Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 Portland Timbers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 31 Mar 2024

📅31/03/2024 · 🕒04:30 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
47%
2.0
Draw
23%
3.45
Away
30%
3.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
41%
2.07
Over 2.5
59%
1.68
Both Teams to Score
Yes
55%
1.6
No
45%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
21%
4.0
2-3 Goals
39%
1.84
4-5 Goals EV+ ✓
28%
3.11
6+ Goals
12%
10.15
Value flag · 4-5 Goals at 3.11 — our 28% vs market 26.6%. Landed.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
30%
2.74
1/2
10%
33.0
1/X
6%
12.95
X/1
10%
4.73
X/2
11%
7.15
X/X
9%
5.12
2/1
7%
23.15
2/2
9%
4.89
2/X
8%
13.25
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
46%
+1.0pp
23%
Draw
26%
-2.5pp
30%
Away Win
28%
+1.5pp
41%
Under 2.5
44%
-3.5pp
59%
Over 2.5
56%
+3.5pp
55%
BTTS Yes
58%
-3.8pp
45%
BTTS No
42%
+3.8pp
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 Vancouver Whitecaps EU Bookmakers 50%
Head to Head
AWAY Portland Timbers EU Bookmakers 32%
+2% / +3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / -3%
1.80/1.31 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.41/1.80
+21% / -7% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +16% / -20%
50% Ball Possession 50%
15 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
350 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 343 · 80%
25.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.6
21.6 Crosses 16.4
1.7 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Vancouver Whitecaps
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Portland Timbers
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.84 xG 1.46
47% Ball Possession 53%
12 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
340 Passes 386
80% Pass Accuracy 80%
27 Box Touches 26
23 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 3
27.08.2023 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2-3 HT 0-2 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
14.05.2023 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 3-1 HT 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
09.04.2023 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 HT 0-0 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers ABD
18.07.2022 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 1-1 HT 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
10.04.2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps 2-3 HT 0-1 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers ABD
21.10.2021 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2-3 HT 2-0 Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Vancouver Whitecaps
3-2
AWAY Portland Timbers
3.17 xG 1.15
44% Ball Possession 56%
13 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 0
472 Passes 608
89% Pass Accuracy 89%
26 Box Touches 25
6 Crosses 8
2 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Vancouver Whitecaps vs Portland Timbers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Vancouver Whitecaps edged past Portland Timbers 3-2. Half-time: 2-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we said in the preview, our model had Vancouver Whitecaps as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (59%), both teams to score (55%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Vancouver Whitecaps had 44% of the ball to Portland Timbers's 56%, shots finished 13-11, expected goals 3.17 to 1.15 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Vancouver Whitecaps's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Vancouver Whitecaps had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Vancouver Whitecaps and 1.83 for Portland Timbers.

What was the final score of Vancouver Whitecaps vs Portland Timbers?

Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 Portland Timbers in the USA - Major League on 31/03/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Vancouver Whitecaps vs Portland Timbers?

Before kick-off our model rated a Vancouver Whitecaps win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Vancouver Whitecaps 47%, draw 23%, Portland Timbers 30%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Vancouver Whitecaps), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Vancouver Whitecaps) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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