Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas 8/6/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The Portland Timbers host FC Dallas on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Portland is eighth in the conference table at 7-11-6 on 32 points with a goal difference of +4. Portland battled at home to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday with Nashville SC. Nashville opened the scoring with a goal in the 20th minute but Santiago Moreno scored an equalizer in the 27th for Portland. 

Portland is unbeaten in each of its last nine matches in the MLS with four wins and five draws following a draw with Nashville on Wednesday. On three previous occasions, Portland has had double-digit unbeaten streaks in its club history. Jaroslaw Niezgoda is the leading goal scorer for Portland with eight while Sebastian Blanco is the leader in assists with six.

FC Dallas is fourth in the conference table at 9-8-7 on 35 points with a goal difference of +7. FC Dallas was defeated on the road 1-0 by the Seattle Sounders on Tuesday. Dallas fell behind 1-0 after 39 minutes and could not respond at home. Dallas is tied on points with fourth-placed Minnesota but trails in wins 10 to 9.

Dallas has had a 1-0 scoring line four times in the last five matches with two victories and two losses. The other result during the last five matches was a 1-1 draw with Austin in mid July. Jesus Ferreira is the leading goal scorer for Dallas with 12, while Paul Arriola has scored nine. Ferreira is the leader in assists with five, while two others have three assists each.