Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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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 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	27	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	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Seattle Sounders FC	27	38
23	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
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	27	21

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
#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' The wait is over. Portland Timbers get us underway at .
Full Time. Portland Timbers beats Columbus Crew SC

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Niko Hansen	2
Kevin Molino	2
Santiago Moreno	2
Lucas Zelarayan	2
Niko Hansen	2
Dairon Asprilla	2
Jorge Moreira	1
David Guzman	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

2.13 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.77 Columbus Crew SC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers49% Draw22% Columbus Crew SC29%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.9

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	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

71%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

51%

Portland Timbers or Columbus Crew SC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers35% Draw38% Columbus Crew SC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.5%

2 – 1

7.9%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

5.5%

3 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 0

3.9%

1 – 3

3.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

3 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	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.