Major League Soccer match prediction and preview for the Austin vs Dallas battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Saqr Stadium (5000 seats)

Austin have some lost ground to recover from their 12th position, and the first opportunity is versus Dallas. Read more!

Insights:
  • Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Austin nor Dallas as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Austin form and stats

1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Austin have to build on here at Al Saqr Stadium in the Major League Soccer. Three draws in a row here at Al Saqr Stadium for Austin, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Austin's previous match was a US Open Cup game also played at home, ending 2-0 against New Mexico United. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Austin played out a Major League Soccer draw 2-2 when visiting Portland Timbers.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Austin after this match as they are travelling to Seattle Sounders for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.

Austin has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Austin have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Dallas form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

Dallas are looking to quickly end their 193 minutes long goal drought in the Major League Soccer. The Dallas goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 215 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away matches in a row for Dallas, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Nashville SC in the US Open Cup.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Saint Louis City in the Major League Soccer.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Dallas in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Dallas, 7 draws and 7 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Dallas are hosting Vancouver Whitecaps in the Major League Soccer only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dallas as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Dallas have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the previous six meetings): Austin won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Dallas managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / two.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
5 goals
AustinJ. Gallagher
J. Gallagher
4 goals
AustinS. Driussi
S. Driussi
2 goals

Austin missing players

Dallas missing players

Austin Dallas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
10 6 0 Scored S 0 4 12
16 6 0 Conceded C 0 6 11
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 82%
80% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 64%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 64%
20% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
40% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
4.6 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.4 4.4
8.3 8.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.6 4.3
1.3 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 13.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.4 10.6
4.1 4.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.6 3.7
24% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 29%
 
15.3 13.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.2 13
5.6 5.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.8 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dallas 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 11 6 2 3 22 12 5 3 0 2 12 5 6 3 2 1 10 7 10 20
2 Seattle Sounders 11 6 2 3 18 9 6 4 1 1 11 2 5 2 1 2 7 7 9 20
3 Los Angeles FC 9 5 3 1 17 8 4 4 0 0 12 3 5 1 3 1 5 5 9 18
4 SJ Earthquakes 11 5 3 3 15 14 6 5 1 0 10 3 5 0 2 3 5 11 1 18
5 Dallas 11 4 4 3 12 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 1 16
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 10 3 5 2 14 9 6 3 2 1 11 5 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 14
7 Houston Dynamo 9 4 2 3 10 8 5 4 1 0 7 0 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 14
8 Minnesota United 10 3 3 4 10 11 4 0 3 1 3 4 6 3 0 3 7 7 -1 12
9 Portland Timbers 11 3 3 5 15 18 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 1 1 4 7 13 -3 12
10 Colorado Rapids 11 2 6 3 9 12 4 0 3 1 2 3 7 2 3 2 7 9 -3 12
11 Real Salt Lake 10 3 2 5 10 17 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 1 1 3 3 9 -7 11
12 Austin 10 2 4 4 10 16 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 10
13 LA Galaxy 10 1 3 6 8 17 5 1 1 3 7 9 5 0 2 3 1 8 -9 6
14 Sporting KC 11 1 3 7 5 16 4 0 1 3 1 7 7 1 2 4 4 9 -11 6

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.