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Chicago Fire vs Portland Timbers— market analysis & odds

Read this match in three steps

Probability is the common language. Venue prices are translated underneath so sportsbook and prediction-market users can compare the same idea.

  1. 1 · Most likely result

    Chicago Fire

    57% means we estimate about 57 chances out of 100. It is not a guarantee.

    Overall: Chicago Fire 57% · Draw 21% · Portland Timbers 23%

  2. 2 · Understand the price

    Portland Timbers

    4.50 decimal odds

    Coolbet · US +350

    collected

    This is not a dollar amount. A 1-unit stake would return 4.50 units total if successful.

  3. 3 · Compare probability

    +0.3 percentage points

    Our estimate is 23%; the price implies 22%. A positive difference is a reason to investigate, not proof of profit.

    Potential value to investigate

Updated · overall, market, and model views are labeled separately

Expert analysisFull detail remains available

Why the model and market differ

Market and model are independent views, not competing answers. Their difference is shown in percentage points (pp) and is a prompt to investigate assumptions or missing information.

Chicago Firemodel 54% · market 58% (model vs market 3.5pp)
Drawmodel 22% · market 20% (model vs market +1.1pp)
Portland Timbersmodel 24% · market 22% (model vs market +2.5pp)

Market = probability from the designated reference market after bookmaker margin is removed. Model = independent Dixon-Coles-adjusted simulation. The Quick read uses the separately labeled overall estimate, which combines these inputs.

Every market, every book, and how the price moved

For each market: the reference book’s price with its margin removed, the most favourable price we collected and where, the difference between them, and the price history over the last 72 hours. Prices move — check the venue before acting.

Match result (1X2)

no-vig from William Hill alone · 12 books quote this market · margin removed 8.5%

OutcomeNo-vig referenceBest collected priceCollectedDifference
Chicago Fire1.7457.6% implied1.63Coolbet−3.8pp
Draw4.8820.5% implied4.75Coolbet−0.6pp
Portland Timbers4.5621.9% implied4.50Coolbet +2−0.3pp

Chicago Fire held from 1.60 to 1.60 (+0.0%) over 24h, measured on William Hill.

1.243.195.1327 Jul, 07 UTC30 Jul, 06 UTC
Chicago FireDrawPortland Timbers
Each hour, the best price offered by any book quoting this outcome — 11–13 books across the window. Because the set of quoting books changes hour to hour, a step in the line can be a book arriving or leaving rather than a price moving; the movement figure above is measured on one book across two timestamps precisely to avoid that. Every hour in the window was collected. The no-vig reference is a separate calculation, from William Hill alone.
Every book’s current price 12 venues collected
Current decimal price at every collected book for Match result (1X2). The best price in each column is marked.
BookChicago FireDrawPortland TimbersCollected
888sport1.604.504.20
Betclic1.524.053.93
BoyleSports1.554.334.00
CoolbetBest price: 1.63Best price: 4.75Best price: 4.50
FanDuel1.594.504.50
LeoVegas1.604.304.05
Marathonbet1.624.334.45
Paddy Power1.604.504.50
Sky Bet1.554.204.20
William Hill1.604.504.20
Winamax1.544.203.90
Winamax1.544.103.80

Exchange lay prices, outlier soft-book prices, and any price above a per-market sanity ceiling are excluded — they are not prices a customer can take, and including them would inflate every “best price” on this page. The ceiling is a blunt rule and will occasionally discard a genuine long price. A dash means that book did not quote that outcome in the latest collected set.

Evidence and inputs

  • Monte Carlo simulation: 50,000 runs (engine v1.1-dc-poisson-mktshares).
  • Rest: Chicago Fire 22d, Portland Timbers 22d since last match.
  • League scoring baseline: 3 goals/game.
  • Home advantage applied for Chicago Fire.
  • Lineups unconfirmed at last model run.

Potential value to investigate

No current price clears the publication threshold.

The market may be close to the estimate, the available data may be incomplete, or the price may have moved. Passing is a valid result.

Open the price-comparison viewEvery current comparison, with the price history and rationale, in the app.

Questions

Who is most likely to win Chicago Fire vs Portland Timbers?

Clauseground's combined estimate — a Dixon-Coles-adjusted model combined with a no-vig designated reference market — makes Chicago Fire the most likely outcome at 57%. That is a probability, not a promise: the other outcomes carry the remaining 43%.

How does Clauseground predict Chicago Fire vs Portland Timbers?

Clauseground uses an independent Poisson model with a Dixon-Coles low-score correction and removes the margin from a complete designated reference market. It shows the model and market views separately, then may calculate a market-specific combined estimate. Each probability retains its source label and timestamp.

Decision support, not betting advice. No guaranteed outcomes. 18+/21+ where applicable. Gamble responsibly.

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