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Portland Timbers v Charlotte

Portland Timbers
02:30Upcoming
Charlotte

Major League Soccer · SUN 25 OCT · Providence Park

The match pulse

BEFORE KICK-OFF

Match outcome probability (%)

Portland TimbersDrawCharlotte
Our pre-match numbers · the line starts at kick-offKick-off 02:30
Before kick-off · Match result · Portland Timbers 42%

AI match analysis

Pitchside prediction · before kick-off

Portland Timbers are narrow favourites.

The Pitchside prediction: Portland Timbers 42%, draw 25%, Charlotte 33%. Over 2.5 goals 60%, both teams to score 62%.

The AI’s read on Portland Timbers v CharlotteBefore, during and after the match · From £5.99 + VAT · paid once, never renewsSee the passes

Pre-match prediction

First published 19 Oct 01:37 · locked at kick-off

Portland Timbers win42%
Draw25%
Charlotte win33%

Kick-offSUN 25 OCT · 02:30

RoundMatchday 31

VenueProvidence Park

RefereeRosendo Mendoza

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · every competition we cover

Portland Timbers

Charlotte

7Days since last match8

Last match: 18 Oct · Major League Soccer

Last match: 17 Oct · Major League Soccer

3Matches in previous 14 days2

Counted across every competition we cover, before kick-off. Club friendlies are not counted.

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups aren’t available for this match.

Our number · portland timbers winFirst published 19 Oct 01:37 · locked at kick-off
42% The market50%
Us42%
Market50%

We make Portland Timbers a 42% chance to win. The market has them at 50%. We are 8 points less confident than the market. The model expects 1.7–1.5.

What the number rests on

Our model
Expected goals · Portland Timbers v Charlotte1.66 – 1.46
Form · last six in Major League Soccer this season · since 12 SeptW0 D2 L4 · W2 D2 L2
The market · Portland Timbers win50% · ours 42%

Built from every result and the chances each side creates and concedes, recent matches counting most, with home advantage in it. Line-ups, injuries and rest are not in the number.

How the number movedSince we published
40%45%50%55% 19 OCT 01:3725 OCT 01:02
Our probability · Portland Timbers win The market, margin stripped

Our number has not moved since we published. No bookmaker had priced it when we published; the market has it at 50% now.

Every market, from one calculation
MarketUsMarketGap
Portland Timbers win42%50%−8
Draw25%23%+2
Charlotte win33%27%+6
Over 2.5 goals60%71%−11
Both teams to score62%70%−8
Over 1.5 goals82%87%−5
Over 3.5 goals38%51%−13
Portland Timbers or draw67%73%−6
Portland Timbers clean sheet23%––
Charlotte clean sheet19%––

Every figure here is read off one scoreline distribution, so no two can contradict each other. The market is the median of 8 bookmakers, each with its margin stripped — what we are measured against, never an input to the model.

Every scorelineMost likely 1–1 at 11.3%
0123450 5.2 5.9 4.7 2.3 1 6.7 11.3 7.7 3.8 2 6.1 8.7 6.4 3.1 3 3.4 4.8 3.5 4 2.0 5
under 2% 5% 12%+Portland Timbers down, Charlotte across0–5 goals a side shown (98.8% of outcomes)

This is a probability, not a recommendation. We take no bets and hold no affiliate relationships with any gambling operator. Model 1.2 — Pitchside Lab's own model.

Head to head

1 meeting since 2022
Goals a meeting2.00
Over 2.50 of 1
Both scored0 of 1
Last meetingsCHA 2–0 POR

Every competition we cover, the latest meeting first.

Form · last six in Major League Soccer this season · since 12 Sept

PORTLAND TIMBERS

LLLDLD1–2 · 0–1 · 1–3 · 3–3 · 0–2 · 0–0

CHARLOTTE

DWLWLD3–3 · 2–1 · 0–1 · 3–2 · 1–3 · 2–2