Minnesota United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Dallas.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Minnesota and Dallas.
These teams have little in common geographically as Dallas have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota United have collected 15 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-3-1.
The spoils were shared in Minnesota's previous game, also at home. Visiting Chicago Fire travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that, Minnesota had a home game versus Colorado Rapids which ended with a victory 2-1.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Chicago Fire last time out, but a goal from Robin Lod completed a comeback to a draw result for Minnesota.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Minnesota's attacking play is working. Minnesota have conceded 9 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dallas form and stats
There's been little loot from Dallas's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Major League Soccer. Dallas, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Major League Soccer, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
237 minutes! That's how long the Dallas goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Dallas, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Nashville SC in the Major League Soccer last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Houston Dynamo.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dallas as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Dallas in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Minnesota United - Dallas 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Minnesota United three wins, zero draws and Dallas five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lod 9 goals |  K. Molino 7 goals |  F. Jara 7 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Dallas missing players
| Minnesota United | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 39 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| 31 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 21 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 78% | 81% |
| 78% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 62% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 48% |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 14% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 26% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 323 | 120 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 95 | 257 |
| 104 | 34 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 30 | 92 |
| 38% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 30% |
- Dallas has the fewest conceded goals (21) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas has the most clean sheets (8) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas has the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minnesota United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dallas have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
| 4 | Dallas | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -13 | 30 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 24 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -9 | 21 |