Yet another absorbing match in the Major League Soccer. Houston Dynamo is in the 9th spot after participating in three fixtures. They welcome Colorado Rapids who are placed 4th after three matches.
Colorado Rapids have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Houston Dynamo's two home games in the Major League Soccer so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Reliant Stadium.
Houston Dynamo's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Quintero (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.23/10. Quintero scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Heartbreak before that as Houston Dynamo lost 0-1 at Sporting KC's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Houston perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Houston Dynamo as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Houston Dynamo has won five of these, drawn two and lost seven.
Houston Dynamo has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
Colorado Rapids have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Major League Soccer were 8 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 17 fixtures.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Colorado Rapids goalkeeper William Paul Yarbrough Story is eager to challenge this, with his 220 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Rubio and Kaye secured the home win 2-0 against Sporting KC in their previous game. Midfielder Kaye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.31. Kaye scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that, Colorado Rapids secured a home win against Atlanta United with the score 3-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Colorado Rapids in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Colorado, two draws and four defeats.
0 goals so far away for Colorado Rapids, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Houston Dynamo victories, three draws and four Colorado Rapids wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 2 goals |   D. Rubio Kostner 2 goals | J. Lewis 1 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 6.7 | 9 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 7.3 | 9 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 12.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 12.3 | 12 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 11.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 3.7 |
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | Colorado Rapids | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 51 | ||
| 54 | 22 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 74% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 46% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 65% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 51% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 37% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||
| 13.6 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Austin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Dallas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 61 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 60 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 58 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 55 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | -2 | 49 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 49 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 1 | 48 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 48 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 45 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 41 |
| 11 | Dallas | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 35 | -9 | 33 |
| 12 | Austin | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 31 | -21 | 31 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -18 | 30 |
