Football betting preview: Cincinnati the front runner when Houston Dynamo visit

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dr. DY Patil Stadium

Cincinnati and Houston Dynamo are eager to display their new people and skills: It's their premier match of the Major League Soccer season.

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Cincinnati form and stats

The season before, Cincinnati's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses, producing 5th spot in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored {64 goals} and conceded 56. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Cincinnati generated 6-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 27 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Cincinnati friendly games in pre-season: Cincinnati played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Cincinnati scored {4 goals} and conceded 9 in these two games.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Houston Dynamo performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {56 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 19/34 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Houston Dynamo as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Houston Dynamo have played five with the results W2-D3-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Houston Dynamo has scored {7 goals} and conceded 3 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Cincinnati wins - draws - Houston Dynamo wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Cincinnati missing players

Houston Dynamo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cincinnati Houston Dynamo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Cincinnati Last season Houston Dynamo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 17   Played P   17 34
13 6   Won W   4 10
13 6   Drew D   1 6
10 5   Lost L   12 18
66 37   Scored S   19 43
58 27   Conceded C   34 56
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
86% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 85%
58% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 71%
42% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 26%
25% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
69% 71%   BTTS BTTS   71% 68%
17% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 18%
17% 6%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.4
5.4 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.3
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.7
4 3   Red cards R C   1 6
 
13 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11.4
5.2 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
13.5 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   15 14.7
4.8 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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