This game features two teams living in the lower parts of the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids at 11th position and Houston Dynamo sitting at 12th. A decent chance for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.
- Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
These are busy days for the host team, as they had a match only three days ago in the Major League Soccer. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Vancouver Whitecaps.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Colorado Rapids have to build on here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Major League Soccer. When Colorado Rapids hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, Seattle Sounders and SJ Earthquakes), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
Colorado Rapids are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Vancouver Whitecaps. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league games. The forward Rubio won the honour of being "man of the match" for Colorado with the rating of 7.83/10. Rubio hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Columbus Crew that ended 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Colorado Rapids matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
Take note: 10 of the latest 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
Colorado Rapids have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Colorado Rapids have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Colorado has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
There's been little loot from Houston Dynamo's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Major League Soccer. Houston Dynamo only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 0 draws. With the Houston Dynamo losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Montreal Impact with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Herrera was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Herrera served one assist, hit one key pass and had 62 successful passes (of 68 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vancouver Whitecaps wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Houston when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 8 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Observe that 12 of this team's 13 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
Houston Dynamo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. For Houston, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Houston Dynamo - Colorado Rapids 1-1. Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Colorado, four draws and two wins for Houston Dynamo. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Rubio Kostner 12 goals |   C. Ferreira Vidal 8 goals |  G. Zardes 7 goals |
Colorado Rapids missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Colorado Rapids | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 36 | 22 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 39 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 42 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 88% | 85% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 92% | 84% |
| 52% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 68% |
| 28% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 60% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 60% |
| 28% | 54% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 14.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.1 | 11.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 33% | 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 30% |
| 12 | 11.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14.3 | 13.6 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Houston Dynamo have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
- 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 57 |
| 2 | Austin | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Dallas | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -1 | 37 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -14 | 33 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 24 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -22 | 23 |
