It's time for Major League Soccer and Houston Dynamo - Sporting KC. In this pre-match guide you'll find stats, scores, data, tendencies and stories!
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Sporting KC when visiting Houston Dynamo as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at BBVA Compass Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at BBVA Compass Stadium after three straight home wins.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Úlfarsson was the last player to find the net.
Houston lost their last game at Seattle Sounders (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Sviatchenko was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.31 out of 10. The defender Sviatchenko hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Houston Dynamo lost 0-3 at Austin's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Houston Dynamo handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Houston as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Minnesota United are visiting.
The Houston Dynamo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Houston have only let in {3 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting KC so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-5 (win-draw-lose). Sporting KC has drawn their two previous away games.
The supporters enjoyed Sporting KC's previous game versus Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 9th), a 3-0 win played at home. That win felt sweet as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Kinda got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Kinda served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 46 total).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Chicago Fire.We have checked recent matches where Sporting KC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Salt Lake in just four days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Sporting KC rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Houston Dynamo wins - draws - Sporting KC wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 8 goals |   A. Pulido Izaguirre 8 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| 65% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 73% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 59% |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 35% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 41% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.5 | 13.8 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 31% | 47% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 16% | 24% |
| 12.7 | 12.4 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.3 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Houston Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting KC have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 30 |
| 5 | Dallas | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Austin | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 14 |
