 0.95% ( -0) Other @ 1.73% Total : 19.89%