Shell Energy Stadium: Prepare for a football celebration when Houston Dynamo take on Columbus Crew. Get the latest news on the game here!
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (50) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Columbus Crew when visiting Houston Dynamo as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Houston nor Columbus Crew as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Shell Energy Stadium as Houston Dynamo have scored 24 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 8-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Steve Clark not having conceded a league goal in 273 minutes.
Happy days for Houston Dynamo in their previous game, a fixture away at Real Salt Lake (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Steres, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Steres scored one goal and won 3 of 6 duels.
Before that result, a home win against Real Salt Lake (after extra-time) in the US Open Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Houston Dynamo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 7 and lost 5.
It should be noted that a glance at the 11 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
There will be little rest for Houston Dynamo after this match as they are travelling to LA Galaxy for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
Houston have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-3-6 (11 played).
The Columbus Crew goalkeeper Patrick Schulte is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Columbus Crew go into this game after a win, the home game against Toronto that ended 2-0. Midfielder Yeboah was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.31. Yeboah hit seven key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 56 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Cincinnati.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Columbus Crew in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Columbus, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's latest 13 league fixtures.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Montreal Impact.
The visiting Columbus Crew have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 11 games. Columbus Crew struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Houston Dynamo won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Columbus Crew managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 9 goals |   C. Ramírez 8 goals |  J. Hernández Suárez 6 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
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| Houston Dynamo | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 34 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 50 |
| 31 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 21 | 33 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 91% | 96% |
| 56% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 64% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 45% | 40% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 82% | 68% |
| 40% | 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 28% |
| 36% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 8.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 14.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 33% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 11.7 | 10.9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.7 | 10.6 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (50) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | St. Louis City | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -2 | 37 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Dallas | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Austin | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
