New England vs Houston Dynamo match preview

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Houston Dynamo's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Houston Dynamo have performed like this: Played nine matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 7 defeats with the goal stats 7-20 (scored/conceded). It's quite the trip for Houston Dynamo when visiting New England as the cities are 2900 kilometers apart.

New England form and stats

New England have played 9 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). New England have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Orlando City in the US Open Cup.

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 New England have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

New England aren't scoring a lot here at Gillette Stadium with only 8 goals from 9 games. New England have conceded 13 in these home matches.

Houston Dynamo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Houston Dynamo, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Major League Soccer, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). five defeats in a row for Houston Dynamo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Colorado Rapids. It's a growing despair in Houston Dynamo as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Houston Dynamo play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to SJ Earthquakes. A 0-4 defeat away at Portland Timbers before that.

Houston Dynamo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of five matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York RB in just four days.

The attacking power of Houston Dynamo when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored in 6 matches. Houston Dynamo have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): New England won 6 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Houston Dynamo has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

T. Bunbury 2 goals

T. Martínez 2 goals / 1 assists

New England missing players

Houston Dynamo missing players