Dallas are putting faith in their home fans to help them to do well in this fixture with Austin. Who triumphs at Toyota Stadium?
- Dallas is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Major League Soccer
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Dallas form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Dallas have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
The home supporters saw a 4-4 draw vs Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
In the game before, a fine away win at Mazatlan. A Leagues Cup match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dallas handle that role? We have found 27 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 10 draws and 5 defeats.
The manager Martínez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St. Louis City in only four days.
The Dallas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Dallas have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Austin form and stats
Austin have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-2-7 (12 played). Austin seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Austin, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 3-6 versus St. Louis City (placed 1st). As the xG-score (expected goals) was 1.44 - 3.52, this outcome felt like a punch to the face. As you can tell from the result, the match against St. Louis City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today? Bruin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Bruin scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The game before that was the Leagues Cup-duel against Juarez, a home loss (1-3). Austin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 15 defeats. From a total of 23 matches.
Take note that 10 of this club's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Seattle Sounders in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Austin have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away. The Austin manager Wolff has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Curiously enough, Austin have scored in every league game they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's hosts; the Austin - Dallas 0-1 match 14 fixtures ago. Data for the preceeding eight meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Dallas, two draws and two wins for Austin. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 10 goals |   S. Driussi 7 goals |  G. Zardes 6 goals |
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| Dallas | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 35 |
| 26 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 38 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 74% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 22% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 21% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 33% |
| 12.6 | 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 16.6 | 14.6 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
- All of Austin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most conceded goals (27) away in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dallas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dallas is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Austin | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Dallas | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
