Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew — Match Stats & Analysis

Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 22 Feb 2026, 03:30 UTCProvidence Park

Portland Timbers

3–2Full-time analysis

Columbus Crew

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Portland Timbers won 3–2.

Shots: 1215
Shots on target: 64
Possession: 46%54%

Full time

What the match recorded

Portland Timbers beat Columbus Crew 3–2. Recorded in this match (Portland Timbers – Columbus Crew): shots 12–15, shots on target 6–4, possession 46%–54%, corners 6–8. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots12 shots15 shotsPortland Timbers 12 shots, Columbus Crew 15 shots
Shots on target6 shots4 shotsPortland Timbers 6 shots, Columbus Crew 4 shots
Possession46%54%Portland Timbers 46%, Columbus Crew 54%
Corners6 corners8 cornersPortland Timbers 6 corners, Columbus Crew 8 corners
Fouls5 fouls6 foulsPortland Timbers 5 fouls, Columbus Crew 6 fouls
Yellow cards1 card1 cardPortland Timbers 1 card, Columbus Crew 1 card

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Portland Timbers

2Draws

0Columbus Crew

20 Apr 2024Columbus Crew — Portland Timbers · Major League Soccer2–2

16 Jul 2023Portland Timbers — Columbus Crew · Major League Soccer3–2

18 Sept 2022Columbus Crew — Portland Timbers · Major League Soccer1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable

Season samples1 / 1home / away teams

Recent samples1 / 1last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 22 Feb 2026, 07:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Unavailable analysis

The retained evidence does not clear the minimum gates.

Sections that would imply a supported comparison are intentionally omitted.