National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Houston Dynamo or San Antonio that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the US Open Cup.When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Houston Dynamo have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
No payout for Houston Dynamo in their previous match, an away game at DC United that ended in defeat 0-2. Lundqvist was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.22 out of 10. The defender Lundqvist won 10 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Austin with the scoreline 1-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Houston Dynamo as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Nashville SC are visiting.
Houston are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Houston Dynamo have conceded 7 goals.
San Antonio form and stats
San Antonio was sent out of US Open Cup in the 3rd round last season.Antonio lost away at Phoenix Rising (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus Monterey Bay in the USL Championship.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The USL Championship trip to Miami FC II.
Head 2 Head
Houston Dynamo-San Antonio H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Houston Dynamo one win, San Antonio one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Quintero Villalba 4 goals |  C. Ferreira Vidal 4 goals |   E. Collier 4 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
San Antonio missing players
| Houston Dynamo | San Antonio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 14 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 22% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 43% | ||
| 13 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Austin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
