Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers Prediction & Betting Tips (22 September)

Portland Timbers have every chance of going up this MLS season, with the Portland Timbers cause being helped by a seven-match unbeaten run on their travels that has included five wins out of six recently. Real Salt Lake come into this contest in pretty poor form, with the Real Salt Lake collecting just two points from a possible 15 as their campaign drifts towards a conclusion.

Portland Timbers are on a roll when it comes to their involvement in the MLS away games containing over 2.5 goals, with 19 in a row subscribing to this particular scoring model, including a defeat in this fixture last season. As for Real Salt Lake, they have been involved in just a single goalless draw in their most recent 20 top-flight matches, so the deadlock should be broken.

High-flying Real Salt Lake are one of the most exciting sides to watch in the MLS at the moment, as they have both scored and conceded during the same 90 minutes in 14 of their previous 17 matches. Given that Portland Timbers have done the same in seven of their last eight away games at this level, it would come as a bit of a surprise were either keeper to pitch a shutout.