Major League Soccer · Matchweek 17
Portland Timbers
POR
2–1Full time
Real Salt Lake
REA
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.
54%Possession53%
42%Territory49%
29%From set plays36%
0.14Chance quality0.12
4.5%Directness3.5%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Portland, 3 for Salt Lake. 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.