Major League Soccer MISSED 2–2
Thu, Sep 10 · 04:30 · Providence Park
Portland Timbers Home
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St. Louis City Away
Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick P. Timbers or St. Louis City
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.25 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs80%
Expert analysis

Portland Timbers and St. Louis City to Find a Winner

Portland Timbers have shown mixed results lately with several wins and losses but few ties in their sequence. St. Louis City enter with a run that includes multiple victories and only occasional stalemates. Head to head meetings between these sides have produced just two draws across the last seven encounters. Both teams post strong goal tallies on average with Portland scoring 2.2 and conceding 2.0 per game while St. Louis hit 2.4 and give up 1.4. The pattern of high scoring games continues in their direct history where over 2.5 goals landed in six of the past seven. Injuries to key players like Aravena for Portland and Pompeu for St. Louis may open spaces that favor attacking play over defensive blocks. This setup points toward one side claiming the points rather than a shared result.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–2 MISSED

Our pick “P. Timbers or St. Louis City” at odds 1.25 didn’t land — final score 2–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Rafael Navarro Leal 1'
  3. Diego Chará ↓ David Da Costa 18'
  4. Dante Polvara 31'
  5. Kristoffer Velde 32'
  6. Jaziel Alberto Orozco Landeros 36'
  7. Lukas MacNaughton ↓ Jaziel Alberto Orozco Landeros 45'
  8. Tomas Totland 45+2'
  9. Second half
  10. Rafael Navarro Leal 51'
  11. Eric Miller 58'
  12. Antony ↓ Ariel Lassiter 65'
  13. Ronald Hernández ↓ Eric Miller 65'
  14. Simon Becher ↓ Sang-bin Jung 65'
  15. Fallou Fall ↓ Dante Polvara 65'
  16. Rafael Navarro Leal 67'
  17. Carlo Holse ↓ Alexandru Măţan 80'
  18. Mykhi Joyner ↓ Rafael Santos 80'
  19. Ian Smith ↓ Kamal Miller 81'
  20. Omir Fernandez ↓ Julio Joao Ortiz Landazuri 81'
  21. Kristoffer Velde assist Cole Bassett 89'
  22. Damion Downs ↓ Rafael Navarro Leal 89'
  23. Gage Guerra ↓ Vincent Janssen 90'
This season
Portland Timbers St. Louis City
Over 2.5 goals 22% 30%
Clean sheet 4% 13%
Failed to score 17% 17%
Scored per game 1.9 1.6
Conceded per game 1.9 1.3
Scored home / away 2.4 / 1.4 1.9 / 1.3

Across 23 and 23 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
4 FCD FC Dallas 23 10 7 6 37
5 STL St. Louis City ▲ 23 10 7 6 37
6 SAN San Jose Earthquakes 23 10 5 8 35
7 COL Colorado Rapids 23 10 1 12 31
8 POR Portland Timbers ▲ 23 9 4 10 31
9 SAN San Diego 23 8 6 9 30
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Portland Timbers LWDLW
L @ Chicago Fire 1–2 Aug 16
W vs San Diego 3–1 Aug 20
D @ Los Angeles FC 1–1 Aug 23
L vs Austin 1–2 Aug 30
W vs Minnesota United FC 5–4 Sep 6
St. Louis City WDWDW
W @ San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Aug 16
D @ Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Aug 20
W vs Houston Dynamo 2–1 Aug 23
D vs FC Dallas 3–3 Aug 30
W @ Vancouver Whitecaps 3–1 Sep 6
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Portland Timbers
Scored 2.2 avg
1 3 1 1 5
Conceded 2.0 avg
2 1 1 2 4
St. Louis City
Scored 2.4 avg
3 1 2 3 3
Conceded 1.4 avg
1 1 1 3 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Portland Timbers
2 Draws
3 St. Louis City
Jul 2025 St. Louis City 2–1 Portland Timbers St. Louis City
Jun 2025 Portland Timbers 2–1 St. Louis City Portland Timbers
Aug 2024 Portland Timbers 4–4 St. Louis City Draw
Aug 2024 St. Louis City 3–1 Portland Timbers St. Louis City
Jun 2024 St. Louis City 0–0 Portland Timbers Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 7 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Portland Timbers 4-3-3
  • 41 J. Pantemis G
  • 15 E. Miller D
  • 20 F. Surman D
  • 4 K. Miller D
  • 27 J. Fory M
  • 17 C. Bassett M
  • 80 J. Ortiz M
  • 10 David Pereira da Costa M
  • 7 A. Lassiter F
  • 14 V. Janssen F
  • 99 K. Velde F
Bench A. Bonetig, D. Chará, Antony, O. Fernandez, Andrew Guerra, R. Hernández, Ian Smith, H. Sulte, J. Waterman

Martí Cifuentes

St. Louis City 3-4-2-1
  • 1 R. Bürki G
  • 99 J. Orozco D
  • 32 T. Baumgartl D
  • 21 D. Polvara M
  • 20 Rafael Santos D
  • 8 C. Durkin M
  • 24 D. Edelman M
  • 14 T. Totland D
  • 77 Jeong Sang-Bin F
  • 23 A. Mățan F
  • 9 Rafael Navarro F
Bench S. Becher, D. Downs, F. Fall, C. Holse, M. Joyner, B. Lundt, L. MacNaughton, T. Ostrák, M. Perez

Y. Damet

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Portland Timbers
  • OUT A. Aravena Hip Injury
  • OUT B. Bye Leg Injury
  • OUT J. Caicedo Thigh Injury
  • OUT J. Mosquera Foot Injury
  • DOUBT T. Muse Wrist Injury
  • OUT A. Aravena Hip Injury
  • OUT B. Bye Leg Injury
  • OUT J. Caicedo Thigh Injury
  • OUT J. Mosquera Foot Injury
  • DOUBT T. Muse Wrist Injury
St. Louis City
  • OUT Celio Pompeu Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Hiebert Hip Injury
  • OUT C. Wallem Yellow Cards
  • DOUBT P. Ault Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT B. McSorley Lacking Match Fitness
  • DOUBT J. Orozco Illness
  • DOUBT T. Ostrak Muscle Injury
  • OUT Celio Pompeu Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Hiebert Hip Injury
  • OUT C. Wallem Yellow Cards
  • DOUBT P. Ault Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT B. McSorley Lacking Match Fitness
  • DOUBT J. Orozco Illness
  • DOUBT T. Ostrak Muscle Injury