San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Portland Timbers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Open Cup, 21 May 2025

📅21/05/2025 · 🕒05:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
49%
1.76
Draw
24%
3.8
Away
27%
3.48
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
43%
2.59
Over 2.5
57%
1.45
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.46
No
44%
2.51
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
21%
5.52
2-3 Goals
40%
2.02
4-5 Goals
24%
2.53
6+ Goals
15%
5.68
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
25%
2.3
1/2
6%
32.5
1/X
9%
13.0
X/1
14%
4.87
X/2
7%
8.98
X/X
10%
6.48
2/1 EV+ ✗
10%
19.5
2/2
13%
5.87
2/X
6%
14.0
Value flag · 2/1 at 19.5 — our 10% vs market 2.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
49%
Home Win
52%
-2.9pp
24%
Draw
23%
+1.5pp
26%
Away Win
25%
+1.5pp
43%
Under 2.5
35%
+8.0pp
57%
Over 2.5
65%
-8.0pp
56%
BTTS Yes
64%
-8.3pp
44%
BTTS No
36%
+8.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME San Jose Earthquakes EU Bookmakers 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Portland Timbers EU Bookmakers 29%
+21% / +21% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -9% / -9%
2.52/0.78 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.87/2.17
+1% / -3% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -16% / +4%
56% Ball Possession 44%
17 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
411 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 297 · 77%
30.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 25.0
25.1 Crosses 26.0
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME San Jose Earthquakes
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Portland Timbers
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.33 xG 1.92
49% Ball Possession 51%
12 Total Shots 17
4 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 4
357 Passes 378
81% Pass Accuracy 81%
26 Box Touches 23
23 Crosses 13
2 Yellow Cards 2
04.05.2025 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 4-1 HT 3-1 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers ABD
20.06.2024 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 1-2 HT 0-1 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers ABD
16.05.2024 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 4-2 HT 0-2 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes ABD
21.09.2023 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2-1 HT 1-0 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes ABD
23.07.2023 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2-0 HT 1-0 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes CONLK
18.06.2023 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 HT 0-0 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME San Jose Earthquakes
1-0
AWAY Portland Timbers
3.03 xG 0.74
59% Ball Possession 41%
29 Total Shots 14
9 Shots on Target 5
12 Corners 2
587 Passes 383
84% Pass Accuracy 75%
40 Box Touches 14
37 Crosses 8
4 Yellow Cards 5
POST-MATCH San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

San Jose Earthquakes nicked a narrow win over Portland Timbers 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had San Jose Earthquakes as the likeliest winner at 49%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (57%), both teams to score (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, San Jose Earthquakes had 59% of the ball to Portland Timbers's 41%, shots finished 29-14, expected goals 3.03 to 0.74 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold San Jose Earthquakes's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Portland Timbers led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for San Jose Earthquakes and 1.83 for Portland Timbers.

What was the final score of San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers?

San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Portland Timbers in the USA - Open Cup on 21/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers?

Before kick-off our model rated a San Jose Earthquakes win the most likely single outcome at about 49%, with the full match-result split San Jose Earthquakes 49%, draw 24%, Portland Timbers 26%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (San Jose Earthquakes) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (San Jose Earthquakes) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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