St. Louis City v Portland Timbers

8th2–314th

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Match statistics

Full-time statistics
St. Louis City		Portland Timbers
13	Shots	12
6	Shots on target	6
5	Corners	4
15	Fouls	12
0	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	1
3	Offsides	1
444	Passes	290
61%	Possession %	39%
1.98	xG	1.20

Over 1.5: 90%
Over 2.5: 74%
Over 3.5: 54%
Both score: 69%

Model pick: St. Louis City 62%
Likely score: 2-1 9%
Expected goals: 2.50 – 1.38

Advised bets

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St. Louis City

1.85Betano · fair 1.78 · qualifies at 1.83+ · 1.21u

Why this price?

Back St. Louis City to win at 1.85 with Betano.

Our model puts the chance at 62% and the bookmakers' own consensus, margin removed, at 53%; we judge it at 56%, weighting the market more than the model, which is a fair price of 1.78. The offered 1.85 implies only 54%, so the price is 4.1% better than our estimate says it should be. That gap is the edge.

Stake 1.21 units of a 100-unit bank: the size follows the edge (a quarter-Kelly fraction), never more than 2 units.

Projected goals: St. Louis City 2.50, Portland Timbers 1.38.

The edge is an estimate and carries model error; it can be wrong, and a losing run is normal.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
Market	Selection	Ours	Fair	Best price	Implied	Gap
Match result	St. Louis City	61.6%	1.63	2.05 Betano	48.8%	+12.8
Match result	Draw	19.0%	5.27	4.33 Betfair	23.1%	-4.1
Match result	Portland Timbers	19.5%	5.13	4.10 BetVictor	24.4%	-4.9
Total goals	Over 1.5	90.3%	1.11	1.15 Betano	87.0%	+3.4
Total goals	Under 1.5	9.7%	10.34	6.50 BetVictor	15.4%	-5.7
Total goals	Over 2.5	74.5%	1.34	1.47 Betano	68.0%	+6.5
Total goals	Under 2.5	25.5%	3.92	3.10 Bet365	32.3%	-6.7
Total goals	Over 3.5	54.4%	1.84	2.15 Betfair	46.5%	+7.9
Total goals	Under 3.5	45.6%	2.19	1.83 Bet365	54.6%	-9.1
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — Yes	69.1%	1.45	1.44 Bet365	69.4%	-0.3
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — No	30.9%	3.24	2.88 Betfair	34.7%	-3.9

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

St. Louis City favoured against Portland Timbers

Our model makes St. Louis City 62% to win this Major League Soccer fixture, with the draw at 19% and Portland Timbers at 19%. The goal projection is 2.50 for St. Louis City against 1.38 for Portland Timbers — a commanding edge to St. Louis City on expected output. A combined 3.89 goals points to a wide-open game that could get away from either side, which puts over 2.5 at 74% and both teams to score at 69%. The single most likely scoreline is 2-1 at 9%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. St. Louis City is a strong favourite here on the numbers, but a 38% chance of not winning is not a remote possibility — it is roughly a one-in-three shot. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores: 2-1 9%; 1-1 7%; 3-1 7%; 2-0 6%; 2-2 6%

This season

Season records for St. Louis City and Portland Timbers
St. Louis City		Portland Timbers
34	Played	34
15-9-10	W-D-L	13-7-14
1.59	Pts / game	1.35
1.74	Goals for / game	1.82
1.41	Goals against / game	1.79
56%	Over 2.5	71%
65%	BTTS	74%
18%	Clean sheets	9%
21%	Failed to score	21%
9-4-4	Home record	9-4-4
6-5-6	Away record	4-3-10
W1	Streak	W4

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. St. Louis City · Portland Timbers

