Houston Dynamo receive Vancouver Whitecaps for another action-packed Major League Soccer game here at Reliant Stadium.
This field has grass, which is not Vancouver Whitecaps's regular surface at their own field. When appearing on grass Vancouver Whitecaps have performed like this: Played 33 matches with the outcome 4 wins, 11 draws and 18 defeats with the goal production 31-64 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Vancouver Whitecaps, who are travelling more than 3900 kilometers to play this game.
This promises to be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The first Major League Soccer game here at Reliant Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Houston Dynamo's home game statistics were 6 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 17 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Houston's attacking players as they have now played 360 minutes without scoring in a league game. Cascante (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
Houston Dynamo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sporting KC. Valentin was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Valentin won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that, Houston Dynamo drew at home versus Real Salt Lake.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 13 games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost four.
Houston Dynamo has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Vancouver Whitecaps are looking to quickly end their 231 minutes long goal drought in the Major League Soccer.
Vancouver Whitecaps's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus New York City that finished 0-0. Hasal was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.02. The agile goalkeeper Hasal topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Columbus Crew wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Vancouver are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
Vancouver Whitecaps have the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Houston Dynamo-Vancouver Whitecaps H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Houston Dynamo three wins, Vancouver Whitecaps three wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Houston Dynamo missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5.5 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 19.5 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | Vancouver Whitecaps | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 10 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 54 | 22 | Conceded | C | 31 | 48 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 91% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 31% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 9% | ||
| 65% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 66% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 20% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 23% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 13.6 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Sporting KC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Dallas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 |
