Major League Soccer: Houston Dynamo are 12 points behind LA Galaxy, but intend to go full force. Get ready!
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for LA Galaxy when visiting Houston Dynamo as the cities are 2500 kilometers apart.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Houston Dynamo at their home stadium is 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
The Houston supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Seattle Sounders in Major League Soccer and win 2-1. Houston's victory against Seattle Sounders could easily have been with a bigger margin than 2-1 as they hit the posts four times. The forward Darwin Quintero was named "man of the match" for Houston Dynamo with the rating of 9.65/10. Quintero scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sporting KC.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Houston handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, six draws and four defeats.
Houston are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Austin awaits in four days.
Houston are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Houston Dynamo have conceded 18 goals.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Galaxy are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Galaxy are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Major League Soccer against Portland Timbers (placed 4th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager G. Vanney when Sacha Kljestan scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Sacha Kljestan scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Portland Timbers. Midfield player Víctor Vázquez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.6/10. Vázquez served one assist, hit eight key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Los Angeles FC.Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dallas in just three days.
Galaxy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Galaxy have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played earlier this season: LA Galaxy - Houston 1-1. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Houston won three, LA Galaxy were winners in two and we saw five draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
J. Hernández Balcázar 12 goals | F. Picault 11 goals | M. Urruti 7 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
Houston Dynamo | LA Galaxy | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
6 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
12 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
35 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 41 |
46 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 29 | 46 |
90% | 87% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
87% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
50% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 79% | 66% |
27% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | 28% |
13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
70% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 66% |
17% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 14% |
23% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 21% |
5.3 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
5.7 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12.7 | 15.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.1 | 12.9 |
3.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
30% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 31% |
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 57 |
2 | Sporting KC | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 52 |
3 | Colorado Rapids | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
4 | Portland Timbers | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 46 |
5 | Real Salt Lake | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 42 |
6 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -5 | 42 |
7 | Minnesota United | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -3 | 41 |
8 | Los Angeles FC | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 37 |
9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | -3 | 37 |
10 | SJ Earthquakes | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -11 | 33 |
11 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -11 | 30 |
12 | Dallas | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -8 | 28 |
13 | Austin | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 25 |