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 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 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

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
#28	Position	#10
14	Points	16
14	Played	15
4 / 2 / 8	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 7
22	Scored	21
28	Conceded	23
-6	GD	-2
1.00	PPG	1.07
29%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Columbus Crew SC gets underway.
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 284 games and scored 426 goals.
15' Portland Timbers have won 458 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
28' The Colombia Dairon Asprilla breaks the deadlock on 28 minutes. 1-0!
30' The deadlock is broken! Dairon Asprilla gets on the scoresheet on 30 minutes.
35' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
40' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Sean Zawadzki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' Lucas Zelarayan has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 45 minutes.
48' Marvin Loria catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 48.
53' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
54' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diego Chara on 54.
59' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-1-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
62' Felipe Mora gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Franck Boli and will look to change the dynamic.
63' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Dairon Asprilla exits the field as Sebastian Blanco enters on 63.
65' Lucas Zelarayan makes no mistake. The score reads 2-2 and Columbus Crew SC are in front.
70' 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.
72' That is a card for Columbus Crew SC. Jacen Russell-Rowe will be fuming at that decision.
77' Yaw Yeboah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
79' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Yaw Yeboah by Max Arfsten on 79 minute.
80' What a strike from Sebastian Blanco! The score is 3-2.
80' Luis Diaz is replacing Mohamed Farsi for the Columbus Crew SC side.
81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sebastian Blanco on 81.
84' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Evander departs to be replaced by Larrys Mabiala.
88' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jimmy Medranda is hanging Aidan Morris on the field on 88 minute.
89' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Claudio Bravo exits the field as Eric Miller enters on 89.
Another three points for Portland Timbers.

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
Steven Moreira	1
Andy Polo	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 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 70% + Over 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers48% Draw23% Columbus Crew SC29%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

71%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

52%

Portland Timbers or Columbus Crew SC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers34% Draw40% Columbus Crew SC26%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

6.8%

3 – 1

5.4%

2 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

4.5%

0 – 0

3.8%

1 – 3

3.8%

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 1

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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