Portland Timbers vs Houston Dynamo Prediction & Betting Tips - Major League Soccer

The Timbers host Houston Dynamo at Providence Park, in a huge game between two teams desperate to enter the play off places. The home side are slowly starting to recover from their mid-season slump. After picking up a hard-fought draw against LA Galaxy, they returned to winning ways in style, beating the Colorado Rapids 3-0 at home. It was however one of their solitary two wins at Providence Park in their last six, with the other being a comfortable win against lowly Sporting Kansas. They do boast a good tradition against their rivals however, being unbeaten against Houston in their last five fixtures at Providence Park, and winning all of their last four.

Houston’s campaign so far has had a stop start nature, despite their resounding victory over the Chicago Fire last time out. With their main trend line being “win-loss-win-loss repeat”, they have found it hard to find the stability required to push through the play off places so far. It is telling that in their last fourteen games, they have just once managed to find consecutive wins. Away from home the trend line turns from inconsistent to poor, with the Houston side losing five of their last six. They have also conceded at least two in all of those five losses.