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Columbus Crew vs Portland Timbers Prediction, 4/20/2024 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 4/17/2024

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Game: Columbus Crew vs Portland Timbers

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Location: Lower.com Field in Columbus, OH

TV: MLS Season Pass

The Crew (3-4-1) will take on the Portland Timbers (2-3-3) at Lower.com Field on Saturday. The starting goalkeepers will be Patrick Schulte for Columbus and James Pantemis for Portland.

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The Columbus Crew have tallied 24 saves and also hold a save % of 77.4 on the campaign. The team's goal differential is at 3 with the help of 10 goals tallied and also 7 goals given up. This season, the team has an average of 1.63 pts/match (13 points) and they also are ranked 15th in MLS with 7 assists. The Crew sit at 18th in relation to xG having 10.2, and the squad's xGA are sitting at 10.0. Columbus has 11 yellow cards the year as well as 2 red cards. Columbus has surrendered 7 goals while allowing 0.87 G/90, and the opposition have amassed 31 SoT on them. They have accumulated 3 clean sheets, which has them at a percentage of 37.5% on the year.

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This year, Portland has a save percentage of 63.4 (41 SoTA), and also sit at 22nd in soccer with 9 points. The Timbers average 1.13 pts per contest while recording 13 assists and 1 red card. The Portland Timbers have compiled 16 goals and the squad's xG this year is 10.1. Portland has recorded 14 yellow card cautions. This team's goals against/90 min is at 2.01 in addition to 25 saves. Portland is ranked 19th in the category of goals conceded having 16, and the team's difference in goals is 0.

The guy protecting the net for Columbus is Patrick Schulte. His GA/90 is 1.30 (48 total goals surrendered) and he is the owner of a save % of 70.0. Schulte (18-11-8 mark during his soccer career) has recorded 9 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 24.3% clean sheet percentage. Schulte has seen the field for 3,330 mins and has 103 stops so far in his career. The goalkeeper from the United States has had 150 shots attempted at him in 37 career starts.

James Pantemis will be looking after the goal for Portland. Pantemis has tallied 9 shutouts while seeing 176 shots against him in 4,083 career minutes. He has a save % of 68.2 and his clean sheet rate is 20.0%. He has given up 1.54 goals per 90 while earning a mark of 18-10-17. In his career, Pantemis has given up 59 goals and has accumulated 120 stops in 45 starting assignments.

Darlington Nagbe is one guy who could help decide the outcome for Columbus. He has totaled 33 assists while tallying 1 yellow card during his career. The midfielder born in the United States has 38 goals in 32,805 mins. Nagbe has had a starting assignment in 378 outings in his career and has 0.10 goals per 90 minutes.

Portland features a game changer in Santiago Moreno, who the defense is sure to gameplan in this matchup. The forward who is from Colombia has been on the pitch for 7,818 minutes while scoring 17 goals. He currently averages 0.20 goals per 90 mins and has started 91 outings during his soccer career. He has tallied 3 yellow card warnings in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 22 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Columbus

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