Match prediction·USA: MLS·Friday 17 Jul, 02:30 UTC

Seattle Sounders FC vs Portland Timbers

Bawler weighs each team's recent scoring and defending, then adjusts for home advantage and injuries to work out how this match is likely to go. This page shows the full chain — every number we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Over 1.5 Goals sits at 84% probability—Seattle's 2.05 xG and 0.92 edge in shot quality over Portland should produce the second goal required.

📊 Win probability
55.8% home25.8% draw18.4% away
📈 xG chain — base → adjustments → final goal estimate
Seattle Sounders FCstepPortland Timbers
1.82Base xG · rolling 26-match1.20
× 1.13Home advantage · Home× 0.94
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
2.05Final goal estimate — what the model uses1.13

Seattle Sounders average 4.8 corners per game at home this season (24 competitive matches). Portland Timbers average 4.6 corners per game away from home this season (25 competitive matches).

🎯 Scoreline distribution · chance of each scoremodel estimate
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home windrawaway win
Most likely outcomes
Over 1.5 goals
84%
Over 3.5 goals
29%

Model probabilities for this fixture, ordered by likelihood. Estimates from rolling expected goals — not guarantees.

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Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers — Head-to-Head

This is the first meeting Bawler has on record between Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers — the model's ledger starts at model launch, so no earlier fixtures between these two sides have been logged and settled yet.

The model's verdict for this fixture: Seattle Sounders 56% · draw 26% · Portland Timbers 18%.

Model probabilities are edge estimates for entertainment — not betting advice, and past performance does not guarantee future results. 18+.

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Seattle Sounders FC 15 Portland Timbers
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Model estimates from rolling expected goals — not guaranteed outcomes. Past accuracy does not guarantee future results.