Portland Timbers
vs
Austin
Major League Soccer prediction
The model makes it 80% Portland Timbers, 13% draw, 7% Austin — fair odds of 1.25, 7.69 and 14.29. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 2-0 (10%).
Expected goals: Portland Timbers 2.92, Austin 0.82.
Both teams to score: 53%. Over 2.5 goals: 72%, under 2.5: 28%.
Model confidence: High.
Model insights
Form going into this match
Portland Timbers
- W2-1Seattle Sounders2 August 2026
- W2-1Real Salt Lake26 July 2026
- D2-2FC Dallas23 July 2026
- W5-1away to Seattle Sounders17 July 2026
- L1-3San Jose Earthquakes24 May 2026
Austin
- L0-1away to Colorado Rapids2 August 2026
- L0-3away to Houston Dynamo26 July 2026
- W3-1Seattle Sounders23 July 2026
- L0-3away to St. Louis City23 May 2026
- L1-2Sporting Kansas City17 May 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
Major League Soccer table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Austin | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 17 |
Where the two sides stand. Full tables
The two sides
Portland Timbers carry a model rating of 6.66 against 6.17 for Austin. The scale is anchored so that an average side in one of Europe's big five leagues sits at 6.85, and it is adjusted for the strength of each team's league, so the two numbers are comparable even across borders.
Recent form (most recent last): Portland Timbers L-W-D-W-W; Austin L-L-W-L-L.
The model expects goals
Under the hood the model expects 2.92 goals for Portland Timbers and 0.82 for Austin. Those two numbers, not the scoreline, are what the model actually estimates; everything else is derived from them.
Portland Timbers rate 0.74 in attack and 1.10 in defence, where 1 is league average and a lower defensive number is better; Austin rate 0.53 and 2.09.
That points to 72% for over two and a half goals and 53% for both teams to score.
The three most likely scorelines are 2-0 (10%), 3-0 (10%), 2-1 (8%).
The rest of the season
Across the rest of the season our simulation gives Portland Timbers a 0.1% chance of the title and Austin 0%, from 10000 simulated seasons.
How this was produced
Publicly tracked record so far: 400 correct results out of 828 settled predictions (48%), with 78 exact scorelines (9%). That log is updated automatically after every match and is never edited.
Full method: how the model works.
Team comparison
Bars show each side's share of the two-team total, based on the model's attack/defence ratings and expected goals for this fixture.
Why the model favours this side
The model gives Portland Timbers the highest probability at 80%, based on each side's rolling attack and defence ratings estimated from recent match data. The model projects 2.92 expected goals for Portland Timbers against 0.82 for Austin. Portland Timbers's attack/defence rating is 0.74/1.1 versus the league average (1.00 = average), compared with 0.53/2.09 for Austin.