Major League Soccer · Matchweek 11
Real Salt Lake
REA
2–0Full time
Portland Timbers
POR
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
53%Possession54%
49%Territory42%
36%From set plays29%
0.12Chance quality0.14
3.5%Directness4.5%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Salt Lake, 3 for Portland. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 372 matches, not the full season.