An important duel in the bottom section of the Major League Soccer, with both Houston Dynamo and Nashville SC experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 11th place.
It's no vacation for neither Houston nor Nashville SC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Houston Dynamo at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Houston lost their last game at Inter Miami after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Houston had a home game versus Dallas which ended with a victory 2-0.
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 Dynamo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost one.
The manager T. Ramos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Minnesota United in only four days.
Houston have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Houston have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nashville SC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nashville SC so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Nashville lost away at Sporting KC (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Minnesota United.
Nashville are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
Goals are few and far between in Nashville's away league games. Only 3 goals from 9 travels. As opposed to that, Nashville have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nashville SC - Houston 1-1 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 6 goals | J. Rodríguez 3 goals |  M. Figueroa Róchez 2 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 27 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 59% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 65% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 38% |
| 18% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 231 | 100 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 121 | 193 |
| 81 | 42 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 36 | 62 |
| 30% | 26% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 19% |
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nashville SC have scored away.
- Nashville SC has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Dallas | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 20 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |