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Major League Soccer11/08/2026, 12:00 AM

Austin – Portland Timbers0 : 2

Why the model thinks so

Austin
1.22
Total xG
2.97
Portland Timbers
1.75
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorAustinPortland Timbers
Attack weakness (0.57x league average)−0.94
High-scoring league (3.3 goals/match)+0.76+0.76
Defensive weakness (2 conceded vs 1.8 league avg)+0.18
Standings disadvantage (pos 14 vs 8, 6 places gap)−0.08
Standings advantage (pos 8 vs 14, 6 places gap)+0.05
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.04
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.8 goals/match)−0.02
Myrto Uzuni on the bench (9 goals, 2 assists)
Facundo Torres on the bench (4 goals, 7 assists)
J. Rosales on the bench (1 goals, 4 assists)
11% of goal output missing (only 75% available)
Jimer Fory on the bench (0 goals, 4 assists)
Weak away record (1.3 vs 1.9 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Form: Portland Timbers with 3 wins in their last 5 matches, Austin with 1 win
  • Attack: Portland Timbers average 1.82 goals per match in the league this season, Austin concede 1.91 per match
  • Table: Portland Timbers are 8th in the league with 43 points from 33 matches, Austin 14th with 34 points

Risks

  • Away: Portland Timbers concede 2.06 goals per match away from home in the league this season
  • Head-to-head: Across the last 5 meetings, Austin won 2, Portland Timbers won 2, with 1 draw

All probabilities

Result
Austin25%
Draw26%
Portland Timbers49%
Double chance
Austin or draw51%
Portland Timbers or draw75%
No draw74%
Goals
Over 1.581%
Under 1.519%
Over 2.557%
Under 2.543%
Over 3.535%
Under 3.565%
Both teams score
Yes60%
No40%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.22 : 1.75, rounded up only from .912% probability

Other likely scores

1:2
10%
0:2
8%
2:1
7%
2:2
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Austin: scored only in H2 in 3 consecutive games (8 of 12 total)
  2. Portland Timbers: 4 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  3. Austin: 7 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  4. Austin: 8 of 12 games without conceding in H1, but only 1 over 90 minutes
  5. Austin: 44% of all goals between minutes 76-90 (7 of 16)
  6. Portland Timbers with Ariel Lassiter starting: 2.2 goals/game, without him: 1 (17/5 games, last 30)

Lineups

Austin 3-4-3 · Portland Timbers 4-3-3

Austin
  • 1 B. Stuver
  • 5 O. Svatok
  • 6 I. Sánchez Farrés
  • 29 Guilherme Biro
  • 3 M. Desler
  • 38 E. Torres
  • 24 J. Alastuey Aperte
  • 17 J. Gallagher
  • 32 M. Burton
  • 9 B. Vázquez Toledo
  • 21 C. Ramírez
Portland Timbers
  • 41 J. Pantemis
  • 12 R. Hernández Pimentel
  • 20 F. Surman
  • 2 J. Waterman
  • 23 I. Smith
  • 73 E. Izoita
  • 30 J. Caicedo Barrera
  • 10 D. Pereira da Costa
  • 7 A. Lassiter
  • 14 V. Janssen
  • 99 K. Velde
Substitutes
  • 77 P. Płacheta
  • 2 R. Thomas
  • 4 B. Hines-Ike
  • 10 M. Uzuni
  • 11 F. Torres Pérez
  • 12 D. Las
  • 30 J. Rosales Erazo
  • 35 M. Đorđević
  • 14 B. Sabovic
  • 4 K. Miller
  • 15 E. Miller
  • 28 A. Aravena Guzmán
  • 80 J. Ortiz Landázuri
  • 17 C. Bassett
  • 21 D. Chará Zamora
  • 27 J. Fory
  • 26 H. Sulte
  • 22 O. Fernandez

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