Houston Dynamo are putting faith in their home crowd to assist them when playing this game hosting New England. Who wins at PMC Stadium?
- Houston Dynamo have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Major League Soccer
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Houston Dynamo's stadium, PMC Stadium, has a grass surface. New England have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for New England when playing on grass; 14 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 49 goals in these games and conceded 44.
New England have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 and New England.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Houston Dynamo so far this season.
Houston Dynamo drew their last game, also a home match. Sporting KC (placed 12th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Houston Dynamo's goalie Clark played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Sporting KC with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Clark got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.81 out of ten. Clark topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Seattle Sounders (1-2).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 17 games. Houston has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 6.
Take note: 12 of the most recent 14 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.
Houston Dynamo has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Houston Dynamo have conceded 18 in these home matches.
New England form and stats
There's been little loot from New England's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Major League Soccer. New England only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. England has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
New England are travelling again after losing away to New York RB in their previous match (1-2). The attacker Bou got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Bou served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that, New England secured a home win against New York City with the score 3-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for New England, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only four days for England, the Major League Soccer home match versus Montreal Impact. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy New England's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 15 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
New England have put together a streak of 8 consecutive games without defeat (6-2-0) when facing Houston Dynamo.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ferreira Vidal 10 goals |  C. Quintero Villalba 7 goals |   G. Bou 7 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
New England missing players
| Houston Dynamo | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 36 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 23 | 43 |
| 48 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 30 | 44 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 87% | 87% |
| 83% | 73% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 87% | 77% |
| 67% | 53% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 87% | 67% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 63% | 60% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 63% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 27% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.1 | 12.9 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 32% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 32% |
| 14 | 13.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 16.1 | 13.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
- Houston Dynamo have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Major League Soccer
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 60 |
| 2 | Austin | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 51 |
| 3 | Dallas | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 43 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -21 | 34 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -18 | 31 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -12 | 30 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 61 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 38 | -17 | 30 |
