Vancouver Whitecaps visit Houston Dynamo and Shell Energy Stadium brimming with happy thoughts, but the hosts is no muppet. More info on the match here!
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
7 - 9 - 14 with 36-51. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vancouver Whitecaps play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Houston Dynamo and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 14 Major League Soccer games here at Shell Energy Stadium for Houston Dynamo. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
Houston Dynamo drew their last game, also a home match. St. Louis City (placed 1st) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Houston's goalie Clark played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against St. Louis City with a stunning six saves. Defender Micael got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Micael won 7 of 9 duels.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with LA Galaxy the opponent.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Houston Dynamo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Houston as they are travelling to their away game against Sporting KC in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
The Houston Dynamo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Houston have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Vancouver Whitecaps play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Toronto. Gauld, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.01. Gauld served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus New York City that ended 1-1.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 Vancouver Whitecaps playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 5 home wins.
Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 11 of this club's latest 14 league games.
The schedule is very tough for Vancouver Whitecaps now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at Real Salt Lake is waiting in only three days.
Vancouver are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded 21 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Vancouver Whitecaps - Houston Dynamo 6-2 was the outcome when this pair of sides previously did battle, also in this season. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Houston won three, Vancouver Whitecaps were winners in four and we saw three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. White 11 goals |  R. Gauld 10 goals |   A. Bassi 9 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 | 27 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 45 |
| 32 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 37 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 68% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 81% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 56% |
| 18% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 33% |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 26% |
| 32% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 77% | 70% |
| 43% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 22% |
| 36% | 21% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.6 | 14 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 41% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 33% |
| 11.6 | 10.9 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 15.4 | 12.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | St. Louis City | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 49 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 40 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Dallas | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Austin | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 30 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
