It's a new Major League Soccer campaign and Houston Dynamo are eager to get started here at BBVA Stadium. SJ Earthquakes are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
These teams have little in common geographically as SJ Earthquakes have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost two.
Houston have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Houston Dynamo scored 12 goals and let in 5 goals during these six games.
Last season, Houston Dynamo's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season Houston Dynamo managed 10-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 19 conceded.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
Earthquakes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
SJ Earthquakes played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match SJ Earthquakes scored 6 and conceded 1 goal.
Let's have a look at how SJ Earthquakes performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 20/35 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Houston Dynamo won five games, two matches ended with a draw and SJ Earthquakes has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourHouston Dynamo missing players
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| Houston Dynamo | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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% |
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | SJ Earthquakes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 40 | 12 | Conceded | C | 36 | 60 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 91% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 65% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 73% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 54% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 46% | ||
| 70% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 65% | ||
| 13% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 27% | ||
| 22% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 19% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 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 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |