CF Montréal hope to have lots of fans in for this game even though the season has been difficult up to now with 37 points and a 11th position in the Major League Soccer table. Visiting Houston Dynamo have 5th place with 44 pts.
- CF Montréal have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for CF Montréal and Houston Dynamo.
CF Montréal form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for CF Montréal, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (Stade Saputo) is 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Montréal.
In their previous game, the manager Losada led his CF Montréal to a defeat away at Orlando City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Saputo. Saliba (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.04/10. Saliba hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Atlanta United.This is expected to be a close game, with CF Montréal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Montréal as a small favourite), we find 16 games. CF Montréal has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.
It should be noted that a glance at the 27 most recent league matches shows that 21 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Portland Timbers are coming to town in three days.
The CF Montréal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. CF Montréal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Saputo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-4-9 (15 played).
Houston Dynamo delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Dallas in their previous fixture. Midfielder Herrera was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Herrera hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 99 successful passes (of 113 total).
Ahead of that, the US Open Cup win away at Inter Miami. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Houston in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Houston Dynamo, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Colorado Rapids in just three days.
The attacking power of Houston Dynamo when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As for defending, Houston Dynamo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: CF Montréal won five, Houston Dynamo were winners in five and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 9 goals |  C. Baird 7 goals |   M. Choiniere 4 goals |
CF Montréal missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| CF Montréal | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 30 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 42 |
| 48 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 25 | 35 |
| 94% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 87% |
| 71% | 53% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 53% | 52% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 19% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 35% |
| 35% | 60% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 42% |
| 48% | 27% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 47% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.1 | 12.4 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 9.9 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 33% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 32% |
| 12.6 | 9.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12.3 | 11.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- CF Montréal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- CF Montréal have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer
- CF Montréal have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Major League Soccer
- CF Montréal have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 65 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 54 |
| 3 | New England | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 50 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 49 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | New York City | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 9 | DC United | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 11 | CF Montréal | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 38 | -18 | 37 |
| 12 | New York RB | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -13 | 33 |
| 15 | Toronto | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 31 | -25 | 22 |
