Portland is coming into this match with a heavy trend to the over in their recent matches. They are coming off of a 4-4 draw at home in their last match which was their 1st match played since the end of the Leagues Cup, and they have gone over 2.5 goals in their last 9 straight as well as 10 of their last 11 matches. Their attack has been on fire in these matches as they have scored at least 2 goals in 10 of their last 11 matches, scoring at least 4 goals in 2 of their last 3, but their defense has also been awful as they have allowed at least 2 goals in each of their last 2 as well as 3 of their last 5 matches, allowing 7 goals in their last 2 matches alone. When playing at home, they have gone over 2.5 goals in their last 6 straight as well as 15 of their last 16 matches there, and they have also been in much better form there. They are going up against a Seattle side that has also been trending to the over in their recent matches. They have gone over 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches. Their attack has been good in these as they have scored at least 3 goals in 3 of their last 5 matches, but their defense has also allowed 6 goals in their last 3 matches as well. When playing away from home, they have gone over 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches as well. Both of these teams have very potent attacks that have been scoring a lot recently and both also have defenses that have not been keeping teams out of their net. This is also a very heated rivalry that always sees lots of goals in their meetings with each of the last 2 as well as 5 of the last 6 meetings between the two going over 2.5 goals. Between these two sides, there will be enough goals in this match to push it over 2.5 goals.
USA MLS: Portland Timbers/Seattle Sounders over 2.5 goals, Rot. 209817