Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Portland Timbers

3 – 2

Full Time

Columbus Crew SC

Sun 16 Jul 2023 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park 24,181 HT 45' · FT 45'

Dairon Asprilla 28' 1–0

Dairon Asprilla 30' 2–0

2–1 45' Lucas Zelarayan

2–2 65' Lucas Zelarayan

Sebastian Blanco 80' 3–2

Marvin Loria 48' Y

Diego Chara 54' Y

Y 72' Jacen Russell-Rowe

Sebastian Blanco 81' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Providence Park.

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

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

2023-07-16 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2022-09-18 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2019-04-20 Columbus Crew SC 1–3 Portland Timbers 2018-09-20 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–2	W
13 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
02 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	1–4	L
25 Jun	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
22 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–2	L
18 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–0	D

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
08 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
04 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–2	D
01 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W
17 Jun	New York City FC	A	1–1	D

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' In just a few seconds Providence Park will turn into a battlefield for Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew SC.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Larrys Mabiala, a DR Congo , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 291 games and scored 469 goals.
28' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Dairon Asprilla makes it 1-0.
30' What a strike from Dairon Asprilla! The score is 2-0.
35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
40' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
45' What a moment for Lucas Zelarayan! That strike on 45 puts his side firmly in control.
48' Marvin Loria catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 48.
53' Over 53 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
54' Poor challenge from Diego Chara. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
59' Eric Miller needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
62' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Franck Boli is withdrawn and Felipe Mora gets his opportunity.
63' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Dairon Asprilla exits the field as Sebastian Blanco enters on 63.
65' Lucas Zelarayan does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
70' Jimmy Medranda is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Portland Timbers tonight.
72' A moment of madness from Jacen Russell-Rowe on 72 minutes earns him a card. Columbus Crew SC will be frustrated.
77' Sean Zawadzki has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
79' Columbus Crew SC make a change. Yaw Yeboah trudges off to be replaced by Max Arfsten on 79 minutes.
80' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sebastian Blanco makes no mistake. 3-2!
80' Luis Diaz is ready to make an impact after coming on for Mohamed Farsi at the 80 minute mark.
81' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Sebastian Blanco gets a card.
84' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Evander by Larrys Mabiala on 84 minute.
88' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Aidan Morris has done his job and it is now time for Jimmy Medranda to step up.
89' Eric Miller is ready to make an impact after coming on for Claudio Bravo at the 89 minute mark.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portland Timbers players.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

20
Evander ↓ Larrys Mabiala 84'
1
David Bingham
21
Diego Chara
27
Dairon Asprilla ↓ Sebastian Blanco 63'
22
Cristhian Paredes
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Yimmi Chara 62'
5
Claudio Bravo ↓ Eric Miller 89'
13
Dario Zuparic
7
Franck Boli ↓ Felipe Mora 62'
18
Zac McGraw
29
Juan Mosquera

Bench

23
Yimmi Chara ↑ 62'
33
Larrys Mabiala ↑ 84'
10
Sebastian Blanco ↑ 63'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda
2
Miguel Araujo
15
Eric Miller ↑ 89'
31
Aljaz Ivacic
9
Felipe Mora ↑ 62'
92
Noel Caliskan

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lucas Zelarayan	2
Niko Hansen	2
Dairon Asprilla	2
Niko Hansen	2
Kevin Molino	2
Santiago Moreno	2
Pedro Santos	1
Sebastian Blanco	1

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2023-07-16 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2023-07-13 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2023-07-02 Minnesota United FC 4–1 Portland Timbers L 2023-06-25 Portland Timbers 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-06-22 Portland Timbers 1–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-06-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Portland Timbers D

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-07-16 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-07-08 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-07-04 Internacional CF Miami 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-07-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2023-06-24 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Nashville SC W 2023-06-17 New York City FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.19 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.65 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers51% Draw22% Columbus Crew SC27%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

73%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

49%

Portland Timbers or Columbus Crew SC

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers38% Draw38% Columbus Crew SC24%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

8.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

5.9%

2 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

4.3%

3 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.7%

1 – 3

3.4%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	19%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	14%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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