Head-to-Head
San Jose Earthquakes have won two of their last three home head-to-heads with Portland.
San Jose Earthquakes
- San Jose are unbeaten in their last five, picking up a run of results that has included 3-1 and 1-0 wins away at San Diego FC and at home to Houston Dynamo FC.
- San Jose average 1.69 goals per home game in 2026, having scored 22 at PayPal Park, so they've not had any trouble finding a goal recently.
Portland Timbers
- Portland are 18th with 32 points from the same number of games.
- Marti Cifuentes has brought a high-energy, high-pressing game to the team since taking over as coach on 21 July 2026 and the Timbers have a useful second scoring outlet.
- Portland have scored 16 goals in their 12 away league games, which isn't great, but it isn't dismal either.
- However, the results have been poor with too many mistakes and slip-ups.
Key Players
- Preston Judd has 13 in 24 games for San Jose, making him their main man up front.
- But Niko Tsakiris has added three assists in their last five, so the home side do have some spark in the middle third.
- Kevin Kelsy is Portland's top MLS scorer with nine goals in 20 games, while Vincent Janssen has three in the last five, giving the visitors a useful second outlet up top.
Betting Insights
- San Jose are 1.97 favorites to beat Portland at PayPal Park on Sunday with the visitors 3.15 and the draw 4.1 for this MLS 2026 clash.
- Over 2.5 goals at 1.38 and BTTS at 1.36 both fit the profiles of these two teams.
Prediction
So the slight edge in the head-to-head and recent form goes to the hosts and they look the more likely of the two to get the win.
