It's early days in the Major League Soccer and both Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles FC are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles FC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Los Angeles FC, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Houston Dynamo are 1-0-0 (wins-draw-losses).
No payout for Houston in their previous match, an away game at Portland Timbers that ended in defeat 1-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting SJ Earthquakes in a game that was won 2-1.
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 eleven games. Houston has won five of these, drawn one and lost five.
At BBVA Stadium, Houston Dynamo has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Los Angeles FC's last game was the home draw against Seattle Sounders (1-1). Before that, Angeles secured a home win against Austin with the score 2-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Los Angeles FC playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Angeles wins, one draw and five defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's zero Houston victories, three draws and four Los Angeles FC wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodríguez 1 goals |  M. Urruti 1 goals |  J. Cifuentes Charcopa 1 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | Los Angeles FC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 53 | ||
| 40 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 65% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 70% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 13% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 22% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 15.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Austin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Dallas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |