Portland Timbers vs St. Louis CITY SC Prediction, 6/8/2025 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 6/3/2025

Game: Portland Timbers vs St. Louis CITY SC

Date: Sunday, June 8, 2025

Location: Providence Park in Portland, OR

TV: MLS Season Pass

The Timbers (7-5-4) will go up against CITY (3-5-8) at Providence Park in Portland, OR on Sunday. The Timbers are priced at -130 and St. Louis is at +110. The total comes in at 3. The expected starting goalkeepers are James Pantemis for Portland and Roman Burki for St. Louis.

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The Portland Timbers have tallied 54 saves and also have earned a save% of 72.2% over the course of the season. This team's goal differential is currently at 3 by way of 25 goals tallied as well as 22 goals given up. So far this season, the club is sitting with an average of 1.63 pts per fixture (26 pts) and they also have a rank of 11th in Major League Soccer with 19 assists. The Timbers are 20th when talking about goals expected having 20.9, and the squad's expected goals against are at 23.7. Portland has tallied 35 yellow card warnings for the year as well as 1 red card. Portland has surrendered 22 goals while conceding 1.38 goals per 90 min, and the opposition have tallied 79 SoT on them. They have a total of 5 clean sheets, giving them a percentage of 31.3% this year.

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On the season, CITY has a save % of 72.4% (76 shots on target against), and they also rank 27th in Major League Soccer with 14 points. The St. Louis Soccer Club are averaging 0.9 points per fixture while having 7 assists and 3 red cards. St. Louis City SC has earned 13 goals and their expected goals on the year is currently at 19.3. St. Louis has a clean sheet rate of 31.3% this year in addition to 36 yellow cards. This team's goals against/90 min is at 1.31 with 54 saves, and they have a total of 5 clean sheets. St. Louis is 10th in the matter of goals against having 21, and their goal difference is -8.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Portland is James Pantemis. Pantemis has seen the pitch for 5,163 mins and has 175 stops thus far in his career. Pantemis (27-15-15 mark in his career) has recorded 15 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 26.1%% clean sheet percentage. The goalie from Canada has seen 255 shots tried against him in 57 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.39 (80 goals given up) and he has a save % of 68.6%.

Roman Burki will be residing in front of the goal for St. Louis. In his career, Burki has allowed 104 goals while tallying 246 stops in 72 starts. Burki has racked up 18 shutouts while defending 345 shots attempted against him in 6,421 career minutes. He sports a save percentage of 71.3% and his shutout rate sits at 25.2%%. He has allowed 1.46 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 27-21-24.

Antony is one man to keep an eye out for Portland. Antony has been given a starting assignment in 38 matchups so far in his career and has 0.32 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Brazil has 12 goals in 3,376 professional minutes played. He has 9 assists while accumulating 33 pts during his soccer career.

St. Louis is being led by Cedric Teuchert, who is known to give defenses fits. The forward who is from Germany has been on the pitch for 1,624 minutes and he has scored 8 goals. He is averaging 0.43 goals per 90 minutes and has been given a starting assignment in 23 outings during his soccer career. He has 21 points during his soccer career and has assisted on a goal 5 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland Timbers (+110)

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Pick:	Seattle +180
Start:	June 8, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Expert:	Doc's Sports

Analysis:

Doc’s Sports Free MLS Soccer Play. Take Seattle +180 over Vancouver (7 p.m. EST, Sunday June 8) (Graded after regulation time - 90min - plus injury time – a DRAW is a loser here) This is a great price on the Sounders, and we think they have a great chance for the outright win. They like playing in Vancouver and have won consecutive matches here. Their last visit, in October, produced a 3-0 victory. Home pitch hasn’t meant much in this series lately, as the road side has earned points in five straight meetings. There is no other way to say it – the Whitecaps look like crap lately. They have lost their winning touch. They have just one win in four MLS matches against a favorable schedule. On Sunday they played one of the worst matches we can remember in the Champions Cup final against Cruz Azul in Mexico City. They squandered all their hard work to get to the final only to lose, 5-0. They not only didn’t have a shot on goal, but not even a shot at all. They earned less than 33 percent on possession. Seattle has won two of three MLS matches, and they are in solid form. They had a setback against Minnesota at Lumen Field last time out, but they did score two in a losing effort. They are very comfortable playing here in Vancouver, and they can make up a lot of ground in the standings by earning three points on the road here. Read More Read Less

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