Portland TimbersAttacking momentumSeattle Sounders
Preview
- Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders in the Group Stage of the 2026 MLS kicks off at 03:45 GMT on 2026-08-02.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Martí Cifuentes and B. Schmetzer.
- Portland Timbers have 4 players out: J. Mosquera (Foot Injury), G. Guerra (Abdominal strain), K. Kelsy (Foot Injury), Z. McGraw (Back Injury) but Seattle Sounders have 8 players missing: J. Morris (Muscle Injury), N. Petkovic (Knee Injury), J. Ragen (Yellow Cards), P. de La Vega (Knee Injury), Kim Kee-Hee (Muscle Injury), A. Roldan (Hip Injury), C. Roldan (Muscle Injury), R. Sailor (Knee Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-1-4-1, Portland Timbers should be met by Seattle Sounders's expected 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw K. Kelsy lead Portland Timbers with a 6.3 TheyScored rating, and D. Musovski top-rating for Seattle Sounders at 6.
- Portland Timbers won 2-1 against Real Salt Lake, while Seattle Sounders lost their fixture 0-1 vs Philadelphia Union.
- Struggling form all round: Portland Timbers are 2-1-2 and Seattle Sounders are 0-0-5 in their recent 5 matches.
- Portland Timbers have clearly got the edge H2H: in 52 meetings, they've beaten Seattle Sounders 21 times, with 12 draws and only 19 losses.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Portland Timbers's 2.25 goals/game at home balance out Seattle Sounders's 1.86 away scoring.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Portland Timbers
Seattle Sounders
Events
| 7' | |||
| 25' | P. Kingston | ||
| 27' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 30' | K. Miller | ||
| 41' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 45+5' | K. Kelsy | ||
HT 1 - 1 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 65' | |||
| 71' | S. Gomez | ||
| 73' | |||
| 73' | |||
| 82' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 84' | |||
| 88' | |||
| 88' | |||
| 90+4' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
Portland Timbers is going head to head with Seattle Sounders on 2/8/2026 02:45 GMT for the USA MLS. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders H2H statistics!