Minnesota United know they face a grim journey to Houston Dynamo. This news article has all the knowledge you need before the fixture.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
It's quite the trip for Minnesota United when visiting Houston as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Houston Dynamo at their home stadium is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 14 attempts.
The spoils were shared in Houston's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dallas (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Fafà Picault (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Picault scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Heartbreak before that as Houston lost 1-2 at Real Salt Lake's place.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost six.
Houston has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Houston Dynamo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota United have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-5-3 (9 played). One point away has become something of a habit for Minnesota who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Minnesota delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sporting KC (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. Emanuel Reynoso got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Reynoso hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to SJ Earthquakes.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Minnesota United in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Minnesota, three draws and four defeats.
Minnesota are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Minnesota United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Minnesota United - Houston 2-0. Houston Dynamo-Minnesota United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Houston four wins, Minnesota United three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Urruti 6 goals |  F. Picault 6 goals |   R. Lod 6 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 32 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 90% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 65% |
| 48% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 35% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 25% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 76% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 45% |
| 14% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 35% |
| 19% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 6.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 15.1 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.9 | 15.6 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 27% |
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Seattle Sounders | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -12 | 24 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 11 | Dallas | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Austin | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 19 |