{"id":17418,"date":"2026-10-22T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=17418"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:32:24","slug":"match-preview-st-louis-city-vs-portland-timbers-10-28-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-st-louis-city-vs-portland-timbers-10-28-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis City SC vs Portland Timbers: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis City SC host Portland Timbers at CITYPARK on Wednesday, October 28 (8:30 PM ET \/ 7:30 PM CT \/ 5:30 PM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Louis City SC have no fresh fitness concerns to manage ahead of Wednesday’s visit from Portland Timbers, and the headline name remains striker Simon Michael Becher, who has banked 9 goals in 2,095 minutes this season. Daniel Ethan Edelman and Tomas Olai Totland both sit on 23 chances created apiece to anchor the midfield, while Portland arrive with a clean bill of health of their own and lean heavily on Kristoffer Velde, who has produced 8 goals and 56 chances created from 96 shots.<\/p>\n

St. Louis sit second in the Western Conference<\/a> with 51 points and a +15 goal difference, numbers that explain why Energizer Park has become such an unwelcome venue for visitors this season. Portland, by contrast, are 11th in the West on 34 points with a -5 goal difference, and their defence has shipped goals even in draws, leaving little margin for error against a St. Louis side capable of scoring in bunches, as the 6-2 demolition of LA Galaxy showed.<\/p>\n\n\n