An important duel in the bottom section of the Major League Soccer, with both SJ Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 9th place.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo.
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
SJ Earthquakes's struggle is real here with only 6 points collected from 6 Major League Soccer games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-4. All in all it has been a very rough period for Earthquakes who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Real Salt Lake, 78 days ago.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Sporting KC (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the Major League Soccer game ended 1-1. Cristian Espinoza, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Espinoza served one assist, hit six key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total). Earthquakes's goalie James Marcinkowski played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Sporting KC with a stunning seven saves.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Colorado Rapids that finished 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with SJ Earthquakes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SJ Earthquakes as a small favourite), we find ten games. Earthquakes has won one of these, drawn three and lost six.
The SJ Earthquakes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the SJ Earthquakes defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 0-4-4 (8 played).
Pasher T. was the last player to score for the away team. Houston Dynamo haven't scored a league goal in the last 267 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Zarek Valentin was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Valentin hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.
Prior to that match, the Houston Dynamo manager T. Ramos faced defeat when travelling to Seattle Sounders and losing 0-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Houston Dynamo in our archives, and the results are: one win for Houston, one draw and two defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Houston as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Houston have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Houston Dynamo - SJ Earthquakes 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: SJ Earthquakes won two, Houston Dynamo won six and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Urruti 6 goals |   C. Cowell 4 goals | J. López Ramírez 3 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 93% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 79% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 14% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7 | 5.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 15.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.4 | 11.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 25% | 33% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 36% |
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo have yet to win a game away.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Austin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -9 | 11 |