Portland Timbers 2-0 Real Salt Lake - Major League Soccer - December 4, 2021 - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings - Football

They have defied the odds time and again, and there is no reason to believe that they cannot do it once more as RSL will be bolstered by the return of their second-leading goalscorer in the regular season (Rusnak), while the Timbers are missing some critical pieces to their success, most notably Blanco, which could be a little too much for them to overcome in spite of their depth. We will give Salt Lake the edge in this one because they have been in so many win-or-go-home scenarios of late that it should not overwhelm them, especially since they will not be favourites according to the bookies heading into this match. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Portland Timbers win with a probability of 53.8%. A win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 24.03% and a draw had a probability of 22.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portland Timbers win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.28%) and 2-0 (7.97%). The likeliest Real Salt Lake win was 1-2 (6.17%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.11%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Portland Timbers would win this match.

Result
Portland Timbers	Draw	Real Salt Lake
53.8%	22.15%	24.03%

Both teams to score 60.22%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

60.88%

39.12%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.55%

61.44%

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.41%

14.58%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

57.34%

42.65%

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.5%

29.49%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.49%

65.51%

Score Analysis

Portland Timbers 53.8%

Real Salt Lake 24.04%

Draw 22.15%

Portland Timbers	Draw	Real Salt Lake
2-1 @ 9.73% 1-0 @ 8.28% 2-0 @ 7.97% 3-1 @ 6.25% 3-0 @ 5.12% 3-2 @ 3.81% 4-1 @ 3.01% 4-0 @ 2.46% 4-2 @ 1.84% 5-1 @ 1.16% 5-0 @ 0.95% Other @ 3.22% Total : 53.8%	1-1 @ 10.11% 2-2 @ 5.94% 0-0 @ 4.3% 3-3 @ 1.55% Other @ 0.25% Total : 22.15%	1-2 @ 6.17% 0-1 @ 5.25% 0-2 @ 3.21% 1-3 @ 2.51% 2-3 @ 2.42% 0-3 @ 1.3% Other @ 3.17% Total : 24.04%

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	12	8	3	1	18	12	6	27
2	New England Revolution New England	12	7	3	2	19	11	8	24
3	Nashville SC Nashville	13	6	4	3	17	8	9	22
4	Atlanta United Atlanta	13	6	3	4	25	21	4	21
5	Columbus Crew	12	5	3	4	23	14	9	18
6	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	12	5	3	4	17	14	3	18
7	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	13	5	3	5	18	23	-5	18
8	DC United	13	4	4	5	16	16	0	16
9	New York City FC NY City	13	4	4	5	15	16	-1	16
10	Orlando City	12	4	4	4	13	15	-2	16
11	Inter Miami Inter Miami	12	5	0	7	13	14	-1	15
12	CF Montreal Montreal	12	5	0	7	11	20	-9	15
13	Chicago Fire	12	3	5	4	15	18	-3	14
14	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	13	2	7	4	8	11	-3	13
15	Toronto	13	2	7	4	13	17	-4	13

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Seattle Sounders Seattle	13	7	2	4	20	11	9	23
2	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	11	6	4	1	21	9	12	22
3	Dallas	13	6	4	3	15	12	3	22
4	St Louis City	12	6	2	4	22	13	9	20
5	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	12	5	3	4	16	16	0	18
6	Portland Timbers Portland	13	4	4	5	18	19	-1	16
7	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	12	4	3	5	11	14	-3	15
8	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	12	3	5	4	16	14	2	14
9	Houston Dynamo Houston	11	4	2	5	10	10	0	14
10	Austin FC Austin	12	3	4	5	12	18	-6	13
11	Colorado Rapids Colorado	13	2	6	5	10	18	-8	12
12	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	12	3	3	6	10	20	-10	12
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	13	2	4	7	9	17	-8	10
14	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	12	2	3	7	10	20	-10	9