Soccer betting preview: Dallas welcomes Seattle Sounders in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Toyota Stadium (20500 seats)

Both these sides are doing all right, Seattle Sounders holding a 7 point lead on Dallas in the standings. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Dallas have the most points from losing position (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer

It's quite the trip for Seattle Sounders when visiting Dallas as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.

Dallas and Seattle Sounders should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dallas form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Dallas have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

The spoils were shared in Dallas's previous game, also at home. Visiting Atlanta United travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Martinez, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Martinez served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Saint Louis City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dallas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dallas as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Dallas has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

There will be little rest for Dallas after this match as they are travelling to Real Salt Lake for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.

Dallas has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Dallas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Toyota Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Seattle Sounders form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer, are W5-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

Sounders played 2-2 against Portland Timbers in their previous match. It looked so good for Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Attacker Ruidíaz got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Ruidíaz scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Austin.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Seattle Sounders in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Seattle Sounders, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Colorado Rapids.

Sounders have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Seattle Sounders have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Seattle Sounders - Dallas 1-1 was the end result in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Dallas won three, Seattle Sounders were winners in four and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
10 goals
Seattle SoundersJ. Morris
J. Morris
10 goals
Seattle SoundersR. Ruidíaz Misitich
R. Ruidíaz Misitich
5 goals

Dallas missing players

Seattle Sounders missing players

Dallas Seattle Sounders
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 13 28
9 7 3 Won W 2 5 11
7 3 0 Drew D 1 3 8
10 3 0 Lost L 2 5 9
29 19 6 Scored S 5 17 34
30 12 1 Conceded C 7 19 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 86%
73% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 61%
46% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 46% 39%
12% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 31% 14%
62% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 54% 39%
23% 23% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 39%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 36%
 
3.5 4.3 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 5.8
5.1 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.8 4.8
2.2 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.4 11.3 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.8 12
3.5 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.2 3.6
32% 44% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 33%
 
12.8 10.5 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.7 10.9
4.1 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.2 3.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the most points from losing position (12) 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.
  • Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Saint Louis City 28 15 3 10 55 37 14 10 1 3 37 14 14 5 2 7 18 23 18 48
2 Seattle Sounders 28 11 8 9 34 29 15 6 5 4 17 10 13 5 3 5 17 19 5 41
3 Los Angeles FC 27 11 7 9 40 32 14 8 3 3 27 13 13 3 4 6 13 19 8 40
4 Real Salt Lake 27 11 7 9 38 39 14 5 4 5 20 20 13 6 3 4 18 19 -1 40
5 Houston Dynamo 27 11 6 10 36 31 13 9 2 2 26 8 14 2 4 8 10 23 5 39
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 10 8 8 43 36 14 7 4 3 29 16 12 3 4 5 14 20 7 38
7 Minnesota United 27 9 10 8 34 33 13 3 8 2 17 14 14 6 2 6 17 19 1 37
8 SJ Earthquakes 28 9 10 9 32 36 14 7 5 2 21 13 14 2 5 7 11 23 -4 37
9 Dallas 26 9 7 10 29 30 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 2 4 7 10 18 -1 34
10 Austin 27 9 6 12 38 43 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 3 3 8 19 30 -5 33
11 Portland Timbers 28 8 9 11 34 44 14 7 3 4 23 16 14 1 6 7 11 28 -10 33
12 Sporting KC 28 8 8 12 38 40 14 7 2 5 25 16 14 1 6 7 13 24 -2 32
13 LA Galaxy 26 7 9 10 33 41 13 5 4 4 21 17 13 2 5 6 12 24 -8 30
14 Colorado Rapids 26 3 10 13 16 39 12 1 7 4 7 10 14 2 3 9 9 29 -23 19

Read more about Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.