The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Dallas are in the 6th position while the guesting Houston Dynamo worry at 10th.
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 Dallas and Houston Dynamo.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Houston Dynamo, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Dallas form and stats
Dallas are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Two home wins in a row for Dallas bring valid hopes of a third.
Dallas's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Inter Miami. The home side are looking to build on that result. 0-0 away at Real Salt Lake before that.
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 Dallas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost zero.
The manager L. Gonzalez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nashville SC in only four days.
Dallas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 18 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Dallas have conceded only 9 goals.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
There's been little loot from Houston Dynamo's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Major League Soccer. Houston Dynamo only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.
Houston lost away at Los Angeles FC (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Columbus Crew.
Houston are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Houston Dynamo find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Houston have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Houston Dynamo - Dallas 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Dallas victories, five draws and two Houston Dynamo wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 7 goals |  F. Jara 6 goals | J. Rodríguez 5 goals |
Dallas missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Dallas | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 29 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 35 |
| 79% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 90% |
| 47% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 32% | 36% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 42% | 33% |
| 16% | 9% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 47% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 42% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 236 | 150 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 153 | 294 |
| 79 | 54 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 48 | 101 |
| 30% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 29% |
- Dallas has the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Houston Dynamo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Sporting KC | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 27 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -19 | 24 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -17 | 18 |