Portland Timbers vs Houston Dynamo
USA – Major League Soccer
Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Kick-off at 04:00 UK/ 05:00 CET
Venue: Providence Park (Portland).
Houston Dynamo (7-3-3, 24 points)
Dynamo suffered a defeat at the US Open Cup, but in MLS games, they only existed even though in the last six matches 2-2-2, which, although not bad, was below expectations of Coach Wilmer Cabrera and his team. I have provided the ranks they used against SKC to understand the formation used and personnel of Wilmer Carbra.
Despite the loss, the fan base seems to think that dungeon residents are ripe to vote. History is not on their side coming to Providence Park, the Dynamo are 1-1-5 for life in Portland, and have been surpassed by Timbers 15-9. So, historically they have a little hill to climb.
I suspect that Cabrera will be as close as possible to the first eleven choices possible, but with players missing due to the Copa America and the Gold Cup, there may be a slight rotation, but they lowered the younger mixed squad on Wednesday night. So don't expect too much, and there's no way they have the squad they have against Sporting Kansas City in their last MLS match.
The players to watch for are Tomas Martinez who came to you from number ten, he made everything run in midfield and had two goals and helped this season. The big scorer for Dynamo was Mauro Manotas he led the team with six, and in midfield Alberth Elis led a team of five helpers - but he left on international duty.
Portland Timbers (4-7-2, 14 points)
After an interesting replacement from Gio Savarese on Wednesday night, I am not sure what to expect for a lineup on Saturday. Not having Andy Polo has a slight obstacle in dizziness because it really can be used now, the same thing applies to Andres Flores. These are the players who played 90 Wednesday nights (not including Steve Clark): Claude Dielna, Jorge Moreira, Larrys Mabiala, Diego Chara, Jeremy Ebobisse, Sebastian Blanco (unable to play) and Brian Fernandez. Oh, and Christian Paredes went all but 90 minutes, taking 84 minutes before being replaced.
That's a lot of first choices starting at eleven that have a short break, one must. I suspect we will see a center-back pair from Cascante and Tuiloma. Zarek Valentin will most likely start for Moreira and can we see Marco Farfan starting from left back? It's in the realm of possibility, that's for sure.
Even though Diego Valeri got 12 minutes out (can anyone explain this to me? Up four, should remain on the bench) he will undoubtedly start in midfield, and he has a great success against the Dynamo. Mid defensive which makes me a little worried. I mean Diego Chara is a crazy person and I swear that some robots are sent from the future, but did you start with a short break? If this is another team, I say maybe not. But this is Dynamo; western conference enemy, and someone needs to help close the three fronts of Houston.
I am pretty sure that Gio will throw a coin before the first kick, or maybe even use an arrow board to choose which goalkeeper we will see between the pipes. Maybe it's Attinella, when Clark started midweek, at least that's my way of thinking. But this is the thought of Gio we're talking about, and I'm really not sure what happened there.
Portland Timbers vs. Houston Dynamo Head-to-head (h2h)
Nine of the last ten wins belonged to the team at home.
Seven of the last nine matches in this stadium made the hosts score two or more goals.
Six of the last seven meetings in this venue made the Timbers win.
Since 2012, Portland have scored in each of their home matches.
Portland Timbers vs. Houston Dynamo Prediction
The Timbers will be desperate to get down from the last place, and that will be easy because they really miss the total matches played. They are also unbeaten in seven of their last nine matches and won six of them too. At home, they have a more impressive record, with them remaining undefeated in ten of their last eleven attempts, and in 14 of their last 17.
Importantly, they scored two or more goals in 13 of their last 17 home matches, while the Dynamo have not won in five of their last seven matches, and lost in four of their last five matches on the road.
In addition, the home side recorded nine of the last ten wins and six of the last seven wins in this venue. Therefore, expect Portland to be the top on this Sunday.
Tips for the Portland Timbers vs. Houston Dynamo Bets
Portland Timbers Wins @ 1,70 (7/10)
Host to Open Score @ 1.50 (1/2).
