Both participants are relishing a sweet season so far and occasions like this could be key. Here's the preview for Seattle Sounders - Houston Dynamo!
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (10) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Houston Dynamo have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Seattle Sounders form and stats
5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Seattle Sounders, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Major League Soccer, so far this season. Sounders have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 200 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ruidíaz was the last player to find the net.
Seattle Sounders drew their last game, also a home match. Orlando City was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Defender Andrade got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Andrade hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Los Angeles FC (0-1).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 look at the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Seattle Sounders has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Seattle Sounders have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Houston Dynamo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Houston play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Austin (placed 9th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Midfielder Herrera was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Herrera hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs SJ Earthquakes.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Houston Dynamo when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 12 matches with the visitors losing 10 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
The attacking power of Houston Dynamo when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Houston Dynamo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The latest reported scoreline featuring both these participants is the Houston Dynamo - Sounders 0-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Seattle Sounders eight wins, zero draws and Houston Dynamo two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 9 goals |   A. Bassi 8 goals |  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 4 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Seattle Sounders | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 80% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 50% | 45% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 68% |
| 40% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 53% |
| 20% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 37% |
| 50% | 73% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 10% | 37% |
| 40% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 12.5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.9 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 18% | 32% |
| 10.8 | 8.6 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13 | 12.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4 |
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Houston Dynamo have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (10) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | St. Louis City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Austin | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
