Austin are welcoming Houston Dynamo for another important game after their 0-1 result against 4th-placed Colorado Rapids.
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Austin form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Major League Soccer this season. Austin, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here. Three consecutive losses here is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Austin are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 279 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by H. Jimenez).
Austin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Colorado Rapids (placed 4th). Julio Cascante, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Cascante won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Seattle Sounders (0-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Austin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost one.
There will be little rest for Austin after this match as they are travelling to Dallas for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
Austin aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. From these home matches, Austin have conceded only 5 goals.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Houston Dynamo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-4 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Houston have all ended in a draw.
There were no winners in Houston Dynamo's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 0-0 vs Real Salt Lake (placed 7th). Marko Marić (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.1. Marić stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw at SJ Earthquakes's stadium before that.Houston are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Houston manager T. Ramos as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Minnesota United.
The attacking power of Houston when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As for defending, Houston Dynamo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Urruti 6 goals |   D. Fagúndez Pepe 3 goals |  C. Domínguez Ruiz 3 goals |
Austin missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Austin | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 20 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 88% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 81% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 13% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 19% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 75% |
| 27% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 19% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| 6.1 | 7.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 6.5 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 15.8 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.4 | 11.4 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 33% |
- Austin have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest points (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Austin is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 28 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Dallas | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Austin | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |