Portland Timbers to claim home win over Orlando City
Portland Timbers vs Orlando City SC - 27/03/2022
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The Major League Soccer season is just four matches old as an abbreviated round of games will be played at the weekend.
On Sunday, Western Conference club Portland Timbers host Eastern Conference rival Orlando City. The fixture will be the seven all-time meeting between the MLS clubs. Orlando City hold the slight edge in head-to-head meetings with Portland Timbers.
The Lions have posted a record of 3W-1D-2L versus the Timbers in their six matches. Four of their six meetings finished with over 2.5 goals and four of their meetings saw both teams score.
Portland Timbers and Orlando City did not meet in 2021 due to MLS’s fixture scheduling. This will be their first meeting since 2020.
The Timbers, the MLS Cup 2020 runners-up, go into the match with just five points from their opening four games. It has been a slow start for the Timbers. They are coming off of a 4-1 away loss to FC Dallas, but are unbeaten in three of four games.
Orlando City are coming off of a 1-0 win in Los Angeles versus LA Galaxy. The Lions are unbeaten in three of their opening four games with seven points from 12 points possible obtained.
Portland Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese has five players in the treatment room currently. Tega Ikoba, Felipe Mora, Eryk Williamson, Hunter Sulte, and Cristhian Paedes are all set to miss the match. Yimmi Chara leads Portland with two goals this season.
Orlando City have just one player on the injured list going into the game. Andres Perea is ruled out of the match with a leg injury.
The Lions have scored four times this season in four games. The defence has been strong conceding a mere two goals. Portland Timbers, on the other hand, have scored five goals while conceding seven to opponents.
Two of Portland’s four games in MLS this season have come at home. The team has taken four points from six points possible at home.
Orlando City took four points from their opening six on the road. Those points came at Chicago Fire and LA Galaxy. Portland Timbers will be a more difficult game for the Lions. In addition, Orlando City will be making the difficult cross-America journey to play in Portland.
They will leave the eastern time zone and arrive in the western time zone, which has a four-hour difference. Portland should post a victory against the Lions. Neither team has scored many goals and this match should finish with under 2.5 goals.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Us1
412633
1
2 - 0
2.42
14°
1.95
1.95
3.40
3.75
no
no
no
1 - 1(0 - 0)
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