Austin have journeyed here for an appealing game versus the home team Houston Dynamo. Read up on the match with this full Major League Soccer preview!
Austin could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CONCACAF Champions League game only four sleeps ago.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo faced defeat in their previous match, away at New England (after extra-time) (0-3). Midfield player Herrera got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Herrera hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 70 successful passes (of 77 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Cincinnati (after extra-time).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Houston Dynamo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 7 and lost 5.
Austin form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Austin have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
The followers enjoyed Austin's previous game versus Violette AC, a CONCACAF Champions League win (2-0) played at home. Midfielder Driussi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.51. Driussi scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Real Salt Lake (after extra-time).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Austin in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Austin, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Austin has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - zero - four (Houston Dynamo wins - draws - Austin wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 2 goals |   T. Schmitt 1 goals |  O. Wolff 1 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Austin missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.7 |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 12.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 14.7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.7 |
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | Austin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 69 | ||
| 56 | 22 | Conceded | C | 29 | 55 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 71% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 38% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 13.3 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 14.7 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Austin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Dallas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 67 |
| 2 | Austin | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Dallas | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 50 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -3 | 48 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -2 | 47 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 42 | -11 | 43 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | -17 | 43 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 37 | -12 | 40 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 34 | -13 | 36 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 42 | -17 | 35 |
