Season ticket holders at BBVA Compass Stadium haven’t watched many wins this season, with Houston Dynamo struggling in the 10th place. The guesting Austin will hope to protect their higher league position in this fixture.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Houston Dynamo nor Austin as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at BBVA Compass Stadium. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
Houston's previous match was a US Open Cup game also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Minnesota United. The home team are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Dallas that finished 1-1.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 17 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
The manager Olsen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vancouver Whitecaps in only four days.
The Houston Dynamo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Defensively Houston Dynamo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Austin form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a US Open Cup home loss versus Chicago Fire with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Austin secured a home win against Toronto with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Austin in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Austin, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
After this away game Austin return home for a Major League Soccer game against Minnesota United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
In the opposite end, Austin have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Houston Dynamo and Austin have played each other earlier this season: Houston Dynamo - Austin 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the prior six meetings): Houston Dynamo won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Austin have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 5 goals |   J. Gallagher 4 goals |  H. Herrera López 2 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Austin missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 42% | 83% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 8.3 | 7.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 27% |
| 13.2 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.5 | 14.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- All of Austin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Austin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Saint Louis City | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Dallas | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Austin | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -13 | 9 |
