Both teams are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Houston Dynamo having a 5 point lead on Austin in the standings. Game on!
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo is in the best form (4-0-2) in Major League Soccer
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
4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Austin so far this season.
Austin's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Dallas (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Cascante got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.43/10. Cascante served one assist, hit three key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sporting KC (1-4).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 19 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 6 and lost 6.
Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this club has contained three goals or more.
Austin has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
There's been little loot from Houston Dynamo's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Major League Soccer. Houston Dynamo only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Baird and Bassi scored in Houston's previous match, the home game against SJ Earthquakes that ended 4-1. Bassi got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Bassi scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 51 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Los Angeles FC at their stadium, the result 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Houston Dynamo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 14 defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Houston Dynamo have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled earlier this season: Houston Dynamo - Austin 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Austin victories, zero draws and three Houston Dynamo wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 8 goals |   J. Gallagher 5 goals |  S. Driussi 4 goals |
Austin missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Austin | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 27 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | 22 |
| 94% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 78% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 61% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 17% |
| 11% | 10% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 39% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 28% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 6.7 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.3 | 13.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 29% | 30% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 33% |
| 14.6 | 13.4 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.3 | 12.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4 |
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Houston Dynamo have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Houston Dynamo is in the best form (4-0-2) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Austin | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
