Here's the complete lowdown on the Houston Dynamo - Real Salt Lake fixture:

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 29.Oct
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium (22661 seats)

4th place in the Major League Soccer table for Houston Dynamo at present, a strong performance. The match-going followers pray for more goals as 5th-placed Real Salt Lake visit Shell Energy Stadium.

Insights:
  • Houston Dynamo have the fewest points from losing position (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most points (28) away in Major League Soccer

Real Salt Lake have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

Houston Dynamo are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Shell Energy Stadium. 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

Houston Dynamo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Portland Timbers's place. The match ended 3-1 with Carrasquilla and Dorsey (2) scoring. Dorsey was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.54 out of 10. The defender Dorsey scored two goals, hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Colorado Rapids.

Goals decide football matches and Houston are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 17 league matches. Houston Dynamo have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (28) away in Major League Soccer, on their Major League Soccer travels is 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Real Salt Lake, whose coach Jacobs could celebrate last time after the win against Colorado Rapids. Goalkeeper MacMath was absolutely vital in the Real Salt Lake victory against Colorado Rapids, making six saves. Goalkeeper MacMath got the top player rating of the team with 8.15/10. MacMath topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Salt travelled to LA Galaxy and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Real Salt Lake have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 23 goals have been scored. Real Salt Lake have conceded 23 goals in 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

Believe it or not, Salt have scored at least one goal in every league match they've had since failing to score against today's hosts; the Real Salt Lake - Houston Dynamo 0-3 game ten fixtures ago. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Houston Dynamo victories, four draws and three Real Salt Lake wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Houston DynamoA. Bassi
A. Bassi
10 goals
Houston DynamoC. Baird
C. Baird
8 goals
Real Salt LakeJ. Savarino Quintero
J. Savarino Quintero
7 goals

Houston Dynamo missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 17 34
14 11 2 Won W 2 8 14
9 4 2 Drew D 0 4 8
11 2 0 Lost L 1 5 12
51 36 10 Scored S 4 23 48
38 11 4 Conceded C 3 23 50
88% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
71% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 79%
53% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 65% 71%
24% 35% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 41%
15% 24% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
41% 35% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 65% 59%
38% 53% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 26%
32% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 26%
 
3.9 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 5.4
5.5 5.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.5 4.3
2.8 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.2
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.4 13.2 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 12.7 14.7
4.5 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.7 5.8
34% 42% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 24%
 
11.6 10.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 14.2 12.3
3.8 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Houston Dynamo have the fewest points from losing position (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Houston Dynamo have the most points (37) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Houston Dynamo have the the best goal difference (+25) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most points (28) away in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals (23) away in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake 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 34 17 5 12 62 45 17 11 2 4 41 17 17 6 3 8 21 28 17 56
2 Seattle Sounders 34 14 11 9 41 32 17 7 6 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 22 21 9 53
3 Los Angeles FC 34 14 10 10 54 39 17 10 3 4 36 17 17 4 7 6 18 22 15 52
4 Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 51 38 17 11 4 2 36 11 17 3 5 9 15 27 13 51
5 Real Salt Lake 34 14 8 12 48 50 17 6 4 7 25 27 17 8 4 5 23 23 -2 50
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 12 10 55 48 17 8 6 3 35 19 17 4 6 7 20 29 7 48
7 Dallas 34 11 13 10 41 37 17 7 7 3 23 16 17 4 6 7 18 21 4 46
8 Sporting KC 34 12 8 14 48 51 17 9 2 6 30 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -3 44
9 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 14 10 39 43 17 8 7 2 25 16 17 2 7 8 14 27 -4 44
10 Portland Timbers 34 11 10 13 46 58 17 9 3 5 29 22 17 2 7 8 17 36 -12 43
11 Minnesota United 34 10 11 13 46 51 17 4 9 4 24 20 17 6 2 9 22 31 -5 41
12 Austin 34 10 9 15 49 55 17 7 4 6 28 22 17 3 5 9 21 33 -6 39
13 LA Galaxy 34 8 12 14 51 67 17 6 6 5 31 29 17 2 6 9 20 38 -16 36
14 Colorado Rapids 34 5 12 17 26 54 17 3 8 6 13 16 17 2 4 11 13 38 -28 27

Table
  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 34 17 5 12 62 45 17 11 2 4 41 17 17 6 3 8 21 28 17 56
2 Seattle Sounders 34 14 11 9 41 32 17 7 6 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 22 21 9 53
3 Los Angeles FC 34 14 10 10 54 39 17 10 3 4 36 17 17 4 7 6 18 22 15 52
4 Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 51 38 17 11 4 2 36 11 17 3 5 9 15 27 13 51
5 Real Salt Lake 34 14 8 12 48 50 17 6 4 7 25 27 17 8 4 5 23 23 -2 50
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 12 10 55 48 17 8 6 3 35 19 17 4 6 7 20 29 7 48
7 Dallas 34 11 13 10 41 37 17 7 7 3 23 16 17 4 6 7 18 21 4 46
8 Sporting KC 34 12 8 14 48 51 17 9 2 6 30 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -3 44
9 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 14 10 39 43 17 8 7 2 25 16 17 2 7 8 14 27 -4 44
10 Portland Timbers 34 11 10 13 46 58 17 9 3 5 29 22 17 2 7 8 17 36 -12 43
11 Minnesota United 34 10 11 13 46 51 17 4 9 4 24 20 17 6 2 9 22 31 -5 41
12 Austin 34 10 9 15 49 55 17 7 4 6 28 22 17 3 5 9 21 33 -6 39
13 LA Galaxy 34 8 12 14 51 67 17 6 6 5 31 29 17 2 6 9 20 38 -16 36
14 Colorado Rapids 34 5 12 17 26 54 17 3 8 6 13 16 17 2 4 11 13 38 -28 27

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