The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, the highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for Houston Dynamo - Portland Timbers!
- Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It should be mentioned that Portland Timbers play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Portland Timbers on grass are 14 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats from 35 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 62-59. You can compare this with overall results below.
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
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Houston Dynamo have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two home wins in a row for Houston bring valid hopes of a third.
Houston Dynamo shared the glory with Los Angeles FC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Sam Junqua, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Junqua won 10 of 14 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Houston lost 2-3 at Sporting KC's place.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 nine games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost two.
The manager T. Ramos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Real Salt Lake in only three days.
A decent goal production from Houston in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Houston have conceded only 3 goals.
Portland Timbers form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Portland Timbers playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Portland go into this game after a win, the home game against Sporting KC that ended 2-1. Claudio Bravo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.94. The defender Bravo won 8 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Philadelphia Union's place.We have checked recent matches where Portland Timbers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were five victories, two draws and three defeats.
After this away game Portland return home for a Major League Soccer game against Minnesota United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Portland have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Portland Timbers - Houston 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Houston, four draws and four wins for Portland Timbers. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Urruti 5 goals |  J. Rodríguez 2 goals |  D. Asprilla Rivas 2 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 3.7 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 13 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 11.8 | 13.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 39% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 20% | 28% |
- Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Houston Dynamo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- 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 | Seattle Sounders | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Austin | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Dallas | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 7 |