Houston Dynamo make preparations for this game following their 2-1 result against Inter Miami, a fixture that made them wiser. How will they do against Dallas?
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (17) in Major League Soccer
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dallas, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Shell Energy Stadium as Houston Dynamo have scored 31 goals to get 33 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 10-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Houston Dynamo are returning here after guesting Inter Miami in a US Open Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sporting KC (1-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Houston have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Houston Dynamo after this match as they are travelling to Montreal Impact for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (31 in 15 games), Houston's attacking play is working. Houston Dynamo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shell Energy Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches.
Dallas form and stats
Dallas have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-5-7 (15 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Philadelphia Union in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The attacker Velasco got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Velasco scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Columbus Crew.We have checked recent matches where Dallas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.
After this away game Dallas return home for a Major League Soccer game against Colorado Rapids. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dallas have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Dallas - Houston Dynamo 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Houston victories, five draws and three Dallas wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 12 goals |   A. Bassi 9 goals |  C. Baird 7 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Dallas missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 42 | 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 35 |
| 35 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 34 |
| 90% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 70% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 77% |
| 53% | 53% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | 43% |
| 20% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 13% | 20% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 40% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 33% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.3 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 12.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 44% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 34% |
| 11.6 | 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 15.5 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Dallas have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dallas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (17) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dallas have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most points (33) at home in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 53 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -7 | 42 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Dallas | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Austin | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 34 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -24 | 23 |
