In this article Tipsway presents you must know about the Major League Soccer fixture Houston Dynamo - St. Louis City!
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (55) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Shell Energy Stadium. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Houston has recorded two wins in a row here at Shell Energy Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 453 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
The home team returns to Shell Energy Stadium after drawing with LA Galaxy (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Midfielder Bassi was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.21 (out of ten) in that game. Bassi hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 59 successful passes (of 63 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Columbus Crew.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Houston Dynamo matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
It should be added that a look at the 13 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Houston Dynamo, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Vancouver Whitecaps is only four days away.
Houston have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Louis City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (55) in Major League Soccer, on their Major League Soccer travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
St. Louis City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at LA Galaxy (placed 13th). It looked so good for St. Louis City vs LA Galaxy, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Goalkeeper Bürki made a total of six saves, making him a hero against LA Galaxy. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Midfielder Jackson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Jackson served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sporting KC wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and St. Louis City playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
After this away game Louis return home for a Major League Soccer game against Los Angeles FC. That game is only four sleeps after this.
St. Louis City have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Louis have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: St. Louis City - Houston Dynamo 3-0.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Gioacchini 10 goals |   A. Bassi 9 goals |  S. Adeniran 7 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
St. Louis City missing players
| Houston Dynamo | St. Louis City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 36 | 26 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 55 |
| 31 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 37 |
| 89% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 69% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 52% | 54% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 75% |
| 19% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 30% | 23% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 44% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 37% | 23% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 18% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 8.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11.6 | 13.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.1 | 13.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 39% |
| 11.6 | 10.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.1 | 12.5 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
- 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.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (55) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+18) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 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 |
