Portland Timbers draws 0-0 with Real Salt Lake on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

PORTLAND. Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake could not score a single goal.

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Portland Timbers draws 0-0 with Real Salt Lake on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

PORTLAND. Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Portland Timbers was definitely better in terms of ball possession (66%)​.

The match was played at the Providence Park stadium in Portland on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Chris Penso assisted by Ian Anderson and Meghan Mullen. The 4th official was Andrew Bigelow. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Portland Timbers

0 - 0

Team 1

Real Salt Lake

  • ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
  • 15 Total 5
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 10 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 142 Attack 90
  • 55 Dangerous attack 41
  • 117 Ball safe 99
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 15 Total 11
  • 3 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Portland Timbers had a strong ball possession 66% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Portland Timbers was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Portland Timbers to win the match​.

Portland Timbers shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Real Salt Lake shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Portland Timbers received 3 yellow cards (C. Bravo, L. Mabiala and C. Paredes). On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Jaroslaw Niezgoda - sub ->S. Blanco
59'
David Ayala- sub ->E. Williamson
71'
Marvin Loría - sub ->S. Moreno
71'
Claudio Bravo - Yellow
77'
80'
Scott Caldwell- sub ->E. Luiz
80'
85'
Larrys Mabiala- Yellow
86'
Zac McGraw- sub ->J. Van Rankin
88'
Dario Zuparic- sub ->L. Mabiala
88'
Cristhian Paredes- Yellow
90'
90'

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Philadelphia Union
67
34
CF Montréal
65
34
New York City
55
34
New York RB
53
34
Cincinnati
49
34
Inter Miami
48
34
Orlando City
48
34
Columbus Crew
46
34
New England
42
34
Charlotte
42
34
Atlanta United
40
34
Chicago Fire
39
34
Toronto
34
34
DC United
27
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Los Angeles FC
67
34
Austin
56
34
Dallas
53
34
Nashville SC
50
34
LA Galaxy
50
34
Minnesota United
48
34
Real Salt Lake
47
34
Portland Timbers
46
34
Colorado Rapids
43
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
43
34
Seattle Sounders
41
34
Sporting KC
40
34
Houston Dynamo
36
34
SJ Earthquakes
35
34

After playing this match, Portland Timbers will have 11 points like Atlanta United, Toronto, Montreal Impact and Nashville SC to hold in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake will have 13 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Portland Timbers will play away against Real Salt Lake on the 9th of October with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Portland Timbers (9 draws).

Real Salt Lake will host Portland Timbers on the 9th of October with a 14-11 head to head record in favor of Portland Timbers (9 draws).

Portland Timbers – Formation

Portland Timbers
G
Aljaz Ivacic 31.Slovenia
7.3
D
Larrys Mabiala 33.DR Congo
6.9
88' 86'
D
J. Van Rankin 2.Mexico
7.1
88'
D
Claudio Bravo  5.Argentina
7.0
77'
D
Bill Tuiloma 25.New Zealand
7.1
M
Sebastián Blanco 10.Argentina
6.4
59'
M
Cristhian Paredes 22.Paraguay
6.9
90'
M
Eryk Williamson 19.United States
6.7
71'
M
Santiago Moreno 30.Colombia
7.4
71'
M
Dairon Asprilla 27.Colombia
6.1
F
Yimmi Chará 23.Colombia
7.2
Substitutes
G
J. Vom 41.USA
G
David Bingham 1.United States
D
Dario Zuparic 13.Croatia
6.3
88'
D
Zac McGraw 18.Canada
6.8
88'
D
Pablo Bonilla 28.Venezuela
M
B. Bodily 98.USA
M
Marvin Loría  44.Costa Rica
6.2
71'
M
David Ayala 24.Argentina
6.9
71'
F
Jaroslaw Niezgoda  11.Poland
7.0
59'

Portland Timbers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Carlos Llamosa decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Portland Timbers made 5 changes: S. Blanco for J. Niezgoda (59′), E. Williamson for D. Ayala (71′), S. Moreno for M. Loria (71′), J. Van Rankin for Z. McGraw (88′) and L. Mabiala for D. Zuparic (88′).

Real Salt Lake – Formation

Real Salt Lake
G
Zac MacMath 18.United States
7.2
D
Marcelo Silva 30.Uruguay
6.8
D
Justen Glad 15.United States
7.1
D
Andrew Brody 2.United States
7.0
D
Aarón Herrera 22.Guatemala
7.1
M
Everton Luiz 25.Brazil
6.7
80'
M
Maikel Chang 16.Cuba
6.1
85'
M
Pablo Ruiz  6.Argentina
7.1
M
Justin Meram 9.Iraq
7.1
90'
M
S. Córdova 10.Venezuela
7.7
F
Bobby Wood 7.United States
6.6
80'
Substitutes
G
Tomás Gómez 81.United States
D
Jaziel Orozco 99.USA
D
Jasper Löffelsend 28.Germany
6.9
85'
M
Bode Hidalgo 19.United States
M
N. Besler 13.USA
M
Scott Caldwell 12.United States
6.2
80'
F
Christopher Garcia 17.USA
F
Tate Schmitt 21.United States
90'
F
Rubio Rubín 14.Guatemala
6.2
80'

Also Real Salt Lake adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: .

Substitutions

Real Salt Lake made 4 changes: E. Luiz for S. Caldwell (80′), B. Wood for R. Rubin (80′), M. Chang for J. Loeffelsend (85′) and J. Meram for T. Schmitt (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​