On Apr 24th, Portland Timbers hosts Real Salt Lake at Providence Park in a meeting of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 9th placed Portland Timbers is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Houston Dynamo. Neither Houston Dynamo nor Portland Timbers could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Portland Timbers is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Real Salt Lake recorded a 0-6 blowout loss against New York City. Castellanos Gimenez struck first for New York City in the 9th minute, then Thiago Eduardo de Andrade added another in the 15th minute In the end, Real Salt Lake was frustrated by New York City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. New York City ended the match with the shutout victory. Real Salt Lake is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Portland Timbers won the head to head battle with 4 wins.
Real Salt Lake hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Tate Schmitt and Bobby Wood, and they each have 1 goal. Portland Timbers’s most prolific scorer has been Jarosław Niezgoda. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.