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SJ Earthquakes v Portland Timbers : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Earthquakes Stadium, San Jose

Bruce Arena welcomes Martí Cifuentes Corvillo to the Earthquakes Stadium on Sunday morning, as their SJ Earthquakes and Portland Timbers troops clash in the Major League Soccer. Analysing both teams' last 20 Major League Soccer matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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SJ Earthquakes's next match is v Colorado at 02:30 on Sunday 11th October
Portland Timbers's next match is v Sporting KC at 01:30 on Sunday 11th October

The last American Major League Soccer meeting between San Jose and Portland was on Sunday 27th September 2026

American Major League Soccer

September 27th 2026

San Jose 3	1 Portland

P. Judd 4'	86' D. Pereira da Costa
E. Löwen 24'
P. Judd 29'

	SJE POT
Shots On	8 6
Shots Off	2 6
Corners	5 9
Possession	46% 54%
Fouls	8 11
Yellow/red cards	2/0 1/0

San Jose	Portland

E. Edwards Jr. P. Marie (B. Kikanovic 46') D. Romney D. Munie R. Roberts I. Harkes E. Löwen B. Leroux (J. Skahan 87') T. Werner (N. Fernandez 67') V. Costa De Brito (J. Ricketts 76') P. Judd (L. Jovanovic 76')	K. Miller R. Hernández Pimentel (A. Aravena Guzmán 88') E. Miller D. Pereira da Costa (E. Izoita 67') C. Bassett (A. Alves Santos 67') A. Lassiter (G. Guerra 79') V. Janssen (I. Smith 67') J. Fory D. Chará Zamora J. Pantemis K. Velde

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As Bruce Arena prepares his side for kick-off, our prediction is for a combined total of over 3 goals scored during the game. Statistics imply both teams possess a number of attacking options, an encouraging sign for the neutrals. With a real favourite to win the match, we're going for over 2.5 goals.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think San Jose are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.90.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
San Jose 43%	10/11	-
Draw 22%	31/10 5%	-
Portland 35%	23/10 3%	-
Draw 1-1 9%	8/1 6%	-
San Jose 2-1 8%	17/2 6%	-
Portland 2-1 8%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 7%	10/1	-
San Jose 1-0 5%	14/1 15%	-
San Jose 3-1 5%	12/1	-
San Jose 2-0 5%	14/1 15%	-
Portland 1-0 5%	20/1 11%	-
San Jose 3-2 4%	16/1	-
Portland 3-1 4%	20/1 9%	-
Portland 2-0 4%	22/1	-
Portland 3-2 4%	20/1 9%	-
San Jose 3-0 3%	20/1 11%	-
Draw 0-0 3%	25/1 13%	-
Draw 3-3 2%	22/1 12%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 69%	1/3 5%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 31%	12/5 18%	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	4/6	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	11/10	-
No 1st Goal 1%	25/1 13%	-
BTTS - Yes 69%	1/3 5%	-
BTTS - No 31%	9/4 18%	-
BTTS - Home Win 27%	15/8 4%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 23%	15/4 5%	-
Home/draw 65%	1/3 2%	-
Away/draw 57%	4/5	-
Home/away 78%	2/9 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 87%	1/12 3%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 13%	7/1 23%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 48%	5/6 4%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 52%	5/6 2%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 29%	2/1 12%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 71%	4/11 5%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 15%	4/1 17%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 85%	1/6 4%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/80	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	22/1	-
Home DNB 58%	1/2 4%	-
Away DNB 50%	6/4 5%	-
San Jose win to nil 16%	4/1 11%	-
Portland win to nil 12%	8/1	-
San Jose / San Jose 28%	2/1	-
San Jose / Portland 4%	22/1	-
San Jose / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / San Jose 14%	5/1 9%	-
Draw / Portland 10%	15/2	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
Portland / San Jose 5%	16/1 11%	-
Portland / Portland 17%	4/1 9%	-
Portland / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
San Jose	2 - 2	LAFC
San Jose	1 - 0	Houston
San Jose	1 - 5	Minnesota
San Jose	1 - 3	Saint Louis City
San Jose	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
San Jose	0 - 4	Orlando
San Jose	2 - 3	Dallas
San Jose	1 - 1	Vancouver
San Jose	5 - 1	Austin
San Jose	3 - 0	San Diego
San Jose	0 - 1	Seattle
San Jose	2 - 0	Atlanta
San Jose	3 - 0	Sporting KC
San Jose	2 - 1	Austin
San Jose	1 - 3	Saint Louis City
San Jose	2 - 4	LAFC
San Jose	1 - 2	San Diego
San Jose	2 - 1	Vancouver
San Jose	2 - 2	Dallas
San Jose	1 - 1	NY Red Bulls

