Houston Dynamo vs Portland Timbers Prediction, 4/16/2022 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 4/11/2022

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Game: Houston Dynamo vs Portland Timbers

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2022

Location: PNC Stadium in Houston, TX

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Houston (-105) Portland (+250)

Sebastian Blanco and the Portland Timbers (2-3-2, 8th in Western Conference) travel to PNC Stadium on Saturday where they'll take on the Houston Dynamo (3-2-1, 6th in Western Conference). The starting goalkeepers will be Steve Clark for the Houston Dynamo and Aljaz Ivacic for the Portland Timbers. The Timbers are priced at +250 while the Dynamo are at -105. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Houston faced off with San Jose in their last match and notched a win by a score of 4-3. When talking about passing the ball, they had a 77.9% passes received rate by converting 225 of the 289 pass targets last contest. The Dynamo tried 11 dribbles in this game and successfully completed 4 of the tries for a rate of 36.4%.

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In relation to shooting accuracy, Houston ended this match at a 58.3% rate by putting 7 shots on target of 12 total shots. Houston has an average of 1.67 g/90 (10 total goals) and are sitting with 6 assists In all contests for this campaign.

Fafa Picault is a player who should impact this matchup for the Houston Dynamo. Picault has had a starting assignment in 149 contests in his career and he scores 0.36 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in the United States has accumulated 53 goals scored in 13,272 professional minutes played. He has 23 assists while tallying 34 yellow cards during his soccer career.

Someone else who should impact this match is Memo Rodriguez, the midfielder born in the United States. He has helped a teammate on a goal 15 times in his pro soccer career while scoring 28 goals. Rodriguez has been on the field for 8,684 minutes during 96 starting assignments and has been given 17 yellow cards. He is currently averaging 0.29 G/90 for his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Houston Dynamo is Steve Clark. Clark has been on the pitch for 23,597 mins and is sitting with 919 stops so far in his pro soccer career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.44 (377 total goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save % of 72.2. The keeper hailing from the United States has had 1,291 shots tried at him in 263 career starts. Clark (97-73-92 mark in his career) has accumulated 62 shutouts, which leaves him with a 23.6% shutout percentage.

The last time they took the pitch, Portland walked away with a victory by a final of 3-2 against Vancouver. They finished the match by connecting on 460 of the 537 attempted passes earning a rate of 85.7%. The Timbers had a 69.2% successful dribble percentage by completing 9 of the 13 dribbles they pursued. Portland had 3 shots on goal out of their 4 shots attempted which gave them a 75.0% clip when they last took the field. With a total of 10 goals and 4 assists in all their contests, Portland is averaging 1.43 goals and 0.57 assists per 90 minutes.

Sebastian Blanco will need to be on top of his game for Portland Timbers. The forward representing Argentina has totaled 17,574 professional minutes and he has scored 52 goals. He has earned 53 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 50 times. He currently averages 0.27 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 194 games in his career. Be sure to keep an eye out for Dairon Asprilla, the forward who is from Colombia. He has earned 32 goals in his pro soccer career while assisting on a goal 12 different times. Asprilla has been given a total of 23 yellow cards in 8,909 mins (103 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average during his soccer career is 0.32.

Aljaz Ivacic will be residing in front of the net for Portland Timbers. So far in his career, Ivacic has allowed 54 goals and has earned 88 saves in 25 starting assignments. He has surrendered 2.11 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 8-7-10. He holds a save % of 63.3 and his clean sheet rate sits at 8.0%. Ivacic has racked up 2 clean sheets and has defended 139 shots tried against him in 2,301 minutes throughout his career.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Portland (+250) and under the total goals

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