{"id":38358,"date":"2026-08-31T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/?post_type=news&p=38358"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:36:30","slug":"match-preview-portland-timbers-vs-minnesota-united-09-05-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/news\/mls\/match-preview-portland-timbers-vs-minnesota-united-09-05-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Timbers vs Minnesota United: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Timbers<\/a> host Minnesota United<\/a> at Providence Park on Saturday, September 5 (10:30 PM ET \/ 9:30 PM CT \/ 7:30 PM PT).<\/p>\n

No fresh absences have emerged for either side heading into this one, so Portland should have Kevin Jes\u00fas Kelsy Genez and Kristoffer Velde available to lead the line at Providence Park. Kelsy arrives with 9 goals already this season, while Velde’s 43 created chances make him the creative outlet Portland will lean on. Minnesota, in turn, should call on Kelvin Yeboah<\/a> and Anthony Markanich up top \u2014 Yeboah’s 11 goals lead the visitors’ scoring charts, with Markanich contributing 6 of his own.<\/p>\n

Providence Park has produced tight margins in Portland’s recent home games, and this one profiles the same way: a contest likely to be settled by one or two moments in the box rather than an avalanche of chances. Minnesota have shown they can find goals against most defenses this season, which points to another game where both ends of the field get on the scoresheet, but Portland’s edge at home should be enough to get them over the line.<\/p>\n

US viewers can watch Portland Timbers vs Minnesota United on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n