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 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#26	Position	#12
32	Points	29
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 14
48	Scored	39
51	Conceded	43
-3	GD	-4
1.19	PPG	1.07
33%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Columbus Crew SC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Providence Park that hosts another battle between Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew SC.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-1-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' Steven Moreira is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
20' Portland Timbers has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
25' Dairon Asprilla is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
28' A stunning finish from Dairon Asprilla — that came from absolutely nowhere!
30' The Colombia Dairon Asprilla breaks the deadlock on 30 minutes. 2-0!
35' Portland Timbers currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
45' Assisted by Jacen Russell-Rowe with the perfectly-timed delivery and Lucas Zelarayan makes no mistake. 2-1!
48' Marvin Loria was booked on 48.
53' Columbus Crew SC have won 437 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
54' Portland Timbers player sees a card in front of him.
59' With 1 assists to his name this season, Malte Amundsen is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
62' It is a substitution in Portland Timbers team. Franck Boli is replaced by Felipe Mora on 62 minute.
63' Sebastian Blanco is replacing Dairon Asprilla for the Portland Timbers side.
65' GOAL! Lucas Zelarayan fires home to make it 2-2!
70' Mohamed Farsi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
72' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jacen Russell-Rowe on 72.
77' Jimmy Medranda has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
79' The supporters are chanting for Max Arfsten. He replaces Yaw Yeboah on 79 minute.
80' Goal! Sebastian Blanco scores his 50 goal in 296 matches.
80' Mohamed Farsi makes way for Luis Diaz at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
81' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Sebastian Blanco gets a card.
84' Larrys Mabiala gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Evander and will look to change the dynamic.
88' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Jimmy Medranda on, Aidan Morris off on 88 minutes.
89' Claudio Bravo makes way for Eric Miller at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
Full Time. Portland Timbers beats Columbus Crew SC

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

2.18 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + 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: 3.85

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 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 Timbers37% Draw38% Columbus Crew SC25%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

8.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

5.9%

2 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.6%

1 – 3

3.5%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	19%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	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.