Major League Soccer: Seattle Sounders host Dallas in what could be an interesting football fixture. Here's a full preview!
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (10) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Dallas have to travel 3100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Major League Soccer game only three days earlier. That game was an away game at SJ Earthquakes, so at least Seattle Sounders are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders have played 12 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Schmetzer led his Seattle Sounders to a defeat away at SJ Earthquakes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at CenturyLink Field. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league games. Vargas (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Vargas had 53 successful passes (of 57 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Vancouver Whitecaps with a 3-2 scoreline.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sounders's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 14 games, won 6 matches, drawn 3 and lost 5.
It should be considered that a glance at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Seattle Sounders are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Seattle Sounders have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {5 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Dallas form and stats
Dallas have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-3-6 (11 played). Bitter travels for Dallas as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the SJ Earthquakes match.
There might be some fixture complaints from Dallas as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Colorado Rapids. Velasco, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Velasco served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus DC United.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 Dallas playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
The attacking power of Dallas when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Dallas have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Sounders, two draws and three wins for Dallas. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 10 goals |   J. Morris 9 goals |  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 4 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
Dallas missing players
| Seattle Sounders | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 52% | 42% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 73% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 45% |
| 22% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 59% |
| 48% | 75% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 12.5 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 28% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 32% |
| 10.9 | 8.5 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 14.4 | 12.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (10) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 | St. Louis City | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 6 | Austin | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 18 |
