Major League Soccer: Houston Dynamo - Minnesota United pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: PMC Stadium (1000 seats)

Houston Dynamo got a 2-1 result vs SJ Earthquakes last game, a game to learn from. The next task is this bright Minnesota United team.

Insights:
  • Houston Dynamo have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Houston Dynamo and Minnesota United 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.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

Houston Dynamo have collected 16 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-4-3.

Houston enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SJ Earthquakes's place. The match ended 2-1 with Ferreira and Úlfarsson scoring. At last, a league win after four games without.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Austin.

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 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Lots of goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.

Houston Dynamo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Minnesota United form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Momentum is building for Minnesota in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Minnesota United won their last game, 2-0 versus DC United played at home. Midfielder Reynoso was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.11. Reynoso scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sporting KC.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Minnesota United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Minnesota United, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 11 league matches.

Minnesota have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Minnesota United have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Houston two wins, three draws and Minnesota United five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Minnesota UnitedE. Reynoso
E. Reynoso
9 goals
Houston DynamoC. Quintero Villalba
C. Quintero Villalba
7 goals
Houston DynamoC. Ferreira Vidal
C. Ferreira Vidal
7 goals

Houston Dynamo missing players

Minnesota United missing players

Houston Dynamo Minnesota United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 1 10 21
7 4 0 Won W 1 4 9
4 4 1 Drew D 0 1 4
10 3 1 Lost L 0 5 8
27 15 1 Scored S 3 13 29
29 12 2 Conceded C 1 15 25
90% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
62% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 48%
19% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 30% 24%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
57% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 62%
24% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 19%
29% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 19%
 
4.2 4.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5 5.6
6.2 6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.7
3.1 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3.3 2.6
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.6 12.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 15 10.6 12.7
4 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.7 4.5
32% 32% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 31%
 
13.6 12.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 16.3 14
4.6 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5 4.5
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Houston Dynamo have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Minnesota United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United 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 Los Angeles FC 20 13 3 4 40 22 11 8 2 1 26 12 9 5 1 3 14 10 18 42
2 Austin 21 12 5 4 42 24 9 5 3 1 22 8 12 7 2 3 20 16 18 41
3 Real Salt Lake 21 9 6 6 28 26 10 7 3 0 18 6 11 2 3 6 10 20 2 33
4 Minnesota United 21 9 4 8 29 25 11 5 3 3 16 10 10 4 1 5 13 15 4 31
5 Nashville SC 21 8 6 7 27 27 9 3 4 2 12 10 12 5 2 5 15 17 0 30
6 Dallas 21 7 8 6 31 25 11 5 3 3 17 11 10 2 5 3 14 14 6 29
7 Portland Timbers 21 6 9 6 33 30 10 4 4 2 18 12 11 2 5 4 15 18 3 27
8 LA Galaxy 20 8 3 9 28 27 11 5 1 5 18 16 9 3 2 4 10 11 1 27
9 Seattle Sounders 20 8 2 10 26 24 10 5 1 4 17 12 10 3 1 6 9 12 2 26
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 21 7 5 9 23 34 10 5 3 2 13 11 11 2 2 7 10 23 -11 26
11 Houston Dynamo 21 7 4 10 27 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 10 3 0 7 12 17 -2 25
12 Colorado Rapids 20 6 6 8 24 27 11 6 3 2 17 8 9 0 3 6 7 19 -3 24
13 SJ Earthquakes 20 5 7 8 33 41 10 4 4 2 20 19 10 1 3 6 13 22 -8 22
14 Sporting KC 22 5 5 12 19 38 9 3 2 4 8 9 13 2 3 8 11 29 -19 20

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