Major League Soccer: Houston Dynamo expected to win home game against Portland Timbers

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at Seattle Sounders, so at least Houston Dynamo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Portland Timbers have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-6-18 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Houston Dynamo form and stats

Houston Dynamo have been outstanding at home so far with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Ever since the Tigres UANL game Houston Dynamo has been unbeatable here at BBVA Compass Stadium producing five straight wins.

Houston Dynamo lost their last game at Seattle Sounders after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Houston Dynamo had a home game versus Dallas which ended with a victory 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Houston Dynamo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as DC United are coming to town in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (12 in 6 games), Houston Dynamo's attacking play is working. 6 goals have been conceded.

Portland Timbers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portland Timbers so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

Portland Timbers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Vancouver Whitecaps. Preceding that game was the away victory against Real Salt Lake with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Portland Timbers playing away, we found four games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

Portland Timbers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. Portland Timbers have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 4 - 3 (Houston Dynamo wins - draws - Portland Timbers wins). As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Manotas 5 goals / 3 assists

J. Rodríguez 4 goals / 1 assists

A. Elis 4 goals / 4 assists

Houston Dynamo missing players

Portland Timbers missing players