High flying SJ Earthquakes land at Houston Dynamo after their 0-0-result vs Portland Timbers. Check out our broad match preview!
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for SJ Earthquakes when visiting Houston Dynamo as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
The visiting SJ Earthquakes played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at BBVA Compass Stadium as Houston Dynamo have scored 13 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Houston are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Houston Dynamo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Los Angeles FC's place. The match ended 1-0 with Micael scoring. Defender Micael got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.43/10. Micael scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Los Angeles FC.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Houston handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
There will be little rest for Houston Dynamo after this match as they are travelling to Austin for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Houston Dynamo in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Houston have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
SJ Earthquakes delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Portland Timbers (placed 9th) in their previous match. Daniel was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.85. The agile goalkeeper Daniel topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, SJ Earthquakes secured a home win against Philadelphia Union with the score 2-1.Earthquakes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as SJ Earthquakes are hosting St. Louis City in the Major League Soccer only three days away.
The attacking power of Earthquakes when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. SJ Earthquakes's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head match ended SJ Earthquakes - Houston 2-1, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Houston Dynamo won five, SJ Earthquakes were winners in three and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 8 goals |   A. Bassi 7 goals |  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 20 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 65% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 41% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.7 | 11.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 38% |
| 13.2 | 13 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 16.9 | 14.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Dallas | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Austin | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
