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Seattle Sounders III vs Portland Timbers III — USL League Two 2018

Seattle Sounders III
Seattle Sounders III
PST
02:00
Portland Timbers III
Portland Timbers III
6/20/2020USL League TwoUSL League Two · Round 35Pop Keeney Stadium (Bothell)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 4+ matches

Seattle Sounders III44%
×Draw21%
Portland Timbers III35%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Seattle Sounders III
2.11
Portland Timbers III
1.85

Seattle Sounders III creates 14% more chances

Season form · 4 home / 15 away

creates per match

Seattle Sounders III
2.75
Portland Timbers III
2.20

allows per match

Seattle Sounders III
1.50
Portland Timbers III
1.47

finishing

Seattle Sounders III+0.00on par
Portland Timbers III+0.00on par

Total goals

75%Over
  • Over75
  • Under25

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

74%Yes
  • Yes74
  • No26

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Seattle Sounders III ↓

Portland Timbers III →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–02%
0–14%
0–23%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–04%
1–18%
1–27%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–04%
2–18%
2–27%
2–35%
2–42%
3
3–03%
3–16%
3–25%
3–33%
3–41%
4
4–02%
4–13%
4–23%
4–32%
4–41%

Most likely 1–1 (8%) · grid covers 91% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
98%2%1.5
90%10%2.5
75%25%3.5
55%45%4.5
36%64%

Double chance

Seattle Sounders III or draw
65%
Seattle Sounders III or Portland Timbers III
79%
Draw or Portland Timbers III
56%

Winning margin

Seattle Sounders III wins by 2+
25%
Portland Timbers III wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

Seattle Sounders III 1+ goals
88%
Seattle Sounders III 2+ goals
62%
Seattle Sounders III 3+ goals
35%
Portland Timbers III 1+ goals
84%
Portland Timbers III 2+ goals
55%
Portland Timbers III 3+ goals
28%

Draw no bet

Seattle Sounders III (draw refunded)
56%
Portland Timbers III (draw refunded)
44%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
66%
Both score & under 3
8%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Seattle Sounders III at home — creates 2.75, concedes 1.50 · 4 matches

Portland Timbers III away — creates 2.20, concedes 1.47 · 15 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Seattle Sounders III attack 2.75 + Portland Timbers III defence 1.47 → ÷2 → 2.11

Portland Timbers III attack 2.20 + Seattle Sounders III defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.85

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 44%?"

Seattle Sounders III scores more
44%
level
21%
Portland Timbers III scores more
35%

Seattle Sounders III at 44% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 44% does not mean "Seattle Sounders III will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Seattle Sounders III vs Portland Timbers III — Match Preview

Seattle Sounders III face Portland Timbers III on June 20, 2020 in this USL League Two fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Seattle Sounders III host Portland Timbers III at Pop Keeney Stadium (Bothell).

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