Sunday’s big MLS fixture sees Portland Timbers play host to visiting rivals San Jose Earthquakes at Providence Park. Showdown scheduled for July 23, 2022 19:30 EAT.
The hosts sit eighth on the Western Conference standings with 27 points from 21 games played. Of the matches played they’ve recorded 6 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses. They’ve managed to rack up 12 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5.
Giovanni Savarese’s men will hope for an improved result following on a 1-1 MLS drawn result vs Vancouver Whitecaps. In that game, Portland Timbers had 65% possession, 17 shots with 5 of them on target and a goal scored by Felipe Mora (82′). Vancouver Whitecaps had 14 shots with 7 on target and a goal scored by Brian White (32′).
Meanwhile, the visitors are currently 13thon the western Conference standings with 22 points from 20 matches played. They’ve recorded five wins, seven draws and eight losses. They’ve been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall.
Alex Covelo’s side and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result following a 2-1 defeat against Houston Dynamo in MLS action. In that game, San Jose Earthquakes managed 51% possession, 16 shots with 6 of them on target and a goal scored by Jackson Yueill (53′). Houston Dynamo got 13 shots at goal with 4 on target and goals scored by Sebastián Ferreira (71′) and Þorleifur Úlfarsson (76′).
Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes head-to-head
These two teams have had 33 encounters since 2011; Portland has a higher number of wins tallying to 17 wins while San Jose Earthquakes has only 7 wins and 9 games ended all square.
- San Jose 3-2 Portland19/05/22
- Portland 2-0 San Jose28/10/21
- Portland 1-1 San Jose05/08/21
- San Jose 0-2 Portland16/05/21
- Portland 3-0 San Jose12/10/20
Home
- Portland 1-1 Vancouver
- Seattle 0-3 Portland
- Nashville 2-2 Portland
- Portland 2-1 Houston
- Portland 3-0 Colorado
Away
- San Jose 1-2 Houston
- LA Galaxy 2-3 San Jose
- Toronto 2-2 San Jose
- San Jose 2-1 Chicago
- Salt Lake 2-0 San Jose
Portland Timbers team news
Giovanni Savarese will miss the service of Diego Gutiérrez due to injury.
San Jose Earthquakes team news
Alex Covelo will miss the service of George Asomani due to injury.
Prediction and Odds
- Portland Timbers wins
- Both teams to score
- Both to score
