Saint Louis City vs Portland Timbers Prediction: Saint Louis need stability

Saint Louis City are back in action in the league against Portland Timbers. Saint Louis City ran out big winners against Union Omaha SC in the US Open Cup last time out and they hope they can produce the same energy in the league. Portland Timbers also won the Orange County SC in the US Open Cup and they need to overcome the league defeat they encountered before the cup game. Saint Louis City are still top of the western conference with 19 points and Portland are 10th with 8 points. 

Saint Louis City won big last time in the US Open Cup, but they have to worry about the league. They played a 1-1 draw with Colorado Rapids away from home. In their last 5 matches in all competitions, they recorded 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Overall, in the league campaign they have recorded 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 9 matches. They have a total of 19 points and their goal ratio is 21:10.

Saint Louis City won big time against Union Omaha SC as the game ended 5-1. Saint Louis City took the early lead through Aziel Jackson and in the second half, Joe Gallardo scored an own goal to strengthen the grip of Saint Louis City even further. It didn't take long for Saint Louis City to get more goals as Akil Watts, Aziel Jackson and Eduard Lowen all got on the scoresheet. Saint Louis City had 52% possession, 13 shots on target and 3 corner kicks.

Team streak: no losses (3), without a clean sheet (5), more than 2.5 goals (8/10), first to score (5/7), less than 10.5 corners (4/5).

Portland Timbers will be hoping they can reproduce their US Open win in their last match. They won Orange County SC 3-1 and now they return to face a tough opponent. In their last 5 matches, they have recorded 2 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draw. And in the MLS, they have recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats and they are currently 10th with 8 points. And their goal ratio so far is 11:15.

Portland Timbers lost to FC Cincinnati 2-1 in their last league game before the win against Orange County in the cup. In that game, Portland Timbers took the lead in the 37th minute through Marvin Loria and in the second half they moved even further with goals from Tyler Clegg and Jaroslaw Niezgoda. Orange County managed to pull one back in the 54th minute but Portland Timbers proved too strong for them. According to statistics, Portland Timbers had 46% possession, 5 shots on target and 5 corner kicks.

Team streak: without a clean sheet (5), both teams scoring (4/5), first to concede (4/5), more than 10.5 corners (4/5).

This is the second meeting between Saint Louis City and Portland Timbers. Saint Louis City won that match.

• Saint Louis City (4-4-2): Roman Burki, John Nelson, Kyle Hiebert, Tim Parker, Jakob Nerwinski, Jared Stroud, Eduard Lowen, Akil Watts, Rasmus Alm, Nicholas Gioacchinim, Joao Klauss.
• Portland Timbers (4-4-2): Aljaz Ivacic, Justin Rasmussen, Zac McGraw, Larrys Mabiala, Juan Mosquera, Dairon Asprilla, David Ayala, Diego Chara, Santiago Moreno, Evander, Franck Boli.

Analysis of Saint Louis City shows they have scored 21 goals and conceded 10. They score an average of 2.3 goals per game, with a conversion rate of 17%. They create an average of 2.2 chances per game and miss an average of 0.9 chances per game. They take an average of 13.8 shots and an average of 5.7 shots on target. They play an average of 5.0 corners per game and they have kept 2 clean sheets.

Analysis of Portland Timbers shows they have scored 11 goals and conceded 15. They score an average of 1.2 goals per game, with a conversion rate of 13%. They create an average of 1.9 chances per game and miss an average of 1.3 chances per game. They take an average of 9.6 shots per game and an average of 3.4 shots on target per game. They play an average of 3.7 corners per game and they have kept 2 clean sheets.

Based on Analysis, we say:

• Bet on More than 2 Goals at 1.70 Odd
• Bet on Home Over 1.5 Goals at 1.63 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 3-0 at 15 Odds