Houston Dynamo hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 10th position in the Major League Soccer table. Visiting Dallas holds 5th place with 21 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Houston Dynamo nor Dallas 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Houston Dynamo so far this season.
The Houston Dynamo fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here: A 1-2 defeat against Sporting KC (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the away draw at Nashville SC 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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost five.
There will be little rest for Houston Dynamo after this match as they are travelling to Inter Miami for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Houston in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Houston Dynamo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dallas form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Dallas have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.
Dallas's last game was the home draw against Columbus Crew (2-2). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Orlando City.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Dallas in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Dallas, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Minnesota United in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dallas have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Dallas have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dallas - Houston 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - six - three (Houston wins - draws - Dallas wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 5 goals |  F. Jara 5 goals | H. Mosquera Caicedo 4 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Dallas missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 26 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 93% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 79% |
| 93% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 21% |
| 73% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 13% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 210 | 89 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 42 | 162 |
| 74 | 37 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 59 |
| 30% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 36% |
- Dallas has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Dallas | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 24 | -19 | 17 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 15 |