Home advantage could prove decisive in Dallas - SJ Earthquakes battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Toyota Stadium (20500 seats)

Which team will claim the win when SJ Earthquakes travel to Dallas? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant facts and numbers necessary to get smart.

Insights:
  • Dallas have the most points from losing position (17) 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 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Dallas form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Dallas have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games. The last three games played by Dallas, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

An away draw last time out for Dallas, facing Houston Dynamo in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Paes was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Paes topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Philadelphia Union the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dallas handle that role? We have found 24 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 latest league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Dallas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Dallas have conceded only 14 goals.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

SJ Earthquakes have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-6-8 (16 played).

Earthquakes has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Minnesota United for a 1-1 draw. The draw against Minnesota United came from a losing position. The SJ Earthquakes manager Gonzalez brought on Marie as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Espinoza was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Espinoza served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 27 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Nashville SC.

SJ Earthquakes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SJ Earthquakes as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. Earthquakes struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Dallas have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (1-4-0) when facing SJ Earthquakes.

Here's what happened when the participants faced each other previously this season; SJ Earthquakes - Dallas 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
12 goals
SJ EarthquakesC. Espinoza
C. Espinoza
12 goals
SJ EarthquakesJ. Ebobisse
J. Ebobisse
9 goals

Dallas missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dallas SJ Earthquakes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 3 16 32
10 7 1 Won W 0 2 10
11 5 2 Drew D 0 6 12
10 3 0 Lost L 3 8 10
35 21 4 Scored S 3 13 37
34 14 3 Conceded C 9 26 41
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
74% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
42% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 56%
13% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 19% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 6% 6%
65% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 66%
23% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
19% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
3.5 4.3 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.9 5.6
5.3 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 6.6 5.3
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.8 10.8 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10 12
3.4 3.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.4 3.3
33% 45% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 35%
 
13.2 10.6 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 17 14.4
4.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the most points from losing position (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dallas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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 Saint Louis City 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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