Game week two of the Major League Soccer season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Portland Timbers - Houston Dynamo preview:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Houston Dynamo's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Houston Dynamo have performed like this: Played six matches resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 4-19 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Houston Dynamo, who are travelling more than 3600 kilometers to play this game.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Vancouver Whitecaps. Ahead of that match, Portland won a home game hosting Marathon (5-0).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portland handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, four draws and three defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Portland Timbers, as the CONCACAF Champions League home game vs América is only four days away.
Last season, Portland Timbers's league statistics were 14 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Portland Timbers managed 8-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 20 conceded.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The supporters enjoyed Houston's previous game versus SJ Earthquakes (placed 10th), a Major League Soccer 2-1 win played at home. A 1-2 loss hosting Colorado Rapids before that.
We have checked recent matches where Houston Dynamo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, two draws and five defeats.
Let's have a look at how Houston Dynamo performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 0 and lost 15 with 18/40 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portland four wins, four draws and Houston Dynamo two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodríguez 1 goals |  M. Urruti 1 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Portland Timbers | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 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% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Portland Timbers | Last season | Houston Dynamo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 23 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 28 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 91% | ||
| 61% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 65% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 30% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 9% | ||
| 75% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 70% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sporting KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |