San Jose Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers 5/18/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The San Jose Earthquakes host the Portland Timbers in a MLS Western Conference fixture on Wednesday. San Jose is 12th in the conference table at 2-4-5 on 10 points with a goal difference of -7. San Jose battled to a 3-3 draw on the road last Saturday versus Vancouver with all six goals in the match scored in the second half. San Jose is unbeaten in four of the last five in MLS play.

San Jose has lost just one of the last five matches with two wins and two draws. In San Jose’s 3-3 draw last weekend, it was the seventh time dating back to the beginning of last season that the Earthquakes have both conceded and scored three goals during the same match. Jeremy Ebobisse is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with seven, while Jan Gregus is the leader in assists with five.

Portland is ninth in the conference table at 3-6-3 on 15 points with a goal difference of 0. Portland exploded for seven goals in its 7-2 victory over Sporting Kansas City last Saturday. Sebastian Blanco and Nathan Uiliam Fogaca each scored a brace, while four others for the Timbers scored one goal apiece. Jose Van Rankin was issued a red card and will not play Wednesday for Portland.

Portland set a new club record with its seven goals against Sporting Kansas City and tied an MLS record for goals in a single half when scoring six times in the second half. Yimmi Chara, Bill Tuiloma and Jaroslaw Niezgoda are the leading goal scorers for Portland with three apiece, while the leader in assists is Sebastian Blanco with four and three others have two assists each.