Home advantage could prove decisive in Houston Dynamo - Austin battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Reliant Stadium

Look no further! Here's all you must know about the Major League Soccer match Houston Dynamo - Austin!

Insights:
  • Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Austin have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

Houston Dynamo have collected 9 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 2-3-0.

Houston lost their last game at Dallas (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Dallas was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Quignon).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Houston Dynamo handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, five draws and four defeats.

Houston Dynamo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games.

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Austin form and stats

Things could have gone better for Austin in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Austin won their last game, 3-0 versus Vancouver Whitecaps played at home. Driussi got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, top player of the team. Driussi scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

We have checked recent matches where Austin have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, zero draws and nine defeats.

Austin are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. As for defending, Austin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last four meetings): Houston Dynamo won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Austin got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero

Top Goalscorers

AustinS. Driussi
S. Driussi
6 goals
HoustonC. Quintero Villalba
C. Quintero Villalba
4 goals
AustinM. Urruti
M. Urruti
4 goals

Houston Dynamo missing players

Austin missing players

Houston Dynamo Austin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 5 0 Played P 1 3 8
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
11 7 0 Scored S 0 5 20
9 5 0 Conceded C 1 5 7
75% 60% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 62%
25% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 50%
12% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 38%
62% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
25% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
38% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 12%
 
4.1 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6 5
6.9 7.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5 4.1
2.9 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.7 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 11.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.7 13.2
3.2 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4 4.8
42% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 53%
 
14 12.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.3 12.8
4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 5.3 3.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Austin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Austin have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Austin have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Austin have the the best goal difference (+13) in Major League Soccer
  • Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Houston Dynamo have won significantly more corners at home than 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 8 6 1 1 19 8 4 3 1 0 10 3 4 3 0 1 9 5 11 19
2 Austin 8 5 2 1 20 7 5 4 1 0 15 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 13 17
3 LA Galaxy 8 5 1 2 10 6 4 3 0 1 4 2 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 16
4 Dallas 8 4 3 1 12 5 5 4 1 0 12 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 7 15
5 Minnesota United 8 4 2 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 14
6 Real Salt Lake 9 3 4 2 9 13 3 2 1 0 5 3 6 1 3 2 4 10 -4 13
7 Houston Dynamo 8 3 3 2 11 9 5 2 3 0 7 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 12
8 Nashville SC 8 3 2 3 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 3 8 9 -1 11
9 Portland Timbers 9 2 5 2 10 13 5 1 3 1 5 6 4 1 2 1 5 7 -3 11
10 Colorado Rapids 8 2 3 3 9 11 4 2 2 0 6 1 4 0 1 3 3 10 -2 9
11 Seattle Sounders 7 2 1 4 9 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 6 7 -2 7
12 Sporting KC 9 2 1 6 6 14 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 0 0 5 3 12 -8 7
13 SJ Earthquakes 8 1 3 4 15 20 5 1 3 1 12 13 3 0 0 3 3 7 -5 6
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 1 1 6 6 17 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 0 0 5 3 14 -11 4

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.