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Portland Timbers v San Jose Earthquakes, Major League Soccer, Thu, 21 Sept 2023: statistics and head to head

2023. Thu, 21 Sept 2023

21Full time

Portland Timbers won by 1 goal.

WWDLLLeague form, oldest to newestDDDDD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Providence Park. Photo: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Portland Timbers have 14 scored home results and San Jose Earthquakes 14 scored away results stored in 2023. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Portland Timbers at home: 1.71 points per match (14 measured matches); San Jose Earthquakes away: 0.79 points per match (14 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Portland Timbers scored 1.64 per home match (14 measured matches); San Jose Earthquakes scored 0.79 away (14). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.35 per club appearance across 836 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 17 of 28 pooled club appearances (60.7%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Portland Timbers: 6 wins; San Jose Earthquakes: 1 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. A complete half-time score is not stored either.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

6
Portland Timbers wins
3
Draws
1
San Jose Earthquakes wins
Goals / meeting
3.00
30 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
60%
6 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
90%
9 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
50%
5 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Portland Timbers clean sheets
40%
4 of 10 meetings
San Jose Earthquakes clean sheets
10%
1 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
–
0 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
–
0 with card data · small sample
  1. San Jose Earthquakes v Portland TimbersSun, 18 Jun 2023 · Major League Soccer 20230–0
  2. Portland Timbers v San Jose EarthquakesSun, 24 Jul 2022 · Major League Soccer 20222–1
  3. San Jose Earthquakes v Portland TimbersThu, 19 May 2022 · Major League Soccer 20223–2
  4. Portland Timbers v San Jose EarthquakesThu, 28 Oct 2021 · Major League Soccer 20212–0
  5. Portland Timbers v San Jose EarthquakesThu, 5 Aug 2021 · Major League Soccer 20211–1
  6. San Jose Earthquakes v Portland TimbersSun, 16 May 2021 · Major League Soccer 20210–2
  7. Portland Timbers v San Jose EarthquakesMon, 12 Oct 2020 · Major League Soccer 20203–0
  8. San Jose Earthquakes v Portland TimbersSun, 20 Sept 2020 · Major League Soccer 20201–6
  9. San Jose Earthquakes v Portland TimbersThu, 17 Sept 2020 · Major League Soccer 20201–1
  10. Portland Timbers v San Jose EarthquakesSun, 6 Oct 2019 · Major League Soccer 20193–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Portland Timbers at home, San Jose Earthquakes away
  • 66%
    Both teams scored
    League 56%
    17 + 18 matches
  • 89%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    17 + 18 matches
  • 74%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 76%
    17 + 18 matches
  • 57%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 55%
    17 + 18 matches
  • 29%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 30%
    17 + 18 matches
  • 15%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 14%
    17 + 18 matches
  • 2.6
    Avg total goals
    League 2.75
    17 + 18 matches

Stored season context, 2023

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2023

Portland Timbers at home, San Jose Earthquakes away
Portland Timbers (home)San Jose Earthquakes (away)
19Position17
WWWWLLast 5, oldest to newestDLDDD
17Played18
1.76Points per match0.78
53%Win %11%
1.71Scored / match0.78
1.29Conceded / match1.50
3.00Avg total goals2.28
71%Both scored61%
24%Clean sheets28%
12%Failed to score28%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

No half-time figures stored for these clubs this season.

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Portland Timbers at home, San Jose Earthquakes away, this season.

Goals

Portland TimbersSan Jose Earthquakes
  • 1.71Scored / match0.78
  • 1.29Conceded / match1.50
  • 3.00Match total / match2.28
  • 88%Scored 1+72%
  • 53%Scored 2+6%
  • 77%Conceded 1+72%
  • 41%Conceded 2+50%
  • 77%Match over 1.572%
  • 65%Match over 2.550%
  • 41%Match over 3.517%

Shots and xG

No shot figures stored for these clubs this season.

Corners

No corner figures stored for these clubs this season.

Cards

No card figures stored for these clubs this season.

Where to watch

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