Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018

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Columbus Crew SC

Thu 20 Sep 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Frank Anderson
Referee Sorin Stoica
Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Ted Unkel
Referee Eduardo Mariscal

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 6 games · Avg 4.2 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2018-09-20 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–2	W
16 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–4	L
09 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W
01 Sep	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
30 Aug	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
27 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
16 Sep	FC Dallas	A	0–0	D
02 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
23 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
11 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Columbus Crew SC
#23	Position	#10
24	Points	20
18	Played	18
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 8
33	Scored	26
33	Conceded	28
+0	GD	-2
1.33	PPG	1.11
39%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew SC get this one started.
5' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Patrick Mullins suffering a number of foals already.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Giovanni Savarese might look to freshen things up shortly.
25' Columbus Crew SC have won 430 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
35' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' Pedro Santos, a Portugal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Wil Trapp made 287 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
50' 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.
55' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
60' 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.
65' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
70' A quiet spell here at . Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
80' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
85' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Gaston Sauro has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

20
David Guzman
11
Andy Polo
99
Samuel Armenteros ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 84'
4
Jorge Villafana
21
Diego Chara
8
Diego Valeri C ↓ Lucas Melano 90'
16
Zarek Valentin
33
Larrys Mabiala
12
Steve Clark
24
Liam Ridgewell
10
Sebastian Blanco

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

19
Milton Valenzuela ↓ Connor Maloney 62'
6
Wil Trapp C
7
Pedro Santos ↓ Joshua Williams 63'
23
Zack Steffen
8
Artur ↓ Luis Argudo 62'
17
Lalas Abubakar
16
Hector Jimenez
20
Eduardo Sosa
32
Patrick Mullins
28
Niko Hansen
22
Gaston Sauro

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.22 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.5 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers53% Draw22% Columbus Crew SC25%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

75%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

47%

Portland Timbers or Columbus Crew SC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers40% Draw39% Columbus Crew SC21%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.9%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

6.3%

2 – 0

1 – 2

5.9%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 0

3.7%

4 – 1

3.6%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	20%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

Columbus Crew SC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Clean Sheet