Wasteful Finishing
Portland Timbers
Portland Timbers created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 1.53 xG for 0 goals.
- Expected goals
- 1.53
- Goals
- 0
- Shortfall
- −1.53
Major League Soccer · Matchday 26Portland Timbers
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Atlanta United FC
A. Miranchuk 28'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 26Portland Timbers0–1Atlanta United FC
1.53
Expected goals
0.73
28′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: PT 1.53, AU 0.73.
Match report
Portland Timbers 0-1 Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC edged out Portland Timbers 1-0 at Providence Park in Major League Soccer. Miranchuk opened the scoring for Atlanta United FC on 28'.
Expected goals finished Portland Timbers 1.53, Atlanta United FC 0.73. On the balance of chances Portland Timbers had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Atlanta United FC will take more happily than the performance deserved.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Portland Timbers graded out for wasteful finishing — 1.53 expected goals and 0 goals. Portland Timbers graded out for box occupation — 14 of 19 shots in the box and 0.08 xg per shot.
Aleksey Miranchuk came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Atlanta United FC from 1 goal, 4 key passes and 1 shot.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
53%Possession47%
19Shots10
1.53xG0.73
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
Portland Timbers
Portland Timbers kept getting bodies into the area — 74% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 19
- Share
- 74%
- xG per shot
- 0.08
Timeline
Diego Chará
Foul
🟨25'
⚽28'
A. Miranchuk
🔄32'
M. Edwards ↑ T. Jacob ↓
Joel Waterman
Other reason
🟨45+1'
🟨45+1'
Giuliano Galoppo
Other reason
Half-time
V. Janssen ↑ Antony ↓
🔄58'
🟨64'
Tristan Muyumba
Foul
🔄65'
C. Sanchez ↑ Giuliano Galoppo ↓
I. Smith ↑ J. Fory ↓
🔄75'
J. Ortiz ↑ D. Chara ↓
🔄75'
O. Fernandez ↑ C. Bassett ↓
🔄75'
🔄82'
E. Mihaj ↑ P. Diaz ↓
🔄82'
A. Fortune ↑ T. Muyumba ↓
G. Guerra ↑ R. Hernandez ↓
🔄85'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueProvidence Park, Portland
RefereeI. Elfath
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 26
StatusMatch Finished