The Major League Soccer league table tells a story about these contenders so far, with Austin ahead of Houston Dynamo by 15 points. Tipsway full preview:
- Austin have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Houston Dynamo have scored 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
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Austin have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Austin.
A strong away win for Austin against Atlanta United the last match, as Finlay, Martins and Driussi were on target. Finlay (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.42/10. Finlay scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Colorado Rapids.Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league games with this team has seen at least three goals.
The manager Wolff will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dallas in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Austin are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Austin have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-0-6 (8 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Nagamura, the Houston manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Houston Dynamo played 2-2 against Dallas in their previous match. Carrasquilla got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, top player of the team. Carrasquilla hit two key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 46 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Charlotte.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Houston Dynamo when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 7 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Houston Dynamo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Houston have conceded 13 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Houston Dynamo has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H game ended Houston Dynamo - Austin 1-2, played this season. Last four meetings with these sides: Austin won three, Houston Dynamo triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 11 goals |   C. Quintero Villalba 7 goals |  M. Urruti 6 goals |
Austin missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Austin | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 38 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 74% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 79% |
| 68% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 58% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 32% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 26% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 32% |
| 4 | 4.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 15.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 48% | 51% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 30% |
| 13.4 | 11.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 15.1 | 13.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
- Austin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Austin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Houston Dynamo have scored away.
- Austin have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Los Angeles FC | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Austin | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
