Seattle vs Portland Picks and Prediction – 9/1/2024

The Portland Timbers are playing host to the Seattle Sounders on Saturday evening. The game is set to take place at 10:30 PM EST and is being played at Providence Park. Be ready for all the soccer action with our soccer picks.

Portland is heading to this match here with a record of 10-7-9 on the year. This has the Timbers sitting in 7th place in the MLS. The last match for the Portland club was a 4-4 draw against the Saint Louis City club.

In the draw the Portland club controlled the ball a total of 60.6% of the time. The Timbers ended up getting a total of 32 shots on the day, but out of those only 12 were on goal. Defensively Portland had to face a total of 13 shots, but were able to keep only 6 of those on goal.

Seattle is heading to the match here with a record of 11-7-8 on the year. That type of record is good enough to see the Seattle club sitting in 5th place in the MLS table. The last MLS match for the Seattle club was a 3-2 win over the Minnesota United club. 

The Sounders in the game here showed the Seattle club controlling 44.1% of the possessions. The Seattle club in the game had a total of 12 shots, but out of those 5 of them were on goal. Defensively the Seattle team faced a total of 24 shots, but only 4 of those shots were on goal.

This is a game that the Portland team will have to rely on their defense with. The Portland defense looked good at times against Saint Louis City, but the Seattle offense will do better in the match here and that will keep the pressure on Portland and lead to cracks showing up against the Seattle offensive onslaught. Final Score Prediction, Seattle Sounders win 4-2.