Comments and predictions for Portland vs Colorado: Falling in the chase

Latest Portland vs Colorado team information

Portland Timbers will be without Diego Chara (muscle injury), James Pantemis (foot), Jonathan Rodriguez (muscle) and Zac McGraw (back) due to lingering injuries.

Striker Felipe Mora – who is leading the team's scoring charts with five goals in 15 games – is likely to continue to start and aim to end a five-game scoreless streak.

For the Colorado Rapids, the injury list includes Ali Fadal (knee), Cole Bassett (ankle), Rafael Navarro (ankle) and goalkeeper Zack Steffen (abdomen).

With two consecutive wins, coach Chris Armas will likely keep most of the starting lineup intact to continue their form in the away trip to Portland.

Latest expected lineup Portland vs Colorado

Portland Timbers:
Crepeau; Mosquera, Surman, Zuparic, Fory; Paredes, Ayala; Alves, Costa, Fernandez; Mora

Colorado Rapids:
Defreitas-Hansen; Cannon, Maxso, Murphy, Travis; Larraz, Atencio; Ku-DiPietro, Yapi, Harris; Mihailovic

Latest Portland vs Colorado football review

Portland Timbers have had a tough few seasons in MLS. After failing to qualify for MLS Cup in 2022 and 2023, they returned to the playoffs in 2024 but were eliminated early after a 5-0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps – a disappointing end to a five-year run in MLS Cup, including two final appearances.

Under the guidance of coach Phil Neville since the start of last season, the Timbers have secured a playoff spot – something they missed out on in the previous two seasons. This season, they are aiming to secure a spot in MLS Cup and have had a relatively good start: 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in 15 matches, temporarily ranked 6th in the Western Conference.

Portland's form has faltered recently, however, and they head into the game on a four-game winless streak, including a 1-0 defeat to San Jose Earthquakes in the US Open Cup round of 16.

This midweek match will be a chance for Portland Timbers to end their winless streak and solidify their place in the MLS Cup group, when they host the Colorado Rapids – who are hot on their heels.

Colorado has also fallen off the pace after leading the West in 2021. They finished 10th, 14th and 7th in the last three seasons. However, their 7th place finish last season earned them a return to MLS Cup, but they were quickly eliminated 9-1 on aggregate by the champions LA Galaxy.

Under coach Chris Armas, who took over in November 2023, Colorado are on an upward trajectory. They have won six, drawn four and lost five of their 15 MLS games this season. Notably, the team has won two consecutive 1-0 games before heading to Portland.

However, their away record is a weak point as they have not won in their last 4 away matches (3 losses, 1 draw). Armas will hope that the recent run of good results will give them more motivation to break their away streak.

If they win this match, Colorado Rapids can jump above Portland and move up to 4th place if other results are favorable.

However, the history of confrontation is in favor of Portland Timbers with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the last 7 encounters.

Portland vs Colorado latest score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Portland vs Coloradoas follows:

• Sportsmole:Portland 2-0 Colorado

• WhoScore:Portland 2-1 Colorado
• Our newspaper predicts:Portland 2-1 Colorado

When and where to watch Portland vs Colorado live?

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