Columbus Crew SC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Columbus Crew SC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Lower.com Field.
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
- Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Apr Portland Timbers H 2–2 D 14 Apr Real Salt Lake A 0–0 D 06 Apr D.C. United SC H 1–1 D 31 Mar Nashville SC A 2–2 D 23 Mar Charlotte FC A 0–2 L 16 Mar New York Red Bulls H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 2–2 D 13 Apr Los Angeles FC H 2–2 D 07 Apr Sporting Kansas City A 3–3 D 31 Mar Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–3 L 24 Mar Philadelphia Union H 1–3 L 17 Mar Houston Dynamo A 0–1 L Season Stats
Columbus Crew SC Portland Timbers #10 Position #28 16 Points 14 15 Played 14 4 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 8 21 Scored 22 23 Conceded 28 -2 GD -6 1.07 PPG 1.00 27% Win % 29% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this seasonColumbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Columbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededPortland Timbers0-152/516-303/331-453/346-60–/261-752/–76+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Columbus Crew SC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' Goal! Felipe Mora scores his 45 goal in 11 matches.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Santiago Moreno made 287 appearances and scored 24 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Portland Timbers winning 100% of all matches.
- 30' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Kamal Miller has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 45' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 46' The Columbus Crew SC manager makes a substitution. Will Sands departs to be replaced by Jacen Russell-Rowe.
- 51' What an equalizer from Cucho Hernandez!
- 56' Diego Rossi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 57' Sensational shot from Santiago Moreno. Portland Timbers is back in the lead.
- 60' The referee calls foul for Jonathan Rodriguez. He receives a card.
- 62' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Eryk Williamson departs to be replaced by Cristhian Paredes.
- 67' David Ayala has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 69' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Jonathan Rodriguez is replaced by Dairon Asprilla.
- 74' What an equalizer from Steven Moreira!
- 76' Sean Zawadzki is replacing Rudy Camacho for the Columbus Crew SC side.
- 80' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a card on 80.
- 85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 87' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Juan Mosquera departs to be replaced by Eric Miller.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
Columbus Crew SC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 31
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14
Yaw Yeboah ↓ Yevgen Cheberko 76'
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4
Rudy Camacho ↓ Sean Zawadzki 76'
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- 28
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Will Sands ↓ Jacen Russell-Rowe 46'
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Bench
- 20
- 5
- 11
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25
Sean Zawadzki ↑ 76'
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19
Jacen Russell-Rowe ↑ 46'
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21
Yevgen Cheberko ↑ 76'
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Coach Wilfried NancyPortland Timbers Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 21
- 19
- 2
- 41
- 5
- 14
- 4
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Felipe Mora ↓ David Ayala 87'
- 30
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29
Juan Mosquera ↓ Eric Miller 87'
Bench
- 33
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27
Dairon Asprilla ↑ 69'
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22
Cristhian Paredes ↑ 62'
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Eric Miller ↑ 87'
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24
David Ayala ↑ 87'
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Coach Phil Neville -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Niko Hansen 2 Kevin Molino 2 Santiago Moreno 2 Lucas Zelarayan 2 Niko Hansen 2 Dairon Asprilla 2 Sebastian Blanco 1 Larrys Mabiala 1 Head to Head
Columbus Crew SC Form
Portland Timbers Form
2024-04-20 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2024-04-13 Portland Timbers 2–2 Los Angeles FC D 2024-04-07 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2024-03-31 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2024-03-24 Portland Timbers 1–3 Philadelphia Union L 2024-03-17 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.97 Columbus Crew SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.69 Portland Timbers xGI would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Portland Timbers 75% + Both teams to score 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.66Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 70% 30% ± 3.5 49% 51% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
Columbus Crew SC or Draw 68%Draw or Portland Timbers 57%Columbus Crew SC or Portland Timbers 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Portland Timbers win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.4%2 – 1 8.2%1 – 2 7%2 – 2 Actual3 – 1 5.3%2 – 0 5.1%1 – 0 4.5%3 – 2 4.5%1 – 3 3.9%0 – 0 3.9%2 – 3 3.8%0 – 1 3.8%Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC
Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push Portland Timbers covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 13% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 19% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 16% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 10% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.