Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders will play against each other within another round of the MLS. Portland have given away their position a bit lately and now is the right time to fix things in the championship, but Seattle also haven’t pleased their supporters with victories recently, therefore, both teams need points and confidence in their powers, which is reached with wins.
After 17 played rounds, Portland Timbers are on the seventh position in the MLS tournament table. The team has 24 points in the asset. The future hosts have had eight matches at their home ground within 2017 MLS season, in which they got five victories with two draws and one defeat. Seventeen goals were scored and only seven conceded.
Seattle have only four points less, than Portland, in the asset, whereas the future guests are only on the sixteenth position in the peloton, which means, that the league has high density. Seattle have had nine away matches in the MLS, having one victory with two draws and six defeats, ten goals were scored and nineteen conceded. The away statistics of Saunders is far from best and it says, that one probably should not bet on this team, when it plays away.
Portland still have chances on the championship title in the MLS regular tournament, but to do so, they need to gain points stably, especially in domestic matches. Basically, it should be noted, that Timbers play decently at their home ground, while Seattle look weak away. A bet on the future hosts in this couple looks like a fine option.
Prediction for the match: Portland to win with 0.0 Asian handicap
