Houston Dynamo and Portland Timbers have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both reside in mid-table spots in the Major League Soccer.
- Houston Dynamo have the most points from losing position (7) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have scored in all their matches so far.
6 - 5 - 9 with 33-36. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Portland Timbers when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Portland Timbers play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as Portland Timbers have to travel 3600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This should be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo have collected 8 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 2-2-0.
A nice win for Houston Dynamo last time playing, versus SJ Earthquakes. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-3 with Ferreira (2), Hadebe and Quintero scoring for the victors. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ferreira, a forward, was the declared top player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.63 (out of 10). Ferreira scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Inter Miami and winning 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Houston handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, five draws and four defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Houston Dynamo as they have a new game in only two days, a US Open Cup match thankfully also at home. Rio Grande Valley are visiting.
Houston Dynamo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Reliant Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Houston have conceded 5 goals.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
It's the second away game in a row for Portland Timbers, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 13th) last time out. The attacker Chará got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Chará scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against LA Galaxy.Portland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Portland Timbers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Portland have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Houston Dynamo, three draws and five wins for Portland Timbers. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 4 goals |  Y. Chará Zamora 3 goals |  F. Picault 2 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1 | 2.9 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 10.5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.3 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 42% | 44% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 45% |
| 14.2 | 12 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 18.3 | 14.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 7 | 5.6 |
- All of Portland Timbers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Houston Dynamo have the most points from losing position (7) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Portland Timbers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Portland Timbers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Portland Timbers 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Austin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | Dallas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
