Delightful dogfight as daring Minnesota United duel with determined Dallas

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Field (19400 seats)

A very important fixture in Major League Soccer as both sides are fighting for the top spots. With Minnesota United in 3rd position and Dallas placed 4th, this promises to be a thriling fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dallas have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

The hosts Minnesota United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Major League Soccer. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Real Salt Lake.

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Minnesota United form and stats

Minnesota United have played 14 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Minnesota after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The fans are hoping that Minnesota United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Real Salt Lake (placed 6th). The first loss after going unbeaten in three league games.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Houston Dynamo.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Minnesota handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 14 most recent league games reveals that 12 of them had goals from both sides.

Minnesota United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Field with 24 goals in 14 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Dallas form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Dallas delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Real Salt Lake (placed 6th) in their previous fixture. The attacker Velasco got a match rating of 8.11 in that game. Velasco scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

Prior to that match, the Dallas manager Martínez faced defeat when travelling to Nashville SC and losing 0-4.

We have checked recent matches where Dallas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Lacking goals? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dallas have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Dallas in these games.

Head 2 Head

Minnesota United have won or drawn the last 6 games (4-2-0) versus Dallas.

The previous H2H encounter ended Dallas - Minnesota United 1-2, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
15 goals
Minnesota UnitedE. Reynoso
E. Reynoso
10 goals
Minnesota UnitedL. Amarilla Lencina
L. Amarilla Lencina
9 goals

Minnesota United missing players

Dallas missing players

Minnesota United Dallas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 1 Played P 2 14 29
13 7 1 Won W 0 3 11
5 4 0 Drew D 1 6 10
10 3 0 Lost L 1 5 8
44 24 2 Scored S 3 16 40
40 16 1 Conceded C 5 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
82% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 72%
61% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 45%
25% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 34%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
68% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 59%
14% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 24%
18% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 24%
 
5 5.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.1 4.2
5.8 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 4.6
2.4 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.9 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.3 14.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.6 11.5
4.6 5.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.8
34% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 36%
 
14.4 12.3 14 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 15.2 11.8
4.8 4.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dallas have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 28 18 3 7 57 32 14 11 2 1 34 13 14 7 1 6 23 19 25 57
2 Austin 28 15 6 7 60 39 14 7 4 3 37 21 14 8 2 4 23 18 21 51
3 Minnesota United 28 13 5 10 44 40 14 7 4 3 24 16 14 6 1 7 20 24 4 44
4 Dallas 29 11 10 8 40 33 15 8 4 3 24 13 14 3 6 5 16 20 7 43
5 Nashville SC 29 11 9 9 45 37 14 5 5 4 25 18 15 6 4 5 20 19 8 42
6 Real Salt Lake 28 11 9 8 38 36 14 8 4 2 23 12 14 3 5 6 15 24 2 42
7 Portland Timbers 29 9 12 8 47 46 14 6 6 2 24 16 15 3 6 6 23 30 1 39
8 LA Galaxy 27 11 5 11 44 40 14 7 2 5 28 21 13 4 3 6 16 19 4 38
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 9 7 12 32 49 14 7 3 4 18 19 14 2 4 8 14 30 -17 34
10 Seattle Sounders 28 10 3 15 38 39 13 7 1 5 21 15 15 3 2 10 17 24 -1 33
11 Colorado Rapids 28 8 8 12 38 50 14 7 5 2 23 13 14 1 3 10 15 37 -12 32
12 Houston Dynamo 28 8 5 15 35 46 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 3 1 10 15 28 -11 29
13 Sporting KC 28 8 5 15 31 49 14 6 2 6 17 16 14 2 3 9 14 33 -18 29
14 SJ Earthquakes 27 6 9 12 42 55 13 5 5 3 24 23 14 1 4 9 18 32 -13 27

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.