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Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 21st Sep, 01:30 BST, BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Phil Neville pays counterpart Ben Olsen a visit on Sunday morning in the Major League Soccer, as their Portland Timbers and Houston Dynamo teams face each other at the BBVA Compass Stadium. Statistics drive the algorithmic predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and changing between them shows bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and unique league tables. The best odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to find out more.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% probability of Houston and Portland serving up at least a couple of goals in this Major League Soccer clash. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it seems the bookies favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.25.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Houston 41%	6/5 5%	-
Draw 26%	5/2	-
Portland 33%	21/10	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	-
Houston 1-0 10%	8/1	-
Portland 1-0 9%	10/1	-
Houston 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Portland 2-1 8%	10/1	-
Draw 0-0 7%	11/1	-
Houston 2-0 7%	10/1	-
Portland 2-0 5%	16/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	-
Houston 3-1 4%	16/1	-
Houston 3-0 3%	20/1	-
Portland 3-1 3%	22/1	-
Houston 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Portland 3-0 2%	33/1	-
Portland 3-2 2%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	4/5	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	1/1	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	4/5	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	11/10	-
No 1st Goal 5%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	4/6	-
BTTS - No 47%	11/10	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	9/2	-
Home/draw 67%	4/11	-
Away/draw 59%	4/6	-
Home/away 74%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1/4	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	11/4	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	2/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	4/11	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	5/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/8	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	12/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/25	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	11/1	-
Home DNB 59%	4/7	-
Away DNB 51%	5/4	-
Houston win to nil 22%	3/1	-
Portland win to nil 17%	5/1	-
Houston / Houston 24%	5/2	-
Houston / Portland 3%	28/1	-
Houston / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Houston 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Portland 12%	6/1	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Portland / Houston 4%	22/1	-
Portland / Portland 16%	4/1	-
Portland / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Houston	1 - 2	San Jose
Houston	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
Houston	1 - 1	Philadelphia
Houston	0 - 3	Vancouver
Houston	1 - 0	Saint Louis City
Houston	1 - 3	Montreal
Houston	1 - 3	Sporting KC
Houston	2 - 0	Minnesota
Houston	1 - 3	Seattle
Houston	2 - 0	Austin
Houston	2 - 2	Colorado
Houston	1 - 0	LAFC
Houston	1 - 2	Salt Lake
Houston	1 - 4	Miami
Houston	1 - 2	Dallas
Houston	1 - 1	Seattle
Houston	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
Houston	2 - 1	New England
Houston	1 - 1	Vancouver
Houston	4 - 1	Salt Lake

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Houston	3 - 2	Saint Louis City
H	Houston	1 - 2	San Jose
A	Houston	1 - 1	Vancouver
A	Houston	2 - 2	Austin
H	Houston	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	Houston	1 - 1	Philadelphia
H	Houston	0 - 3	Vancouver
A	Houston	0 - 1	Salt Lake
A	Houston	4 - 3	San Diego
H	Houston	1 - 0	Saint Louis City
A	Houston	1 - 3	Minnesota
H	Houston	1 - 3	Montreal
H	Houston	1 - 3	Sporting KC
A	Houston	3 - 0	NY City
A	Houston	3 - 3	San Jose
A	Houston	2 - 0	Dallas
H	Houston	2 - 0	Minnesota
H	Houston	1 - 3	Seattle
A	Houston	0 - 2	LAFC
H	Houston	2 - 0	Austin

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Minnesota	1 - 1	Portland
San Diego	0 - 0	Portland
Dallas	2 - 0	Portland
LAFC	0 - 1	Portland
Saint Louis City	2 - 1	Portland
Toronto	3 - 0	Portland
Orlando	1 - 0	Portland
Salt Lake	0 - 0	Portland
San Jose	4 - 1	Portland
LA Galaxy	2 - 4	Portland
Sporting KC	2 - 4	Portland
Austin	0 - 0	Portland
Colorado	0 - 3	Portland
Nashville	2 - 0	Portland
Vancouver	5 - 0	Portland
Seattle	1 - 1	Portland
Vancouver	1 - 1	Portland
Salt Lake	3 - 3	Portland
Colorado	2 - 1	Portland
LA Galaxy	3 - 2	Portland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Portland	1 - 1	Minnesota
A	Portland	0 - 0	San Diego
H	Portland	2 - 3	Cincinnati
A	Portland	0 - 2	Dallas
A	Portland	1 - 0	LAFC
H	Portland	1 - 1	Minnesota
H	Portland	0 - 1	Salt Lake
A	Portland	1 - 2	Saint Louis City
H	Portland	2 - 1	New England
A	Portland	0 - 3	Toronto
H	Portland	1 - 1	San Jose
H	Portland	2 - 1	Saint Louis City
H	Portland	2 - 1	Colorado
A	Portland	0 - 1	Orlando
H	Portland	1 - 1	Seattle
A	Portland	0 - 0	Salt Lake
H	Portland	1 - 0	Sporting KC
A	Portland	1 - 4	San Jose
A	Portland	4 - 2	LA Galaxy
H	Portland	3 - 3	LAFC

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Houston have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Portland

Houston

Portland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

2 / 7

HOU

POT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Houston
Houston	1 - 0
Houston	5 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Portland
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Houston	4 - 1

Portland

Houston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

0 / 8

HOU

POT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portland
Portland	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Houston
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	4 - 0
Portland	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Houston	Portland
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Houston will score no more than 1 goal	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Portland will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Houston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-17 Portland have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season

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HOU

POT

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Games scored	23		20
Failed to score	5		8
Scored first	12		13
Goals scored	37		36
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		15
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+5%

HOU

POT

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Games conceded	20		21
Clean sheets	8		7
Conceded first	14		12
Goals conceded	46		38
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	19%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+9%

