Predictions for Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers Betting Tips: 09/10/2022 - Matchday 34 - USA MLS

9th of October at 21:00 we have yet another match of the USA MLS. The match is Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers. And if you are looking for betting tips, you have arrived in the right place as our team of specialists has gone over all of the data and come up with what we think is the best betting tip for this match. So keep reading and good luck!

🔥 Real Salt Lake hasn’t won in its last 5 matches

🔥 Real Salt Lake has conceded at least a goal in its last 3 matches

🔥 The past 3 matches between Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers have ended with under 9.5 Corners

🔥 Portland Timbers hasn’t lost any of its past 5 matches against Real Salt Lake

🔥 Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers average 2.91 goals scored per match

Real Salt Lake		Portland Timbers
8	Standings	6
1.21	Goal Scored	1.58
1.33	Goals Conceded	1.52
56%	% Over 2.5	63%
52%	% BTTS	76%
1.55	xG	1.32
1.52	xGA	1.73

Real Salt Lake		Portland Timbers
12	Standings	14
1.5	Goal Scored	1.5
0.88	Goals Conceded	1.94
56%	% Over 2.5	63%
44%	% BTTS	81%
1.74	xG	1.19
1.23	xGA	1.97

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Summary

Goal Scored

Having an average of 1.21 goals scored per match in this season of the MLS makes Real Salt Lake the 25th best attack in the competition. The home team has scored 40 goals in the 33 matches played so far this season.

Averaging 1.58 goals scored per match up until now, Portland Timbers is 8th in terms of attacking power in this season’s MLS. the visiting team has played 33 matches, and found the back of the net 52 goals.

Goals Conceded

The home team has conceded 44 goals in the 33 matches it has taken part in for this season’s MLS. This means that Real Salt Lake averages 1.33 goals conceded per match, making it the 9th team in terms of defensive ability in this competition.

Opponents have found the back of Portland Timbers’s net 50 times in the 33 matches the team has played so far in the competition. Averaging 1.52 goals conceded in the MLS makes Portland Timbers the 14th best defence.

% Over 2.5

The Over 2.5 markets could be interesting. Real Salt Lake, for example, would have won such a bet in 56% of the matches it played so far in this season’s MLS

Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake have been raising some eyebrows in the Over 2.5 Goals market. The away team averages Over 2.5 goals in 63% of its matches, which compares to the league average of 58%. Let’s see how it turns out…

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

If you are considering betting on BTTS for this match, it is probably important to know that 52% of matches from Real Salt Lake this season have seen Both Teams to Score. Will it yield a positive outcome this time around?

If we look at the away team’s stats we will see that coming up to this match, Portland Timbers has both scored and conceded at least one goal in 76% of the times in entered the pitch in this season’s MLS.

Expected Goals (xG)

The MLS is a competition that we know has produced some attacking quality of the past few years, and Real Salt Lake, with its average of 1.55 xG per match will try to prove exactly that for this match.

We mentioned earlier that Portland Timbers scores an average of 1.58 goals per match. Did you know that they average 1.32 expected goals per 90’? Do you think this is maybe an opportunity for bettors looking at opportunities from the visitor’s point of view?

Expected Goals Against (xGA)

Portland Timbers will do what it can to score against the hosts, which arrive at today’s match with 1.52 Expected Goals Against so far in this season of the MLS. We’ll see if Real Salt Lake can keep it’s net safe.

xGA tell us as much as goals conceded, since it does not take into account how efficient the opposing team’s attack is. And the visitors get to this match with a 90’ average of 1.73 xGA. Should we expect this match to fall under the rest of the season average?

Predictions

Real Salt Lake hosts Portland Timbers on 9th of October at 21:00 for the matchday 34 of the MLS, and we have analysed the data and are happy with our prediction for Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers.

We have a full team of specialists going over all of the matches happening today and this is one of those that we feel confident enough to recommend a betting tip.

Let’s jump right into this match taking place on 9th of October at 21:00 for the Matchday 34 in the MLS, and find below our prediction for Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers. And if you decide to follow it, good luck!