Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers Prediction & Betting Tips (20 October)

In general, a visit from Portland Timbers has proven to be very beneficial in recent times, with 17 of the last 20 teams to entertain them claiming maximum points. Add to that the fact that Seattle Sounders have enjoyed 15 wins in 20 home games at this level of late, and it is hard to see anything other than a home success in this meeting between high-fliers and strugglers.

When it comes to their involvement in the MLS matches containing over 2.5 goals, Seattle Sounders have been fairly consistent of late, with 14 of their last 17 encounters following this scoring pattern. The same is true of nine of the previous ten Portland Timbers games in the second tier, so it would come as a surprise were the teams not to conjure up two goals or more between them.

Seattle Sounders have proven incredibly consistent when it comes to both scoring and conceding during the same 90 minutes recently, doing so in ten of their previous 12 home games in the league. This has also been the case in five of the last six Portland Timbers matches at this level, whilst both teams come into this contest having gone seven second-tier encounters without a shutout.