Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Major League Soccer match on June 22nd, 2024

Today is a betting day for the match between Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2024. Soccer fans are increasingly keeping an eye on the USA Major League Soccer, which is especially good for sports bettors. In addition, it is a league that presents many opportunities to profit from online betting.

As we already mentioned, this time, our betting tip goes to the match Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps in a game by the Western Conference match that takes place on June 22nd, 2024 at 02:30h (UTC) at Providence Park.

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Introduction to the Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps betting tip 2024

The teams' recent results are always a clue as to what to expect before a soccer match.In light of this, we see that in the last five matches the Portland Timbers has achieved more consistent results than the Vancouver Whitecaps.

The last matches between two teams also tend to serve as an indicator. In this case, Portland Timbers have won 4 times while Vancouver Whitecaps has 5 wins in the last 10 meetings. This recent history can give us an idea about the trend for this upcoming game.

Speaking of history, this is always worth considering when making a betting tip, so for this match, we must mention that Portland Timbers has 1 Major League Soccer win, while the Vancouver Whitecaps has never won the competition.

So by the factor of tradition in the league, we can see that the Portland Timbers already shows greater strength.

Details about the Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers comes from a win in the last game they played. The match against SJ Earthquakes, valid for Major League Soccer, ended with a score of 1-2 in the team's favor.

The Portland Timbers is coming into this match having won 6 games in total and lost 7, in addition to 6 draws. As a result, the team has 24 points and is in 7th place in the Western Conference of this Major League Soccer.

Although his position guarantees a spot in the first round of the MLS playoffs, they must improve their position to earn a place in continental competitions.

his Numbers

At the end of round -1 Portland Timbers has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 34 goals to its credit against 33 conceded.

Felipe Mora has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 8 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Portland Timbers to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Over the course of the tournament, Portland Timbers recorded an average ball possession of 47.79%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Portland Timbers will play against Vancouver Whitecaps, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Portland Timbers featured Player

Even though the team is not one of the leading names in the championship, Evander has attracted attention. With impressive performances, he's a key player in the Portland Timbers squad.

Details about Vancouver Whitecaps

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives for this match after losing in the previous match. In a match from Major League Soccer, the Vancouver Whitecaps, who played in the formation scheme 3-4-1-2, faced New England and the score ended 3-2.

The Vancouver Whitecaps is coming into this Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2024 match with 25 points, in 6th place in the Western Conference in the Major League Soccer, in in a campaign that has a total of 7 wins and 6 losses, in addition to 4 draws.

Although the Vancouver Whitecaps position guarantees a spot in the first round of the MLS playoffs, the team must improve its ranking to obtain places at continental competitions.

his records

After round -1 of Major League Soccer we count 26 goals scored by Vancouver Whitecaps and 22 conceded.

Based on league statistics, Vancouver Whitecaps has an average possession rate of 47.18%, revealing a preference for a more reactive approach. This can work to their advantage when playing as visitors since they can focus on counterattacks to score goals.

Individually, the team's primary offensive highlight so far in the competition is Ryan Gauld. The Midfielder has already scored 9 goals in the current season and has helped Vancouver Whitecaps come away with a positive result on several occasions.

One factor to consider is Vancouver Whitecaps average number of shots on goal, only 4.06 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

Good markets to bet on Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps

Betting on goals

Vancouver Whitecaps has an average of 1.53 goals scored, while Portland Timbers concedes on average 1.74 goals per match. With this and with the fact that the under 2.5 market usually gives good returns in Major League Soccer, a good bet would be to place this bet at Bet365. The odds of 2.2 are pretty attractive.

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