This Sunday the Portland Timbers hosts the San Jose Earthquakes in Providence Park in play valid for Major League Soccer. The two clubs involved in this duel are in the Western Conference and go through different times, being that the locals are in the area of access to the playoffs and are favorites, while visitors are one of the worst teams in the championship. In the last confrontation between both there was a victory of the Portland Timbers by the score of 2×0.
Portland Timbers:
The last ten rounds of Major League Soccer were excellent for the Portland Timbers, he did not lose any time, being that in addition to having managed to sign himself in the area of access to the playoffs is now one of the candidates to enter the area that leads directly to the final phase, so he does not want to disappoint his fans. In his stadium only the victory interests and it does not matter who his opponent will be, since he wants to make a profitable campaign.
It is evident that he must respect his rival, but he must not fail to impose himself, on the contrary, he must have the mastery of mourning, so as not to take the risk of being surprised. That being the case, the Portland Timbers expects to have quality in the defense and in the attack, as it is more likely to celebrate a good result at the end of the 90 ‘. For this game coach Giovanni Savarese will not be able to count on Fanendo Adi, Liam Ridgewell, Kendall McIntosh and Roy Miller, who are in the medical department.
San Jose Earthquakes:
The moment of form lived by the San Jose Earthquakes is quite critical at the moment, because in the Major League Soccer and the US Open Cup already accumulates nine games without winning, which really worries him. He is currently among the worst teams in the championship and to change that he must have a better performance in the field, have more attitude, determination and objectivity, because in this way he will be able to find the paths to good results.
The San Jose Earthquakes knows that its rival is better in the competition and that indicates that it will have difficulties, reason why it will have to be more careful with its defense and to explore counterattacks to surprise. At this moment, winning is the ideal, but we know that this will only happen with a big change, so avoiding defeat is something to be commemorated. In the last eighteen games he has managed to win only once. For this match, coach Mikael Stahre will not be able to count on Joel Qwiberg, who is in the medical department.
PREDICTION: Portland Timbers to win @ 1.50
