United States - MLSProvidence ParkData current as of 08 September 2026

Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City: match statistics

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Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Portland Timbers play St. Louis City in MLS (United States). The match date is 10 September 2026. Venue: Providence Park.

Current form

Portland Timbers: 2-1-2, 1.40 points/match. St. Louis City: 3-2-0, 2.20 points/match.

Goal statistics

Portland Timbers scores 1.91 and concedes 1.87 goals per match. St. Louis City scores 1.57 and concedes 1.35. League average: 3.21 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Portland Timbers 78%, St. Louis City 70%. Over 2.5: Portland Timbers 74%, St. Louis City 48%. League level: BTTS 63%, Over 2.5 62%.

xG, shots and style

St. Louis City has higher xG: 1.55 vs 1.49. Portland Timbers: 12.9 shots per match, St. Louis City: 13.7.

Match halves

Portland Timbers: half-time lead 30%, second-half goals 1.00. St. Louis City: half-time lead 48%, second-half goals 0.78.

Goals by minute

Portland Timbers: 16-30 (10 goals). St. Louis City: 31-45+ (9 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

MLS: 3.21 goals per match, BTTS 63%, Over 2.5 62%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(1.95)
(3.50)
(3.20)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1.91Goals scored / match1.57
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1.87Goals conceded / match1.35
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
50%Average possession51%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
4.61Shots on target / match4.57
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

12.87Shots per match13.74
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
4.61Shots on target4.57
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
14.9%Shot conversion11.4%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
50%Possession51%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1.49xG for1.55
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1.91xG against1.33
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

Shooting quality

Portland Timbers: Efficient finishingSt. Louis City: Balanced
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
Accuracy (shots on target)36%33%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.410.34

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

St. Louis City is 57% better for: last-5 form.

1.4 pts / match - Portland Timbers · 2.2 pts / match - St. Louis City

Portland Timbers
LWDLW
Season result split
39% W17% R43% P
Season (W-D-L)
9-4-10
1.35 pts / match · goal difference +1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-1-2
1.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
7-2-3
Last 5 at home
4-0-1
WWWLW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.2Goals conceded: 2.0xG: 1.24Opponent xG: 2.02BTTS: 100%Over 2.5: 80%
St. Louis City
WDWDW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
43% W30% R26% P
Season (W-D-L)
10-7-6
1.61 pts / match · goal difference +5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-2-0
2.20 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-4-4
Last 5 away
3-2-0
DWWDW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.4Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.27Opponent xG: 1.48BTTS: 100%Over 2.5: 80%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Portland Timbers is 22% better for: goals scored per match.

1.91 goals / match - Portland Timbers · 1.57 goals / match - St. Louis City

St. Louis City is 39% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.87 goals / match - Portland Timbers · 1.35 goals / match - St. Louis City

Portland Timbers scoring profile: very strong

Portland Timbers scores in 83% of matches (19 of 23 matches), while St. Louis City keeps a clean sheet in 13% (3 of 23 matches).

St. Louis City scoring profile: very strong

St. Louis City scores in 83% of matches (19 of 23 matches), while Portland Timbers keeps a clean sheet in 4% (1 of 23 matches).

44Goals scored (season)36
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
43Goals conceded (season)31
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
3.78Average goals in match2.91
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
11Goals scored (last 5)12
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
10Goals conceded (last 5)7
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

How often they score at least...

83%1 goal83%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
57%2 goals43%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
22%3 goals30%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
13%4 goals0%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

How often they concede at least...

96%1 goal87%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
61%2 goals30%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
22%3 goals13%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
9%4 goals4%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

78%
Portland Timbers - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.18 of 23 matches
63%
League average

Goal patterns

39%BTTS at half-time17%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
4%BTTS in both halves9%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
43%Scored in both halves35%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

BTTS and goal count

70%Min. 3 goals and BTTS43%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
4%Min. 3 goals without BTTS4%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
100%BTTS - last 5100%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

100%Min. 1 goal before half-time61%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
57%Min. 2 goals before half-time30%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
26%Min. 3 goals before half-time17%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

2nd half

83%Min. 1 goal after half-time91%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
48%Min. 2 goals after half-time70%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
22%Min. 3 goals after half-time13%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

