Houston Dynamo and Portland Timbers will clash on Saturday the 16th of April at 5:00 pm in the th week of the Major League Soccer. The match will be played in Houston at the Reliant Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Rosendo Mendoza.
Houston Dynamo is in the 6th place in the table with 11 points. It comes from a 4-3 win against SJ Earthquakes in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Thus far, it has won 3 times, drawn twice, and lost once.
Portland Timbers occupies the 8th position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against Vancouver Whitecaps in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Up to now, it has won twice, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 4-5-1 (once).
Paulo Roberto Corradi Nagamura is expected to play against Portland Timbers with the following players: T. Parker, A. Lundqvist, T. Hadebe, E. Bartlow, G. Dorsey, M. Vera, A. Carrasquilla Alcázar, C. Quintero Villalba, I. Hoffmann, T. Pasher and F. Picault.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Houston Dynamo would be 26.82.
Paulo Roberto Corradi Nagamura will probably not be able to employ D. Steres because of injury.
Portland Timbers
Portland Timbers has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 42.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Carlos Llamosa is expected to play against Houston Dynamo with the following players: A. Ivačič, C. Bravo, L. Mabiala Destin, B. Tuiloma, J. Van Rankin Galland, C. Paredes Maciel, D. Chará Zamora, Y. Chará Zamora, D. Asprilla Rivas, M. Loría and J. Niezgoda.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Portland Timbers would be 28.91.
Carlos Llamosa will probably not be able to employ D. Ayala because of injury.
J. Rasmussen, G. Fochive, D. Gutiérrez and F. Mora Aliaga will definitely miss the match.
