Portland Timbers (Photo : Reuters)
Struggling team Real Salt Lake (7-9-8, 29 points) and fellow Western Conference club Portland Timbers (10-8-6, 36 points) are set to face one another in a 2015 Major League Soccer regular season game on Saturday, August 15.
La Realeza will host the Timbers at their Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah as they try to put a stop to their three-game losing streak capped by a US Open Cup defeat to Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night.
The Royal's most recent MLS loss was a 0-4 destruction in the hands of West-leading Vancouver Whitecaps last week, as reported by the MLS official website.
Jeff Cassar's boys will definitely have a tough time against the Timbers, who will be riding on the momentum of their 1-0 escape versus the Chicago Fire on August 7, via SB Nation.
Caleb Porter's squad gained their much-needed confidence with the triumph as they have not won in four consecutive games prior to that.
This is the second encounter for both squads this season, with the first one a goalless draw at the Providence Park in Portland.
The prediction is a 3-1 win for the Timbers. Real's defense has not been up to par lately as they gave up 10 goals in their last two MLS regular season games against DC United and Vancouver. Their offense is also choked as they have only managed to score two goals in their last three games.
Real Salt Lake starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Attinella; Mansally, Glad, Kavita, Beltran; Gil, Beckerman, Morales; Plata, Sandoval, García
Portland Timbers starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Kwarasey; Powell, Borchers, Ridgewell, Villafaña; Johnson, Chara; Nagbe, Valeri, Wallace; Adi
