Both Houston Dynamo and Dallas are craving for points in this fixture, in spite of the visitors having a 6 point lead in the league table.
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Dallas when visiting Houston Dynamo as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Houston Dynamo so far this season.
The Houston crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Charlotte here at PMC Stadium. Zeca, defender, was given a rating of 7.32/10 in that game, top of the team. Zeca hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Portland Timbers.This is expected to be a close game, with Houston Dynamo 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 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 6.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Houston as they are travelling to their away game against Austin in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
The Houston Dynamo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches.
Dallas form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Dallas have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.
There were no winners in Dallas's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Inter Miami. Attacker Velasco got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Velasco scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Los Angeles FC's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Dallas in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Dallas, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league matches.
After this away game Dallas return home for a Major League Soccer game against New York City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Dallas have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dallas have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the squads met earlier this campaign; Dallas - Houston Dynamo 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Houston Dynamo won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Dallas have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 10 goals |  P. Arriola 8 goals |   C. Quintero Villalba 7 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Dallas missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 89% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 78% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 56% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 56% | 39% |
| 6% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 28% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 33% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 11.7 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 32% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 38% |
| 13.9 | 12.9 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.7 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Los Angeles FC | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Austin | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | Dallas | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -17 | 16 |
