Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Major League Soccer on Sunday, 12 March 2023.
Portland Timbers started off this season with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. But they failed to maintain it further as they conceded a 3-2 defeat against Los Angeles FC in the second.
Meanwhile, St. Louis City had an impressive start to this season. The team won both their opening fixtures at home and on the road. They faced Charlotte and Austin FC in their opening fixtures.
Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City Head-to-head Stats
This will be marked as the first head to head meeting between Portland Timbers and St. Louis City.
Who will win the match between Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City?
Portland Timbers started off this season with a victory over Sporting Kansas City at home. They have generally been decent at home. In fact, they were unbeaten in 13 of the last 15 home matches.
The case of St. Louis isn’t different either. The team is on an impressive run on the road. They have played five matches on the road since their introduction to the soccer world and were unbeaten in all those fixtures.
Considering all these observations, we are quite not sure about picking up a winner here. The display of St. Louis, being the fresher is so impressive.
How many goals will be scored in the match?
The recent match-ups of both sides at respective patches display high-scoring affairs at a good rate. St. Louis have netted in a total of 12 goals in their total five road trips. In that case, we expect this match to have goals over 2.5 ft.
Will Both teams score in the match?
The competitive potential of both teams forces us to consider a both teams scoring scenario here. In addition, they both have been allowing goals consistently of late. Thus, expect a both teams scoring scenario here.
Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City Prediction
This match could have goals in plenty considering the recent stats of both sides. An over 2.5 goals bet at 1.73 odds seems to be a logical pick to start with since the two have an equally stronger display at the moment.
For the second tip, we like to place the both teams to score option at 1.67 odds considering the defensive trend of both.
