New England expected to show superhero qualities when Houston Dynamo visits

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gillette Stadium (66829 seats)

Match week two of the Major League Soccer campaign and the sides have adjusted from insights gained in the first game. Here's the ultimate New England - Houston Dynamo guide:

New England's stadium, Gillette Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Houston Dynamo have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Houston Dynamo when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from five matches. They have scored {5 goals} in these games and conceded 10.

It's quite the trip for Houston Dynamo when visiting England as the cities are 2900 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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New England form and stats

The season before, New England's league statistics were 10 wins, 12 draws and 12 losses, providing 9th position in the Major League Soccer. From these 34 matches they scored {47 goals} and let in 50. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season New England delivered 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 16 conceded.

Happy days for New England in their previous game, a fixture away at Charlotte (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Kessler got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Kessler scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 3 of 6 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Chicago Fire the opponent.

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Houston Dynamo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Houston Dynamo performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {56 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 19/34 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Major League Soccer ended in defeat. Last season Houston Dynamo had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 4, drew 1 and lost 12.

Houston Dynamo are travelling again after losing away to Cincinnati in their previous match (1-2). Midfield player Herrera was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Herrera served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 66 successful passes (of 81 total).

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus LA Galaxy.

{1 goals} so far away for Houston Dynamo, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (England wins - draws - Houston Dynamo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

New EnglandF. Kessler
F. Kessler
1 goals
Houston DynamoT. Schmitt
T. Schmitt
1 goals

New England missing players

Houston Dynamo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
New England Houston Dynamo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 20
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 8
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 12%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
New England Last season Houston Dynamo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   4 10
12 6   Drew D   1 6
12 4   Lost L   12 18
47 22   Scored S   19 43
50 16   Conceded C   34 56
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
76% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 85%
65% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 71%
38% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 26%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
65% 53%   BTTS BTTS   71% 68%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 18%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
4.6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.4
5.8 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.3
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 6
 
13 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11.4
4.4 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
31% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
14.1 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15 14.7
4.9 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 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 Philadelphia Union 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Inter Miami 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nashville SC 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 New England 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Toronto 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 New York RB 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Columbus Crew 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
15 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Philadelphia Union 34 19 10 5 72 26 17 12 5 0 49 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 46 67
2 Montreal Impact 34 20 5 9 63 50 17 9 3 5 30 21 17 11 2 4 33 29 13 65
3 New York RB 34 15 8 11 50 41 17 6 5 6 26 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 9 53
4 New York City 33 15 7 11 57 41 17 10 4 3 37 19 16 5 3 8 18 21 16 52
5 Cincinnati 34 12 13 9 64 56 17 6 6 5 37 27 17 6 7 4 27 29 8 49
6 Orlando City 34 14 6 14 44 53 17 9 0 8 26 28 17 5 6 6 18 25 -9 48
7 Inter Miami 34 14 6 14 47 56 17 10 3 4 34 28 17 4 3 10 13 28 -9 48
8 Columbus Crew 34 10 16 8 46 41 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 3 10 4 24 26 5 46
9 New England 34 10 12 12 47 50 17 7 6 4 22 16 17 3 6 8 25 34 -3 42
10 Charlotte 34 13 3 18 44 52 17 10 1 6 28 16 17 3 2 12 16 36 -8 42
11 Atlanta United 33 10 10 13 48 54 16 8 5 3 30 22 17 2 5 10 17 30 -6 40
12 Chicago Fire 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 39
13 Toronto 34 9 7 18 49 66 17 7 3 7 30 29 17 2 4 11 19 37 -17 34
14 DC United 34 7 6 21 36 71 17 4 4 9 22 34 17 3 2 12 14 37 -35 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Inter Miami 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nashville SC 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 New England 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Toronto 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 New York RB 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Columbus Crew 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
15 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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