The home advantage belongs to Houston Dynamo in this match vs Minnesota United, but the away team will resist to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match guide!
- Houston Dynamo have the most points (23) at home in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Minnesota United have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Houston Dynamo and Minnesota United.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Shell Energy Stadium as Houston Dynamo, who have the most points (23) at home in Major League Soccer, have scored 19 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Sporting KC last time out and are looking for a victory here. Franco was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Sporting KC after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Herrera got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Herrera served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 80 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Seattle Sounders.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Houston have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Houston Dynamo after this match as they are travelling to Colorado Rapids for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
Houston have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Shell Energy Stadium with 19 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Houston Dynamo have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Minnesota United form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Minnesota United have produced an overall stat of 4-1-6 so far.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Austin with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Reynoso was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.3/10. Reynoso hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Portland Timbers.Minnesota are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 24 matches.
A new game in only three days for Minnesota United, the Major League Soccer home match versus Los Angeles FC. Busy days.
Minnesota United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Minnesota United - Houston 1-0 written in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Houston Dynamo won two, Minnesota United were winners in six and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 8 goals |   B. Hlongwane 5 goals |  C. Baird 3 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 26 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 70% |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 19% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 15% |
| 38% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 60% |
| 33% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 13 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 11 | 13.2 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 45% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 25% |
| 12.3 | 11.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4 |
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Houston Dynamo have the most points (23) at home in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Austin | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 17 |
