Major League Soccer · Matchweek 18
Portland Timbers
POR
2–1Full time
Seattle Sounders FC
SEA
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.
47%Possession54%
42%Territory47%
27%From set plays13%
0.14Chance quality0.10
5.5%Directness4.2%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Portland, 3 for Seattle Sounders. 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 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.