20.04.2024 - 23:30
Stadium : Lower.com Field (Columbus, Ohio)
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Columbus Crew vs Portland Timbers happens on the 20th of April at 23:30 and we have prepared a betting tip for this match in the USA MLS. APWin’s team of analysts has analysed the qualitative and quantitative data and come up with the prediction for Columbus Crew vs Portland Timbers. If you decide to follow our betting tip, good luck! And remember, if you are looking for more betting tips, we have you covered!
🔥 Columbus Crew has had Under 9.5 Corners in its last 5 matches
🔥 Columbus Crew hasn’t won in its last 4 matches
🔥 Columbus Crew has conceded at least a goal in its last 6 matches against Portland Timbers
🔥 Portland Timbers hasn’t lost any of its past 4 matches against Columbus Crew
🔥 Columbus Crew and Portland Timbers average 3 goals scored per match
Columbus Crew | Portland Timbers | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Standings | 10 |
| 1.25 | Goal Scored | 2 |
| 0.88 | Goals Conceded | 2 |
| 38% | % Over 2.5 | 88% |
| 50% | % BTTS | 88% |
| 1.42 | xG | 1.2 |
| 1.21 | xGA | 1.69 |
Columbus Crew | Portland Timbers | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Standings | 14 |
| 1.75 | Goal Scored | 1.75 |
| 0.5 | Goals Conceded | 2 |
| 38% | % Over 2.5 | 88% |
| 50% | % BTTS | 75% |
| 1.63 | xG | 1.22 |
| 0.95 | xGA | 1.44 |
The home team is the 20th best attack in the MLS. Columbus Crew has found the back of the opposition’s net 10 times in the 8 times it entered the pitch so far this season, which averages 1.25 goals scored per match.
Only time will tell, but so far, Portland Timbers has averaged 2 goals scored per match in this season of the MLS. The team has gotten 16 goals in 8 matches so far this season, making it the 5th best attacking team in this competition.
Averaging 0.88 goals conceded per match, The Crew has conceded 7 times in the 8 matches played so far this season of the MLS. This makes this match’s home team the 2nd defence in the competition.
With 16 goals conceded in the 8 matches it played in the MLS, Portland Timbers is the 28th best defence in the competition, since it averages 2 goals conceded per match.
In the 8 matches it played this season, Columbus Crew has ended with 3 or more match goals (scored and conceded combined) in 38% of the times, so 3 of those matches.
The MLS averages 59% of its matches with 3 or more goals scored. The Timbers visits Columbus Crew having finished 88% of its matches with 3+ goals. Do you think this is worth exploring?
In a BTTS bet, as long as both teams find the back of the net at least once, we will be in profit. In 50% of matches the home team has taken part in this season, it has both scored and conceded in the same match. Is there maybe an opportunity for BTTS on The Massive?
If we look at Portland Timbers’s statistics so far this season in the BTTS market we will see that our of all the matches it has played in the competition, that 88% of them have ended with a BTTS.
It is no question that Columbus Crew’s attack has raised some eyebrows so far this season, and no surprise as well that the home team arrives to this match with 1.42 expected goals per match in the MLS.
Only once the match ends can we come up with our conclusions, but before it starts we can definitely look at the away team’s 1.2 expected goals on average per match and take that into account before placing a bet.
A low xGA is a good measure of a team’s defensive capabilities, since it means that it gives the opposing team very little goal scoring chances throughout a match. Columbus Crew gets to this event with 1.21 expected goals against, so we will see how their performance reflects just that.
Portland Timbers is a team where not everything is working perfectly. The team gets to this match with 2 goals conceded on average, against 1.69 xGA. What kind of defensive performance will we see today?
If you are looking for the prediction for Columbus Crew vs Portland Timbers, we have got your back. We have already gone over all of the statistical points that we think are relevant for this match, and now comes the moment of the truth - the betting tips.
APWin’s team of analysts has gone over the statistics of both teams so far in the competition, we have gone over what has been happening around the MLS and out of the pitch on both teams and their stars and are pretty confident with our preview for this match.
As such, you can find below our betting tip for the match Columbus Crew vs Portland Timbers, for the matchday 9 of the MLS, taking place on the 20th of April at 23:30.
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