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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 23

Portland Timbers

POR

5–4Full time

Minnesota United

MIN

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%Possession51%
42%Territory44%
27%From set plays24%
0.14Chance quality0.11
5.5%Directness5.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Portland, 3 for Minnesota. 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.