On the 3rd of April, LA Galaxy will travel to Portland to battle Portland Timbers in a clash of the Major League Soccer. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Portland Timbers sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Orlando City. de Almeida Junior struck first for Orlando City in the 52nd minute, but Cristhian Paredes got the equalizer for Portland Timbers in the 80th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Portland Timbers. Portland Timbers is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed LA Galaxy is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Orlando City. Facundo Torres Pérez scored the first goal for Orlando City in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, LA Galaxy couldn’t muster any offence and Orlando City ran away with the shutout win. LA Galaxy is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season LA Galaxy won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
LA Galaxy is glad to have Javier Hernández in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Yimmi Chará has been the most prolific scorer on Portland Timbers in the last five matches with 2 goals.