Struggling Houston Dynamo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Columbus Crew in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Columbus Crew have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Houston Dynamo at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Houston shared the glory with Minnesota United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Nashville SC (1-3).
Late drama in the game against Minnesota United as Houston Dynamo were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Niko Hansen popped out and made it level in the 84th minute. The hometeam coach T. Ramos made a successful contribution in the game against Minnesota United, bringing on Niko Hansen who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost five.
The manager T. Ramos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Los Angeles FC in only four days.
The Houston fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Houston Dynamo have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Impressive finishing from Gyasi Zardes, Pedro Santos and Artur secured the home win 3-1 against New York City in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cincinnati wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Columbus Crew in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Columbus Crew, three draws and eight defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Columbus Crew now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at DC United is waiting in only four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Columbus Crew have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. 11 goals have been conceded by Columbus in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Houston Dynamo won four games, one match ended with a draw and Columbus Crew has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 12 goals |   C. Quintero Villalba 7 goals |  P. Martins Santos 6 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 31 |
| 32 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 95% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 95% |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 74% |
| 63% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 37% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 68% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 47% |
| 16% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 263 | 117 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 89 | 224 |
| 93 | 47 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 30 | 78 |
| 29% | 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 40% |
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Dallas | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 27 | -15 | 24 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -18 | 21 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 18 |