Match Preview

The clubs featured in our OddsDigger LA Galaxy vs Portland Timbers preview finished at the opposite ends of the MLS Western Conference in 2017. Los Angeles had to endure a season of disappointment after they collapsed in the second half of their campaign, eventually finishing at the bottom of the table. Their opponents this week topped the division but lost out to Houston Dynamo in the Play-Off Semis.

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Ahead of today’s LA Galaxy vs Portland Timbers betting tips, the Californian club have been relatively quiet in the transfer market, which means Head Coach Sigi Schmid has to work with largely the same squad that let him down so badly last season. LA Galaxy has lost some big players over the past year including Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan, both of whom had a big impact on the MLS. An attempt to sign Man Utd’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic failed after the Swede chose to remain at Old Trafford.

Portland Timbers are under new management this season after Giovanni Savarese left NY Cosmos to fill the gap left by departing boss Caleb Porter. Savarese will be looking to top scorers Argentine midfielder Diego Valeri and Nigerian striker Fanendo Adi to pick up where they left off last year. Valeri won the MLS MVP award in 2017 having scored twenty one times in thirty four appearances. Read below to see our USA football tips today.

LA Galaxy vs Portland Timbers Prediction and Betting Advice

On paper, the contest under examination for our LA Galaxy vs Portland Timbers bets is a straight contest between the worst and best team in the Western Conference. Los Angeles won just two of their final nineteen MLS fixtures in 2017, which is statistically the worst run across the entire competition. Their recent record against Portland is also worth investigating.

In the two duels between the teams last season, the side from Oregan came out on top on each occasion. They won 3-1 at Providence Park in mid-August and took the points in California too, winning 1-0 at the StubHub Centre. The Timbermen have lost just three times in their last eleven fixtures in total.

The fact that both clubs’ squads remain largely unchanged from last year suggests that the away side will have the upper hand once again against a team they had a 100% record against in 2017. Giovanni Savarese will want to start his rein in positive style and I expect him to mastermind a win for his new club. After assessing their competitors, Betfred’s MLS football odds this week stood out as being the most generously priced for our prediction.

The second entry in today’s LA Galaxy vs Portland Timbers predictions focuses on the home team’s terrible defence statistics. Sigi Schmid’s backline performed dreadfully for the vast majority of the 2017 season. They conceded the second highest total of goals in the MLS, shipping sixty seven goals during their league campaign.

Schmid added defenders Rolf Feltscher and Jorgen Skjelvik to his ranks last month, though neither player has played in the USA before. It’s more likely that Schmid will have to persist with the underperforming trio of Ashely Cole, David Romney and Daniel Steres until the new boys find their feet. Los Angeles tired defence conceded nineteen goals in their last seven games alone in 2017.

Portland were the Western Conference’s top scorers last year, banging in sixty goals during their prolific campaign. They found a successful route to goal three times when they last took on LA and they’ll be confident that they can net at least twice at the StubHub Centre next week. You can get terrific odds on them to score over 1.5 goals at Unibet, whose prices are the clear winner in terms of value when compared to other bookmaker.