Houston Dynamo greet LA Galaxy for another entertaining Major League Soccer game here at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- Houston Dynamo have won all their matches at home so far.
- LA Galaxy have yet to win a game.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Houston Dynamo form and stats
As mentioned below, Houston Dynamo are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Major League Soccer games.
Houston Dynamo faced defeat in their previous match, away at SJ Earthquakes (1-2). The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Bassi, having bagged a goal in three games in a row. The versatile forward Bassi outdid all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Bassi scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against New York City.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 Dynamo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 7 and lost 5.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Houston Dynamo at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for LA Galaxy with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Home advantage was not enough for Galaxy in their previous game as they lost hosting Seattle Sounders, 1-2. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Calegari was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.45. The defender Calegari hit three key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that, LA Galaxy travelled to Portland Timbers and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LA Galaxy playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 LA Galaxy wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Goals are few and far between in LA Galaxy's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Houston won four games, three matches ended with a tie and LA Galaxy managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 3 goals |  H. Herrera López 1 goals |  T. Schmitt 1 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Houston Dynamo | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.7 | 17.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 8% | 12% |
| 11.2 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 17 | 14.4 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
- Houston Dynamo have won all their matches at home so far.
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- LA Galaxy have created more than twice as many corners as Houston Dynamo.
- LA Galaxy have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- LA Galaxy have yet to win a game.
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | LA Galaxy | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 25 | 61 | ||
| 56 | 22 | Conceded | C | 29 | 54 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 75% | ||
| 71% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 31% | ||
| 68% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 61% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 22% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 19% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 14.7 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | Saint Louis City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Dallas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Austin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 14 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
