Portland Timbers and New York City will play on Saturday the 11th of December at 12:00 pm in the th week of the Major League Soccer. The match will take place in Portland at the Providence Park.

Portland Timbers is in the 4th place in the standings with 55 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Real Salt Lake in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Up to now, it has won 20 times, draw 4 times, and lost 13 times.​​

Portland Timbers won the last 6 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 24th of October against Colorado Rapids and the score was 2-0.

New York City sits in the 4th position in the league with 51 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Philadelphia Union in its last match in the Major League Soccer. So far, it has won 16 times, draw 9 times, and lost 11 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Portland Timbers​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
04 Dec
Portland Timbers-Real Salt Lake
2-0
4-2-3-1
25 Nov
Colorado Rapids-Portland Timbers
0-1
4-2-3-1
21 Nov
Portland Timbers-Minnesota United
3-1
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
Portland Timbers-Austin
3-0
4-2-3-1
04 Nov
Real Salt Lake-Portland Timbers
1-3
4-2-3-1
28 Oct
Portland Timbers-SJ Earthquakes
2-0
4-2-3-1
24 Oct
Colorado Rapids-Portland Timbers
2-0
4-2-3-1
21 Oct
Portland Timbers-Vancouver Whitecaps
2-3
4-2-3-1
17 Oct
LA Galaxy-Portland Timbers
2-1
4-4-2
03 Oct
Portland Timbers-Inter Miami
1-0
4-2-3-1
30 Sep
Los Angeles FC-Portland Timbers
1-2
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
Portland Timbers-Real Salt Lake
6-1
4-2-3-1
19 Sep
Portland Timbers-Los Angeles FC
2-1
4-2-3-1
16 Sep
Portland Timbers-Colorado Rapids
2-2
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
Vancouver Whitecaps-Portland Timbers
0-1
4-2-3-1
04 Sep
Houston Dynamo-Portland Timbers
0-2
4-3-3
30 Aug
Seattle Sounders-Portland Timbers
0-2
4-3-3
22 Aug
Austin-Portland Timbers
3-1
4-3-3
19 Aug
Sporting KC-Portland Timbers
1-1
4-3-3
16 Aug
Portland Timbers-Seattle Sounders
2-6
4-3-3
08 Aug
Portland Timbers-Real Salt Lake
3-2
4-3-3
05 Aug
Portland Timbers-SJ Earthquakes
1-1
4-2-3-1
31 Jul
LA Galaxy-Portland Timbers
4-1
4-4-2
25 Jul
Minnesota United-Portland Timbers
2-1
4-2-3-1
22 Jul
Portland Timbers-Los Angeles FC
2-1
4-4-2
18 Jul
Portland Timbers-Dallas
1-0
4-4-2
02 Jul
Austin-Portland Timbers
4-1
5-3-2
27 Jun
Portland Timbers-Minnesota United
0-1
5-4-1
24 Jun
Houston Dynamo-Portland Timbers
2-2
4-4-2
20 Jun
Portland Timbers-Sporting KC
2-1
4-2-3-1
30 May
Philadelphia Union-Portland Timbers
3-0
4-2-3-1
22 May
Portland Timbers-LA Galaxy
3-0
4-4-2
16 May
SJ Earthquakes-Portland Timbers
0-2
4-2-3-1
09 May
Portland Timbers-Seattle Sounders
1-2
4-2-3-1
02 May
Dallas-Portland Timbers
4-1
4-2-3-1
25 Apr
Portland Timbers-Houston Dynamo
2-1
4-2-3-1
19 Apr
Vancouver Whitecaps-Portland Timbers
1-0

Portland Timbers has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (23 times or 62.16%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (23 times), 4-4-2 (6 times), 4-3-3 (6 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).

Carlos Llamosa is expected to play against New York City with the following players: S. Clark, C. Bravo, D. Župarić, L. Mabiala Destin, J. Van Rankin Galland, D. Chará Zamora, C. Paredes Maciel, D. Asprilla Rivas, S. Blanco, Y. Chará Zamora and F. Mora Aliaga.

Assuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Portland Timbers would be 29.82.

J. Attinella, I. Jome, E. Williamson and A. Polo Andrade will definitely miss the match.

New York City​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
05 Dec
Philadelphia Union-New York City
1-2
4-2-3-1
21 Nov
New York City-Atlanta United
2-0
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
New York City-Philadelphia Union
1-1
4-2-3-1
30 Oct
Inter Miami-New York City
1-3
4-2-3-1
27 Oct
New York City-Chicago Fire
1-0
4-2-3-1
23 Oct
New York City-DC United
6-0
23 Oct
New York City-DC United
4-2-3-1
20 Oct
Atlanta United-New York City
1-1
17 Oct
New York RB-New York City
1-0
4-2-3-1
03 Oct
New York City-Nashville SC
0-0
4-2-3-1
30 Sep
Chicago Fire-New York City
2-0
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
New York City-New York RB
0-1
3-4-2-1
23 Sep
New York RB-New York City
1-1
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
Cincinnati-New York City
1-2
4-2-3-1
14 Sep
New York City-Dallas
3-3
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
New England-New York City
2-1
4-2-3-1
03 Sep
Nashville SC-New York City
3-1
4-2-3-1
28 Aug
New York City-New England
2-0
4-2-3-1
18 Aug
Philadelphia Union-New York City
1-0
4-2-3-1
15 Aug
New York City-Inter Miami
2-0
4-2-3-1
08 Aug
Toronto-New York City
2-2
4-2-3-1
05 Aug
Chicago Fire-New York City
0-0
4-2-3-1
30 Jul
New York City-Columbus Crew
4-1
30 Jul
New York City-Columbus Crew
4-2-3-1
25 Jul
New York City-Orlando City
5-0
4-2-3-1
21 Jul
New York City-Montreal Impact
1-0
4-2-3-1
17 Jul
Columbus Crew-New York City
2-1
3-4-2-1
07 Jul
Montreal Impact-New York City
2-1
4-2-3-1
27 Jun
New York City-DC United
2-1
4-3-1-2
23 Jun
New York City-Atlanta United
1-0
4-3-1-2
19 Jun
New York City-New England
2-3
3-4-1-2
29 May
Los Angeles FC-New York City
1-2
3-4-1-2
22 May
New York City-Columbus Crew
1-2
3-4-1-2
15 May
New York City-Toronto
1-1
3-4-1-2
08 May
Orlando City-New York City
1-1
3-1-4-2
01 May
Philadelphia Union-New York City
0-2
4-2-3-1
24 Apr
New York City-Cincinnati
5-0
4-2-3-1
18 Apr
DC United-New York City
2-1

New York City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (26 times or 72.22%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (26 times), 3-4-1-2 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).

Ronny Deila is expected to play against Portland Timbers with the following players: S. Johnson, M. Amundsen, M. Chanot, A. Callens Asín, T. Gray, J. Sands, A. Morales, S. Rodríguez Molina, M. Moralez, J. Medina Maldonado and V. Castellanos Giménez.

If the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of New York City would be 26.27.

A. Tinnerholm and K. Alexander Parks will definitely miss the match.