Another adrenaline-fuelled game in Major League Soccer as Houston Dynamo entertain Real Salt Lake

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 28.February
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Reliant Stadium

It's clean hands in Major League Soccer - the first game of the season. Read our full preview and see how Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake did in their pre-season friendlies!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

The previous season, Houston Dynamo's league statistics were 6 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses, results that produced 13th position in the Major League Soccer. In these 34 matches they scored 36 goals and gave away 54. Appearing as the home team in the last season Houston Dynamo generated 6-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 22 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Houston Dynamo friendly games in pre-season: Houston Dynamo played six friendlies, won 2, drew 2 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Houston Dynamo scored 6 goals and conceded 9 in these six games.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Let's have a look at how Real Salt Lake performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 25/33 goals scored/conceded.

Salt played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In these four matches Real Salt Lake scored 2 and conceded 8 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Houston Dynamo won one game, five matches ended in a draw and Real Salt Lake got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

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Total First Half Second Half
Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Houston Dynamo Last season Real Salt Lake
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 37
6 6   Won W   6 15
12 6   Drew D   3 7
16 5   Lost L   11 15
36 21   Scored S   27 57
54 22   Conceded C   36 57
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
50% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 68%
24% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 38%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 19%
65% 59%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 22%
29% 29%   Failed to Score F T   25% 19%
 
5.6 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.7
5.8 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   7.1 6.5
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
13 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.6
4.1 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.6
26% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
13.6 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   17.2 14.7
4.7 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colorado Rapids 34 17 10 7 51 35 17 9 7 1 31 14 17 8 3 6 20 21 16 61
2 Seattle Sounders 34 17 9 8 53 33 17 8 5 4 28 15 17 9 4 4 25 18 20 60
3 Sporting KC 34 17 7 10 58 40 17 9 5 3 32 17 17 8 2 7 26 23 18 58
4 Portland Timbers 34 17 4 13 56 52 17 11 2 4 35 22 17 6 2 9 21 30 4 55
5 Minnesota United 34 13 10 11 42 44 17 10 3 4 24 14 17 3 7 7 18 30 -2 49
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 13 9 45 45 17 10 3 4 25 17 17 2 10 5 20 28 0 49
7 Real Salt Lake 34 14 6 14 55 54 17 9 4 4 30 21 17 5 2 10 25 33 1 48
8 LA Galaxy 34 13 9 12 50 54 17 8 5 4 29 22 17 5 4 8 21 32 -4 48
9 Los Angeles FC 34 12 9 13 53 51 17 8 6 3 34 23 17 4 3 10 19 28 2 45
10 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 11 13 46 54 17 5 5 7 25 24 17 5 6 6 21 30 -8 41
11 Dallas 34 7 12 15 47 56 17 5 7 5 25 21 17 2 5 10 22 35 -9 33
12 Austin 34 9 4 21 35 56 17 7 2 8 27 25 17 2 2 13 8 31 -21 31
13 Houston Dynamo 34 6 12 16 36 54 17 6 6 5 21 22 17 0 6 11 15 32 -18 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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