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	San Jose	2 - 2	LAFC
H	San Jose	1 - 0	Houston
A	San Jose	3 - 2	San Diego
A	San Jose	1 - 1	Austin
A	San Jose	0 - 0	Houston
H	San Jose	1 - 5	Minnesota
A	San Jose	0 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	San Jose	1 - 3	Saint Louis City
A	San Jose	2 - 4	Cincinnati
H	San Jose	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	San Jose	0 - 4	Orlando
A	San Jose	3 - 1	Portland
H	San Jose	2 - 3	Dallas
A	San Jose	2 - 3	Seattle
H	San Jose	1 - 1	Vancouver
A	San Jose	1 - 1	Toronto
A	San Jose	3 - 2	Saint Louis City
H	San Jose	5 - 1	Austin
A	San Jose	4 - 1	LAFC
A	San Jose	3 - 1	Sporting KC

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dallas	2 - 1	Portland
LAFC	1 - 1	Portland
Chicago	2 - 1	Portland
Seattle	1 - 5	Portland
Miami	2 - 0	Portland
Montreal	2 - 2	Portland
Salt Lake	2 - 0	Portland
San Diego	1 - 2	Portland
Minnesota	2 - 0	Portland
Vancouver	3 - 2	Portland
Houston	3 - 2	Portland
Colorado	2 - 0	Portland
San Diego	4 - 0	Portland
San Diego	2 - 1	Portland
Seattle	1 - 0	Portland
Vancouver	1 - 1	Portland
Houston	1 - 0	Portland
Minnesota	1 - 1	Portland
San Diego	0 - 0	Portland
Dallas	2 - 0	Portland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Portland	0 - 1	Atlanta
A	Portland	1 - 2	Dallas
H	Portland	2 - 2	Saint Louis City
H	Portland	5 - 4	Minnesota
H	Portland	1 - 2	Austin
A	Portland	1 - 1	LAFC
H	Portland	3 - 1	San Diego
A	Portland	1 - 2	Chicago
H	Portland	2 - 1	Seattle
H	Portland	2 - 1	Salt Lake
H	Portland	2 - 2	Dallas
A	Portland	5 - 1	Seattle
H	Portland	1 - 3	San Jose
A	Portland	0 - 2	Miami
A	Portland	2 - 2	Montreal
H	Portland	6 - 0	Sporting KC
A	Portland	0 - 2	Salt Lake
A	Portland	2 - 1	San Diego
A	Portland	0 - 2	Minnesota
H	Portland	2 - 1	LAFC

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

San Jose

Portland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

3 / 9

SJE

POT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT San Jose
San Jose	4 - 1
	1 - 2	Portland
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
San Jose	3 - 2
	0 - 2	Portland
	1 - 6	Portland
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
San Jose	3 - 0
	0 - 1	Portland

Portland

San Jose

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

0 / 10

SJE

POT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portland
	1 - 3	San Jose
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Portland	4 - 2
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	2 - 1
Portland	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Portland	3 - 0
Portland	3 - 1
Portland	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

SJ Earthquakes's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday morning, not least because Portland Timbers have conceded in each of their last 15 Major League Soccer matches. A PG of 1.9 for B. Arena's side suggests that run should continue.

	San Jose 4th	Portland 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that San Jose will score 1 or more goals	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Portland will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 San Jose have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	-21 Portland have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.7 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

better

SJE

POT

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Games scored	22		21
Failed to score	4		5
Scored first	15		9
Goals scored	46		47
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.8
Avg. shots per game	10		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	18		18
Avg. XG for	1.9		1.5
KickOff rating		+7%

27%

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SJE

POT

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Games conceded	19		25
Clean sheets	7		1
Conceded first	10		17
Goals conceded	38		48
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+27%

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San Jose Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	15	7	8
D Munie	P Judd	B. Leroux	R. Roberts

