A classic home victory, the away team steals the points or a score draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Tacoma Defiance and Houston Dynamo FC II battle at Cheney Stadium.
- Tacoma Defiance have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Houston Dynamo FC II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the MLS Next Pro numbers at home for Tacoma Defiance so far this season.
A nice win for Tacoma Defiance last time playing, versus Austin II. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Rodrigues scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Colorado Rapids II with a 2-1 scoreline.Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Defiance are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Cheney Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Houston Dynamo FC II form and stats
As the visiting team in MLS Next Pro matches, Houston Dynamo FC II have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Houston Dynamo FC II are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus San Jose Earthquakes II with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A 1-2 loss hosting Portland Timbers II before that.The Houston Dynamo FC II manager Bundy has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Houston Dynamo FC II in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Houston Dynamo FC II - Defiance 1-2 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Tacoma Defiance wins - draws - Houston Dynamo FC II wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pina Rodrigues 7 goals |  D. Gonzalez 6 goals | H. Uderitz 4 goals |
Tacoma Defiance missing players
Houston Dynamo FC II missing players
| Tacoma Defiance | Houston Dynamo FC II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 26 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 43% | 21% |
| 71% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
| 6.6 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.4 | 8.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 50% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 57% | 46% |
| 7 | 6.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.7 | 6.4 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
- Houston Dynamo FC II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo FC II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tacoma Defiance have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tacoma Defiance 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 | Austin II | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Colorado Rapids II | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Whitecaps FC II | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | North Texas | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 5 | Minnesota United II | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Tacoma Defiance | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Swope Park Rangers | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo FC II | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers II | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | San Jose Earthquakes II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Louis City II | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Los Angeles II | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Real Monarchs | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy II | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
