SJ Earthquakes have travelled here for an appealing battle against the hosts Houston Dynamo. Prepare for the game with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!
- Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
- SJ Earthquakes is in the worst form (0-2-3)
It's quite the trip for SJ Earthquakes when visiting Houston as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
Both teams have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Reliant Stadium.
A strong away win for Houston Dynamo against Inter Miami the last match, as Picault (2) and Quintero were on target. Quintero (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Quintero scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Colorado Rapids.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 seven games, won four matches, drawn two and lost one.
Houston Dynamo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Reliant Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
No Major League Soccer points yet away for SJ Earthquakes, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Earthquakes have lost on their last two travels.
SJ Earthquakes played 2-2 against Austin in their previous match. Midfielder Greguš was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.73. Greguš served one assist, hit four key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 68 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Minnesota United before that.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 Earthquakes playing away, we found nine games. Results were three away wins, zero draws and six home wins.
It's early days yet, but SJ Earthquakes has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Houston Dynamo victories, two draws and two SJ Earthquakes wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 3 goals |  F. Picault 2 goals |   F. Calvo Quesada 2 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Houston Dynamo | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8 | 10.2 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 13.4 | 10 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13 | 14.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 6.6 |
- Houston Dynamo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to score a single goal away.
- SJ Earthquakes have lost all their away matches so far.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SJ Earthquakes is in the worst form (0-2-3)
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | SJ Earthquakes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 54 | 22 | Conceded | C | 30 | 54 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 35% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 65% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 65% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 15% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 26% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 13.6 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.9 | 15 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Austin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Dallas | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
