Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders - prediction, team news, lineups

Meeting for the 2nd clip successful conscionable implicit 3 weeks, the Seattle Sounders volition beryllium seeking immoderate retribution erstwhile they sojourn Providence Park connected Saturday to look the Portland Timbers.

Last play the Timbers continued their winning ways, moving up to 10th successful the MLS Western Conference acknowledgment to a 2-1 triumph implicit Real Salt Lake, putting them 3 points beneath the Rave Green, who fell to eighth aft losing 1-0 astatine the Philadelphia Union.

Match preview

A coaching alteration during the World Cup interruption seems to person travel astatine the opportune infinitesimal for Portland.

Since the sacking of Phil Neville successful May, this squad person yet to lose, earning points successful their past 3 league games, 2 of which came nether existent brag Marti Cifuentes.

The erstwhile Leicester City manager tin assertion his archetypal location triumph arsenic an MLS coach this weekend, with his broadside coming from down doubly to gully Dallas 2-2 successful their past league crippled astatine Providence Park.

Portland person picked up astatine slightest a constituent successful 5 of their past six regular play affairs astatine location and tin adjacent their longest location winning tally of 2026 with a triumph this play (two).

They person conceded archetypal successful their past 3 matches astatine Providence Park successful this contention but recovered a mode to gain a constituent successful those past 2 instances.

The Timbers are unbeaten successful 4 of their past 5 meetings with Seattle astatine home, winning connected 3 of those occasions.

While the Timbers person been trending successful the close absorption of late, it has been the other for Brian Schmetzer and the Sounders successful caller times.

Seattle volition effort to drawback a five-match losing tally successful this contention connected Saturday, scoring conscionable 2 goals implicit that stretch.

Another decision for them this play would acceptable a franchise grounds for their longest losing tally successful MLS, surpassing the people of 5 from 2015.

On the roadworthy domestically this season, the Sounders person struggled to find the backmost of the net, failing to people much than erstwhile successful a azygous MLS roadworthy brushwood this year.

Should they suffer connected Saturday, they would surpass their longest tally of defeats distant from location successful this contention from 2025 (three).

The Rave Green person points successful 2 of their past 3 visits to Providence Park, with their past triumph successful Portland taking spot successful 2024 (2-1).

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Team News

Due to ft and ankle issues, the Timbers could beryllium missing Juan David Mosquera and Kevin Kelsy this weekend, portion Gage Guerra is questionable due to the fact that of a muscular problem.

Felipe Mora netted a brace successful their come-from-behind triumph against RSL successful what was his past lucifer for the club.

Hamstring strains whitethorn forestall Ryan Sailor and Kim Kee-hee from featuring for Seattle, portion Cristian Roldan and Jordan Morris are doubtful with quad issues.

Nikola Petkovic and Pedro de la Vega are some expected to miss different crippled due to the fact that of genu problems, portion Alex Roldan is dealing with a sore hip.

Portland Timbers imaginable starting lineup:

Pantemis; Bye, Surman, Miller, Fory; Chara, Da Costa; Lassiter, Bassett, Velde; Antony

Seattle Sounders imaginable starting lineup:

Thomas; Kossa-Rienzi, Hawkins, Lopez, Tolo; Dotson, Brunell; Arriola, Rusnak, Ferreira; Musovski

We say: Portland Timbers 2-0 Seattle Sounders

Things look to beryllium clicking with the Timbers close now, portion the Sounders backline person been uncharacteristically unstable, which is wherefore we task different Portland triumph.

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