Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake 9/25/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

On Saturday, the Portland Timbers host Real Salt Lake in a battle between the fifth and sixth place clubs in the MLS Western Conference. Portland is fifth in the conference table at 11-4-10 on 37 points with a goal difference of -6. Portland defeated LAFC 2-1 at home on Sunday. Dairon Asprilla opened the scoring for Portland in the 21st minute and George Fochive scored the winner for the Timbers in the 68th minute.

Portland has four victories and one draw in it's last five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored nine goals and conceded three. Portland has three clean sheets in its last five matches played. Felipe Mora is the leading goal scorer for Portland with 10 and Dairon Asprilla is second with six. Mora and Sebastian Blanco each have three assists to lead Portland.

Real Salt Lake is sixth in the conference table at 10-6-9 on the 36 points with a goal difference of +6. Real Salt Lake defeated the Seattle Sounders 1-0 in their most recent MLS fixture on Saturday. Damir Kreilach scored the only goal of the match giving RSL all three points and moving the club to within one point of fifth place Portland.

Real Salt Lake has three victories and two losses in its last five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored 11 goals and conceded 12. Although RSL has won three of the last five matches, in the two losses the club gave up seven goals. Damir Kreilach is the leading goal scorer for RSL with 10, while Rubio Rubin and Albert Rusnak each have seven. Aaron Herrera is the leader in assists with eight and Rusnak has six.