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
11.6	Shots	14.5
5.1	Shots on target	5.9
3.6	Corners	5.0
1.38	Cards	1.63
14.5	Fouls	11.4
55	Possession %	48
1.30	xG	1.66
8 matches	sample	8 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
17.5	Shots	10.8
5.6	Shots on target	4.5
5.9	Corners	4.5
1.88	Cards	1.50
12.5	Fouls	12.1
45	Possession %	52
1.85	xG	1.24
8 matches	sample	8 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
St. Louis City	Metric	Portland Timbers
2.80 (better)	Goals scored	0.80
1.20 (better)	Goals conceded	1.80
1.90 (better)	Expected goals (xG)	1.11
	Big chances
6.40 (better)	Shots on target	4.20
13.40	Total shots	13.80 (better)
	Touches in opp. box
5.20 (better)	Corners	4.20
57.8 (better)	Possession %	51.6
501 (better)	Passes	500
	Tackles
15.60	Fouls	10.40 (better)
2.20	Offsides	1.80 (better)
	Throw-ins
1.80	Yellow cards	1.60 (better)
0.00	Red cards	0.00

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

St. Louis City wins: 1
Draws: 1
Portland Timbers wins: 1
Goals / game: 4.00
Over 2.5: 100%
Both score: 100%

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Major League Soccer table

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Nashville SC	34	23	8	3	+46	77	Nashville SC won 3 of the last 5
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	19	7	8	+40	64	Vancouver Whitecaps won 4 of the last 5
3	Inter Miami	34	16	12	6	+21	60	Inter Miami won 2 of the last 5
4	FC Dallas	34	16	10	8	+11	58	FC Dallas won 2 of the last 5
5	New England Revolution	34	18	4	12	+8	58	New England Revolution won 3 of the last 5
6	Chicago Fire	34	16	7	11	+10	55	Chicago Fire won 2 of the last 5
7	Charlotte	34	15	9	10	+15	54	Charlotte won 2 of the last 5
8	St. Louis City	34	15	9	10	+11	54	St. Louis City won 1 of the last 5
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	10	10	+6	52	San Jose Earthquakes won 1 of the last 5
10	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	0	51	Houston Dynamo won 1 of the last 5
11	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	+14	50	Philadelphia Union won 1 of the last 5
12	Los Angeles FC	34	12	11	11	+12	47	Los Angeles FC won 1 of the last 5
13	Columbus Crew	34	14	5	15	+7	47	Columbus Crew won 5 of the last 5
14	Portland Timbers	34	13	7	14	+1	46	Portland Timbers won 4 of the last 5
15	Seattle Sounders	34	12	10	12	-2	46	Seattle Sounders won 1 of the last 5
16	FC Cincinnati	34	12	10	12	-8	46	FC Cincinnati won 3 of the last 5
17	Orlando City SC	34	13	7	14	-15	46	Orlando City SC won 2 of the last 5
18	Real Salt Lake	34	13	6	15	+1	45	Real Salt Lake won 4 of the last 5
19	Minnesota United FC	34	11	11	12	-2	44	Minnesota United FC won 4 of the last 5
20	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	11	11	12	-7	44	Los Angeles Galaxy won 2 of the last 5
21	Colorado Rapids	34	12	7	15	-3	43	Colorado Rapids won 1 of the last 5
22	New York City FC	34	10	12	12	+4	42	New York City FC won 2 of the last 5
23	New York Red Bulls	34	12	6	16	-14	42	New York Red Bulls won 2 of the last 5
24	Toronto FC	34	9	12	13	-15	39	Toronto FC won 2 of the last 5
25	San Diego	34	9	11	14	-6	38	San Diego won 1 of the last 5
26	Austin	34	8	10	16	-23	34	Austin won 1 of the last 5
27	Atlanta United FC	34	9	6	19	-17	33	Atlanta United FC won 1 of the last 5
28	DC United	34	7	12	15	-22	33	DC United won 0 of the last 5
29	CF Montreal	34	6	8	20	-32	26	CF Montreal won 0 of the last 5
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	7	5	22	-41	26	Sporting Kansas City won 1 of the last 5