{"id":274560,"date":"2026-05-17T23:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274560\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T23:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:38:18","slug":"inter-miami-vs-portland-timbers-lineups-score-predictions-head-to-head-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274560\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami vs Portland Timbers Lineups, Score, Predictions, Head-to-Head Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Miami<\/a> hosts Portland Timbers<\/a> at the Nu Stadium in an MLS <\/a>regular-season match tonight. The matchup serves as the headliner for the league’s “Sunday Night Soccer<\/a>” showcase.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami comes into this match in good form after a 5-3 win over FC Cincinnati<\/a>. Lionel Messi<\/a> played a crucial role, scoring twice in a match where Miami had to come back from behind to secure all three points.<\/p>\n

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The result helped them stay near the top of the Eastern Conference standings, currently sitting in second place.<\/p>\n

\"LionelLionel Messi runs with the ball whilst under pressure from Robin Jansson<\/a> during the MLS match between Inter Miami CF and Orlando City<\/a> SC.Photo by Calvin Hernandez&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

Portland Timbers, meanwhile, are 12th in the Western Conference and are still looking for more consistency this season. They were held to a 2-2 draw by CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a> in their previous outing.<\/p>\n

Phil Neville\u2019s squad have found away matches difficult, dropping points in six of their seven regular-season games on the road so far.<\/p>\n

They have also conceded in every away fixture this season, something they will need to improve against a strong Miami attack led by Messi and company.<\/p>\n

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Inter Miami vs Portland Timbers Expected Lineups<\/p>\n

Inter Miami:<\/p>\n

Defenders: Fray, Falcon, Micael, Reguilon<\/p>\n

Midfielders: De Paul<\/a>, Bright, Segovia<\/p>\n

Forwards: Messi, Suarez<\/a>, Berterame<\/p>\n

Portland Timbers:<\/p>\n

Defenders:\u00a0 Bye, Surman, Miller, Fory<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Caicedo, Da Costa, Bassett<\/p>\n

Inter Miami vs Portland Timbers Score and Predictions<\/p>\n

Given the current form of Inter Miami\u2019s attack, led by Lionel Messi, and Portland Timbers\u2019 defensive struggles, we predict a 3-1 win for Inter Miami.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami vs Portland Timbers Head-to-Head Stats<\/p>\n

Inter Miami and the Portland Timbers have an evenly split all-time head-to-head MLS record, with both teams securing one win and zero draws in their two prior meetings.<\/p>\n

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The home team claimed victory in each of those previous matchups: Portland won 1-0 in 2021, and Miami won 2-1 in 2022.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 17, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Miami hosts Portland Timbers at the Nu Stadium in an MLS regular-season match tonight. The matchup serves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[44027,107273,17158,10073,117284,1660,123,125,124,4786,14240,9651,99476,117283],"class_list":["post-274560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-cf-montreal","tag-de-paul","tag-fc-cincinnati","tag-inter-miami","tag-kelsy","tag-lionel-messi","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-orlando-city","tag-portland-timbers","tag-robin-jansson","tag-suarez","tag-velde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}