Houston v Portland Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Houston Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	8	5	10
Artur	E Ponce	J McGlynn	F Escobar

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Artur MID	28	1		3 -
G Dorsey DEF	27	2	4	7 -
E Ponce FWD	26	8	1	7 -
S Kowalczyk MID	25	1	1	4 -
A Bassi MID	25	2	3	4 -
F Escobar DEF	23	2	2	9 1
J McGlynn MID	23	5	5	2 -
J Bond GLK	20			-
O Awodesu DEF	20	1		3 1
E Bartlow DEF	20		2	2 -
O Lingr MID	20	3	2	5 -
B Raines MID	19			6 1
F Vieira DEF	17	3	1	4 -
P Ortiz DEF	16	1		5 -
J Urso MID	14			2 -
D Holmes MID	12	1		2 -
L Ennali FWD	12	1	1	-
E Sviatchenko DEF	11			-
G Segal FWD	10	2		-
D Steres DEF	8			2 -
E Dueñas MID	8		1	4 -
B. Gillingham GLK	4			-
A Tarbell GLK	4			-
A Carlos DEF	4	1		1 -
J Maurer GLK	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	19	5	12
E Ponce	E Ponce	J McGlynn	J McGlynn

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Ponce FWD	8	19	1	2
J McGlynn MID	5	18	5	12
O Lingr MID	3	7	2	4
F Vieira DEF	3	10	1	4
G Dorsey DEF	2	7	4	9
A Bassi MID	2	5	3	4
F Escobar DEF	2	3	2	3
G Segal FWD	2	3
Artur MID	1	1
S Kowalczyk MID	1	7	1	2
O Awodesu DEF	1	1		1
P Ortiz DEF	1	1
D Holmes MID	1	2		1
L Ennali FWD	1	1	1	1
A Carlos DEF	1	2
E Bartlow DEF		2	2	1
J Urso MID		2		1
E Sviatchenko DEF		3
E Dueñas MID		2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1670	51	108
Artur	Artur	E Ponce

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Artur MID	1670	51	107
J McGlynn MID	1337	31	62
A Bassi MID	974	17	63
F Escobar DEF	956	49	99
O Awodesu DEF	918	19	65
B Raines MID	779	25	60
P Ortiz DEF	695	14	32
E Bartlow DEF	684	18	58
G Dorsey DEF	666	33	100
S Kowalczyk MID	553	22	65
F Vieira DEF	537	35	80
J Bond GLK	513		11
E Ponce FWD	411	16	108
O Lingr MID	386	16	73
J Urso MID	386	17	50
E Sviatchenko DEF	360	11	42
D Steres DEF	221	5	11
A Carlos DEF	187	3	8
L Ennali FWD	144	3	31
D Holmes MID	129	5	18
B. Gillingham GLK	82	1	2
A Tarbell GLK	82
E Dueñas MID	59	5	8
G Segal FWD	52	2	10
J Maurer GLK	37

Portland Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	7	6	8
D Ayala	K Genez	D Costa	J Fory

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Ayala MID	27	2	1	4 -
F Mora FWD	27	5	3	4 -
K Genez FWD	27	7		3 -
F Surman DEF	26			1 -
D Costa MID	26	4	6	2 -
J Mosquera DEF	24	1	2	1 -
J Fory DEF	23		2	8 -
C Paredes MID	23	1		5 -
K Sierocki MID	22		1	2 -
Antony FWD	22	6	5	4 -
K Miller DEF	20			5 1
J Ortiz MID	17			2 -
A Lassiter FWD	17		1	2 -
O Fernandez FWD	16	1		-
I. Smith DEF	15	1	1	1 -
J Pantemis GLK	14			-
M Crépeau GLK	14			-
D Župarić DEF	14			2 -
E Miller DEF	14			-
J Rodríguez FWD	6	1	1	2 -
G. Guerra FWD	5			-
Z McGraw DEF	4			2 -
M Rojas MID	2			-
F Carballo MID	2			-
K Velde FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	24	6	9
K Genez	Antony	D Costa	D Costa

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Genez FWD	7	11		3
Antony FWD	6	24	5	7
F Mora FWD	5	13	3	2
D Costa MID	4	18	6	9
D Ayala MID	2	5	1	2
J Mosquera DEF	1	4	2	6
C Paredes MID	1	1
O Fernandez FWD	1	3		1
I. Smith DEF	1	1	1
J Rodríguez FWD	1	3	1	2
F Surman DEF		2
J Fory DEF		2	2	3
K Sierocki MID		1	1
K Miller DEF		1
A Lassiter FWD		3	1	2
D Župarić DEF		1
M Rojas MID		3
F Carballo MID		2		1
K Velde FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1593	70	134
D Ayala	D Ayala	D Ayala

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Ayala MID	1593	70	134
F Surman DEF	1321	31	98
K Miller DEF	1110	10	46
D Costa MID	1067	9	53
J Fory DEF	1058	36	118
J Mosquera DEF	910	31	78
Antony FWD	670	38	120
D Župarić DEF	657	19	52
K Sierocki MID	650	36	61
J Ortiz MID	517	19	41
J Pantemis GLK	488	1	6
C Paredes MID	460	22	53
M Crépeau GLK	425		3
F Mora FWD	353	7	71
I. Smith DEF	347	13	43
K Genez FWD	280	9	75
A Lassiter FWD	168		14
O Fernandez FWD	166	9	30
E Miller DEF	158	8	15
Z McGraw DEF	117	6	13
F Carballo MID	63	2	3
M Rojas MID	59		6
J Rodríguez FWD	55		14
K Velde FWD	46	1	17
G. Guerra FWD	39	1	7