Portland Timbers vs Real Salt Lake - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking their 2nd distant triumph successful MLS this year, Real Salt Lake volition wage a sojourn to Providence Park for a day with the Portland Timbers connected Saturday.

Following a 2-2 gully versus Dallas connected Wednesday, the Timbers are 12th successful the Western Conference, portion Claret and Cobalt stay fourth, losing 3-1 astatine Los Angeles FC in midweek.

Match preview

There is inactive a agelong mode to go, but we are seeing immoderate affirmative signs from the Timbers since the sacking of Phil Neville.

Interim manager Jack Cassidy guided them to a 5-1 triumph implicit the Seattle Sounders with this squad coming from 2 goals down connected Wednesday to gain a point, their archetypal nether Marti Cifuentes.

This squad person netted a combined 7 times successful their past 2 outings, 4 much than they managed successful their 3 matches combined earlier that.

The Timbers’ two-match unbeaten tally has them 4 points beneath the Western Conference playoff enactment aft 16 matchdays.

Portland person scored successful each 7 of their regular-season location encounters successful 2026, but person besides conceded successful each but 1 of those games.

Three of their past 4 location meetings versus Salt Lake crossed each competitions ended successful a Timbers triumph, with the past 1 being successful the 2025 wildcard circular (3-1).

Game 3 of their four-game roadworthy travel volition hap this play for RSL, a broadside that are hopeless for immoderate positivity distant from home.

Pablo Mastroeni’s men person mislaid 3 of their past 4 matches arsenic the visitors successful this competition, conceding a combined 9 goals implicit that stretch.

RSL person dropped points successful 5 of their past six regular play distant contests successful July since 2023, with their lone triumph implicit that agelong coming successful Portland successful July of past twelvemonth (1-0).

Salt Lake are six points wide of the Western Conference playoff line, but lone 3 points presently abstracted them from the Houston Dynamo who are seventh.

After 15 matchdays, they person picked up 26 points, a twelve much than they had astatine this aforesaid signifier a twelvemonth ago.

Claret and Cobalt tin expanse their regular play bid with Portland connected Saturday for the archetypal clip since 2017 aft beating them successful Utah 2-0 successful May.

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Team News

Due to ft and ankle soreness, Juan David Mosquera volition apt miss this crippled for the Timbers, portion Gage Guerra and Omir Fernandez are dealing with little assemblage injuries.

Kevin Kelsy has 3 goals successful his past 2 games arsenic helium and Felipe Mora brought them backmost from 2-0 down connected Wednesday to gain them a point.

An Achilles contented volition support Ariath Piol connected the Real Salt Lake sidelines this weekend, Aiden Hezarkhani has a toed problem, Justen Glad volition beryllium questionable due to the fact that of an adductor strain and Emeka Eneli is apt retired with a genu injury.

Lukas Engel had the lone onslaught for them connected Wednesday, the archetypal of the MLS run for the Danish defender.

Portland Timbers imaginable starting lineup:

Pantemis; Bye, Surman, K. Miller, Fory; Bassett, Caicedo, Da Costa; Aravena, Kelsy, Antony

Real Salt Lake imaginable starting lineup:

Cabral; Gozo, Quinton, Engel, Yedlin, Junqua; Guilavogui, Spierings, Ruiz, Luna; Solans

We say: Portland Timbers 2-0 Real Salt Lake

RSL are not the aforesaid squad connected the roadworthy arsenic they are astatine home, and a rejuvenated Timbers’ onslaught should beryllium capable to instrumentality vantage of the visitors' backline, which look to springiness distant a batch of chances distant from home.

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