About Match
3 points and 4 places separate them: Portland Timbers 11th with 28, Colorado Rapids 7th with 31. The last five rounds place Portland Timbers no better than 15th for form, against 11th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Portland Timbers 1.77 scored and 1.77 conceded per game, Colorado Rapids 1.35 and 1.35, with the league averaging 1.59. Three points here take Portland Timbers to 31, overtaking Colorado Rapids, assuming other results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 6 Portland Timbers wins, 2 for Colorado Rapids, 0 draws, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 75% of the meetings.
Providence Park stages the fixture, a ground that holds 25,218.