Houston Dynamo have travelled here for an interesting game versus the home team SJ Earthquakes. Get smart on the game with this in-depth Major League Soccer preview!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Houston Dynamo, who are travelling more than 3000 kilometers to play this game.
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!
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes have collected seven points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Avaya Stadium, a promising start.
Stress levels are on the rise for SJ Earthquakes's attacking players as they have now played 192 minutes without scoring in a league game. Espinoza was their last goal scorer.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for SJ Earthquakes, who played 0-0 against Toronto. That match was also played at this venue (Avaya Stadium). Midfield player Espinoza got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Espinoza hit six key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Saint Louis City (0-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
SJ Earthquakes have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 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 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
The Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Steve Clark is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 205 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Houston won their last game, 1-0 versus New York City played at home. The attacker Bassi got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Bassi scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Austin.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 2 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.
Houston Dynamo have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Houston Dynamo have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) facing Earthquakes.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 2 goals |   A. Bassi 2 goals |  C. Espinoza 1 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 6 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 12.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 9% | 20% |
| 13.6 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| SJ Earthquakes | Last season | Houston Dynamo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 18 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 69 | 27 | Conceded | C | 34 | 56 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 85% | ||
| 68% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 71% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 32% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 68% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 18% | ||
| 24% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 14.2 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Dallas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Austin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
