New York City vs Portland Timbers Predictions

New York City have been in great form recently, winning all of their last 5 games, scoring 2+ goals in each of those 5 games. Even going further back than that, they have gone undefeated in all of their last 14 games. New York have only lost 1 game at all this season, a 4-0 loss to Toronto, but they sit in just 5th place, due partly to the fact they have played at least 2 games less than everyone else. They have drawn 8 games in the league, with 6 of those being score draws, 3 ending 2-2, and 1 ending 3-3.

At home in the league, New York have won 4 and drawn 4. They average exactly 2 goals per game at home and have conceded exactly 2 goals in 3 of their home games. Over 2.5 goals has landed in all of their last 3 home games, while Both Teams to Score has landed in 3 of their last 4 at home.

Portland Timbers have been in decent form recently, winning 3 of their last 5 games. Those games were filled with goals, with 4 of the 5 seeing over 2.5 goals, while 3 of the 5 saw Both Teams to Score land. Portland have seen BTTS+Over 2.5 goals land in 10 of their 16 league games this season.

Portland have played 13 away games so far this season due to their stadium expansion overrunning, and have won 4, drawn 2 and lost 7 of those games. Their recent form has been very good though, with all 4 of those wins and 1 of the draws coming in the last 7 away games. BTTS has landed in 6 of those 7 games.

Both sides have been finding the net with ease in recent times, with BTTS landing in many of those games. We can see this being quite an even contest, but with plenty of goals, so we’re going for Over 2.5 goals + Both Teams to Score, with a scoreline of 2-2 looking the most likely.