New York RB are ready to stop thinking about the league table before this match against Houston Dynamo. Here's everything you should know pre-match!
- New York RB have the most points from losing position (5) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have lost all their away matches so far.
These teams have little in common geographically as Houston Dynamo have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
New York RB form and stats
New York RB must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus SJ Earthquakes last time out and are looking for a win here. The striker Fernandez was announced as "man of the match" for New York RB with a rating of 7.32/10. Fernandez hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atlanta United (0-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier New York RB matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats (from 9 games).
From these home matches, York have conceded only 2 goals.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
It's not happening yet for Houston Dynamo on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Impressive finishing from Herrera and Bassi (2) secured the home win 3-0 against LA Galaxy in their previous game. Bassi has bagged at least one goal for the away side four matches in a row. The flair! Bassi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.42. Bassi scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting SJ Earthquakes's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Houston Dynamo playing away, we found 9 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 9 home wins.
The attacking power of Houston Dynamo when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Houston Dynamo have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
York-Houston Dynamo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New York RB four wins, Houston Dynamo four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 5 goals |  H. Herrera López 2 goals |   T. Barlow 1 goals |
New York RB missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| New York RB | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 2.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 7.3 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.7 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- All of Houston Dynamo's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Houston Dynamo have lost all their away matches so far.
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York RB have not yet lost a game at home.
- New York RB have the most points from losing position (5) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | New England | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | New York City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Toronto | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | New York RB | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | DC United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -13 | 3 |
