Since the beginning of 2019, the home team has lost eight of the 10 meetings between the Timbers and Sounders in MLS play (W1 D1). No other MLS fixture has seen the visiting team record more than five wins on that span.
The Timbers have 33 points through 27 games this season. Portland has missed the playoffs in all four seasons in which it had fewer than 40 points after 27 games., while qualifying for the postseason in its other six full seasons (excluding 2020).
The Sounders have collected seven points in their last nine games (W2 D1 L6). Seattle has just two nine-game spans in a single season (excluding overlapping spans)in which it has collected fewer points: five from May to July 2012 (W0 D5 L4) and three from June to August 2015 (W1 D0 L8).
Portland hasn’t had a single source of attacking threat this year as its offensive production has been spread around. The Timbers are one of three teams (NYC, Phi) with five players with at least five goals in 2022 (Asprilla, Blanco, Moreno, Niezgoda, and Tuiloma).
Seattle will be without Cristian Roldan, who is out at least four weeks after groin surgery. Since 2016, Roldan has played 19,255 minutes in MLS (regular season and playoffs), over 1,000 more than any other outfield player in that span (Andrew Farrell – 18,171).
