American MLS
2025-06-08 - Portland Timbers vs St Louis City
A Sports Betting Pick by ArmchairPunter
Football : USA: MLS
Venue: Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
Sunday 8th June 2025, 4:00 PM Pacific Time (PT)
Monday 9th JUne 00:00hrs (GMT)
We stick with the Western Conference in the next featured MLS fixture which sees 4th placed Portland Timbers playing host to 14th placed St Louis City when the two sides clash at Providence Park with The Timbers looking to close the gap on the top three sides, while the visitors look to halve the six-point deficit between themselves and 9th placed Houston Dynamo.
Portland Timbers will head into this upcoming encounter fresh from a 2-1 home win against Colorado Rapids which also served to further boost Phil Neville’s side’s recent form in the MLS.
Indeed, Portland have suffered just one defeat in their last five games overall while also picking up a previous 1-0 home win against Sporting Kansas along with useful points collected by way of stalemates with the likes of Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake.
An overall home record of 4-3-1 13/11 suggests the hosts stand a decent chance of adding to their points tally in this upcoming encounter.
St Louis City currently sit in a lowly second from bottom position in the Western Conference table although they too gained all three points last time out in the MLS after recording a welcome 2-1 home win against San Jose Earthquakes.
The visitors had previously slumped to a four-game winless run which consisted of three defeats and a draw; losses at the hands of Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United and San Diego FC in the MLS joined a 3-2 loss at Minnesota United in the US Open Cup.
The bigger picture underlines the problems that St Louis City have had overall though as David Critchley’s side have managed to capture just two wins within their last 14 games in all competitions, whilst also slipping to no fewer than nine defeats in the process.
The Betting Verdict
Portland Timbers’ solid results on home turf should stand the hosts in good stead in this one.
The Pick :
Portland Timbers 2-1 St Louis City
