Austin supporters put their faith in manager J. Wolff to deliver victory against Houston Dynamo

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 Austin and Houston Dynamo.

Austin form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Austin, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in Major League Soccer, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 15 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Austin's attacking players as they have now played 215 minutes without scoring in a league game. C. Dominguez was their last goal scorer.

Austin faced defeat in their previous match, away at SJ Earthquakes (0-4). Austin were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfielder Sebastián Driussi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.03 (out of ten) in that game. Driussi hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Minnesota United (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 five games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost two.

The Austin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Houston Dynamo form and stats

Houston Dynamo have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 0-6-9 (15 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.

The manager T. Ramos was unhappy after their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at their home ground BBVA Compass Stadium. Houston suffered a 0-3 loss to LA Galaxy (placed 5th). Attacker Darwin Quintero got a player rating of 8.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Quintero hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Seattle Sounders.

We have checked recent matches where Houston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were one victory, four draws and nine defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Houston Dynamo as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. Houston struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the match result Houston Dynamo - Austin 3-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Austin wins - draws - Houston Dynamo wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Austin missing players

Houston Dynamo missing players