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Jr. GLK	2			1 -
D Romney DEF	16	1		1 -
D Munie DEF	25	5	2	3 -
R. Roberts DEF	24	3		8 -
V Costa DEF	11			-
I Harkes MID	25			2 -
B. Leroux MID	26	4	7	5 -
P Marie MID	18		5	-
E Löwen MID	6	1	1	-
T Werner MID	15	6	5	2 -
P Judd FWD	25	15	3	8 -
Subs
F. Montali GLK				-
M. Floriani DEF	6			1 1
J. Ricketts DEF	24		2	3 -
J Jasinski DEF	14	1		2 -
J Skahan MID	21	2	2	1 -
N. Fernandez MID	20	1	2	1 -
J González MID	11			1 -
L. Jovanovic FWD	5			-
B Kikanovic FWD	22			7 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	35	7	9
P Judd	P Judd	B. Leroux	P Marie

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Judd FWD	15	35	3	3
T Werner MID	6	17	5	8
D Munie DEF	5	8	2	2
B. Leroux MID	4	12	7	7
R. Roberts DEF	3	6		1
Subs
J Skahan MID	2	6	2	2
D Romney DEF	1	1
E Löwen MID	1	5	1	1
Subs
J Jasinski DEF	1	4
N. Fernandez MID	1	5	2	1
I Harkes MID		3		3
P Marie MID		2	5	9
Subs
J. Ricketts DEF		1	2	8
L. Jovanovic FWD		1		1
B Kikanovic FWD		4		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1362	48	136
D Munie	B. Leroux	B. Leroux

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
D Munie DEF	1362	26	63
R. Roberts DEF	1322	39	89
B. Leroux MID	944	48	136
Subs
B Kikanovic FWD	648	28	93
J. Ricketts DEF	541	32	102
I Harkes MID	530	25	45
D Romney DEF	516	13	38
T Werner MID	425	8	33
E Löwen MID	313	6	24
Subs
J Jasinski DEF	300	11	31
N. Fernandez MID	298	11	33
V Costa DEF	233	13	28
Subs
M. Floriani DEF	224	7	19
P Judd FWD	203	3	67
Subs
J Skahan MID	184	9	18
P Marie MID	183	19	29
Subs
J González MID	111	7	15
L. Jovanovic FWD	38	1	4
E Jr. GLK	31		1

Portland Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	8	7	5
J Pantemis	K Velde	D Costa	K Miller

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pantemis GLK	27			1 -
E Miller DEF	6			2 -
R Pimentel DEF	4			-
K Miller DEF	22	1		4 1
J Fory DEF	25		2	3 1
K Sierocki MID	21			5 -
C Bassett MID	23	3	4	2 -
A Lassiter MID	22	4	3	2 -
D Costa MID	23	4	7	1 -
K Velde MID	26	8	6	3 -
V Janssen FWD	7	3		2 1
Subs
H Sulte GLK				-
A. Bonetig DEF	8	1		1 -
S. Jura DEF				-
I. Smith DEF	20			3 -
E. Izoita MID	2	1	1	-
J Ortiz MID	18		1	-
G. Guerra FWD	11	1	2	-
Antony FWD	26	3	2	-
A Guzmán FWD	16	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	24	7	12
K Velde	K Velde	D Costa	K Velde

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Velde MID	8	24	6	12
A Lassiter MID	4	11	3	6
D Costa MID	4	12	7	8
C Bassett MID	3	11	4	4
V Janssen FWD	3	5		1
Subs
Antony FWD	3	12	2	6
K Miller DEF	1	1
Subs
A. Bonetig DEF	1	1
E. Izoita MID	1	1	1
G. Guerra FWD	1	2	2	4
A Guzmán FWD	1	7
R Pimentel DEF				1
J Fory DEF		1	2	5
K Sierocki MID				2
Subs
I. Smith DEF		1		1
J Ortiz MID		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1223	49	157
J Fory	J Fory	K Velde

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
J Fory DEF	1223	49	109
C Bassett MID	1132	30	77
K Miller DEF	1116	17	58
D Costa MID	1033	20	61
K Sierocki MID	821	41	73
K Velde MID	809	30	157
J Pantemis GLK	750	1	12
Subs
Antony FWD	630	22	84
J Ortiz MID	472	12	29
A Lassiter MID	370	8	40
Subs
A. Bonetig DEF	345	7	17
I. Smith DEF	304	17	50
A Guzmán FWD	209	3	27
E Miller DEF	207	2	9
R Pimentel DEF	186	7	12
V Janssen FWD	114	6	20
Subs
E. Izoita MID	70	2	4
G. Guerra FWD	57	3	10