Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

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Columbus Crew SC

Sun 22 Feb 2026 · 03:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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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)

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

2026-02-22 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2024-04-20 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–2	W
19 Oct	San Diego FC	H	0–4	L
05 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–1	L
28 Sep	FC Dallas	H	2–2	D
25 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
21 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	0–1	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
18 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	3–1	W
04 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
28 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L
20 Sep	Toronto FC	H	1–1	D
17 Sep	New York City FC	A	2–3	L

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' The game is set. Portland Timbers kicks off things out of here…
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portland Timbers players.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2026-02-22 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2025-10-19 Portland Timbers 0–4 San Diego FC L 2025-10-05 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Portland Timbers L 2025-09-28 Portland Timbers 2–2 FC Dallas D 2025-09-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2025-09-21 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2026-02-22 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2025-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls W 2025-10-04 Orlando City SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2025-09-28 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2025-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Toronto FC D 2025-09-17 New York City FC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.14 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.75 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers50% Draw22% Columbus Crew SC28%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

72%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

50%

Portland Timbers or Columbus Crew SC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers36% Draw38% Columbus Crew SC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.5%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.6%

3 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

1 – 0

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.3%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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