St. Louis City is 62% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.13 pts / match - Portland Timbers · 1.83 pts / match - St. Louis City

Portland Timbers - half-time state
30% leading22% draw48% trailing
St. Louis City - half-time state
48% leading39% draw13% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.13Points per match (1st half)1.83
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
0.91Goals scored (1st half)0.78
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1.13Goals conceded (1st half)0.35
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
2.04Average goals (1st half)1.13
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
22%Clean sheet before half-time70%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
39%No goal before half-time52%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

After half-time (2nd half)

1.61Points per match (2nd half)0.96
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1Goals scored (2nd half)0.78
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
0.74Goals conceded (2nd half)1
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
1.74Average goals (2nd half)1.78
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
52%Clean sheet after half-time22%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City
35%No goal after half-time30%
Portland TimbersSt. Louis City

Portland Timbers - second-half results

43% W30% R26% P
26
Half-time points
21
Half-time goals
-5
Goal difference (1st half)
37
Second-half points
+6
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.13
PPG before half-time
Lead holding130%

Leads at half-time in 30% of matches and wins 39%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.4

Defence stays stable across the full match.

St. Louis City - second-half results

13% W57% R30% P
42
Half-time points
18
Half-time goals
+10
Goal difference (1st half)
22
Second-half points
-5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.83
PPG before half-time
Lead holding90%

Leads at half-time in 48% of matches and wins 43%. Usually protects the lead until full-time.

Defence after half-time+0.7

Concedes 0.7 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Portland Timbers - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.401.60
Goals scored / match1.01.2
Goals conceded / match1.20.8
Average goals in match2.22.0
1 goal100%100%
2 goals60%60%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet20%40%
No goal40%20%
Goal difference-1+2
Half-time: 40% leading - 20% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 5
St. Louis City - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match3.000.60
Goals scored / match1.80.6
Goals conceded / match0.41.0
Average goals in match2.21.6
1 goal100%80%
2 goals60%60%
3 goals40%20%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal0%40%
Goal difference+7-2
Half-time: 100% leading - 0% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 60% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 9

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Portland Timbers
ScoredConceded
6
9
0-15
10
8
16-30
5
9
31-45
5
5
46-60
8
2
61-75
10
10
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (10 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (10). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

St. Louis City
ScoredConceded
3
4
0-15
6
2
16-30
9
2
31-45
6
8
46-60
5
6
61-75
7
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (9 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -2 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

3.35
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.6 : 1.7
Estimated goal split
home : away
104%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
74%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
69%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
3%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 33 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Portland Timbers

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.42
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.46
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-4.3 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.42
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.04
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
104%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
136%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.05
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
23% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 14% come in the first quarter-hour.
23%

St. Louis City

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.22
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
0.00
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.6 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.02
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.02
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
115%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
73%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.59
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
19% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 8% come in the first quarter-hour.
19%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (MLS).

Teams vs league

Portland TimbersLigaSt. Louis City
Average goals in match 3.783.21 2.91
Both teams scored 78%63% 70%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 74%62% 48%
Clean sheets 4%21% 13%
Goal before half-time 100%77% 61%
Goal after half-time 83%81% 91%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.21
Average goals per match
63%
Both teams scored
62%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
21%
Clean sheets
1.84
Home goals / match
1.37
Away goals / match
+34%
Home attack advantage
+26%
Home defence advantage
+19%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
77%
1 goal
45%
2 goals
20%
3 goals
6%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
50%
2 goals
23%
3 goals
10%
4 goals

FAQ

When do Portland Timbers and St. Louis City play?

Portland Timbers face St. Louis City on 10 September 2026 in MLS at Providence Park. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What do the goal statistics show before Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City?

Portland Timbers score 1.91 goals per game on average and St. Louis City 1.57. The MLS average is 3.21 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 62% of games. Both teams score in 78% of Portland Timbers's matches and 70% of St. Louis City's.

What form are Portland Timbers and St. Louis City in?

Over the last 5 games Portland Timbers have a 2-1-2 record (1.40 points per game) and St. Louis City 3-2-0 (2.20 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City?

The statistical background for Portland Timbers vs St. Louis City — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.