📏 Form Guide

Houston Dynamo

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Houston Dynamo will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 3-1 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Portland Timbers.

In that game, Houston Dynamo had 59% possession and 10 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Houston Dynamo was Franco Escobar (12'). Portland Timbers had 16 shots on goal with 9 on target. Felipe Mora (6') and Antony (23', 71') scored for Portland Timbers.

Houston Dynamo have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 4 against opposition teams during their last 6 outings. In those games, Houston Dynamo have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 11.

Los Angeles FC

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Los Angeles FC go into this encounter following a 1-0 CONCACAF Champions League win to defeat Inter Miami in their most recent match.

The only player to score from Los Angeles FC was Nathan Ordaz (57').

Illustrating their appetite for eventful matches, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the prior six games in which Los Angeles FC have played, giving an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have got 11 of this grand total. However, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend will be maintained in this upcoming match.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 19/09/2022 shows us that Houston Dynamo have won 3 of these and Los Angeles FC 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 8 of them for Orange Crush and 5 created by LAFC. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league match featuring these sides was MLS match day 32 on 08/09/2024 when the final score was Houston Dynamo 0-0 Los Angeles FC.

In that match, Houston Dynamo had 65% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Los Angeles FC had 7 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Guido Gonzales Jr.

ℹ️ Team News: Houston Dynamo

Nelson Quiñónes (Knee injury), Ethan Bartlow (unknown injury), Lawrence Ennali (Cruciate ligament tear), Andrew Tarbell (Cruciate ligament tear), Duane Holmes (Leg injury) and Jimmy Maurer (unknown injury) are unavailable for Houston Dynamo boss Ben Olsen.

🗞️ Team News: Los Angeles FC

Los Angeles FC boss Steve Cherundolo has to choose a team with limited availability. Olivier Giroud (Leg injury), Lorenzo Dellavalle (Cruciate ligament tear), Jeremy Ebobisse (Leg injury) and Marlon (unknown injury) are not ready for selection.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Los Angeles FC will surely be able to get a goal against this Houston Dynamo team, however it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a 2-1 winning score for Houston Dynamo at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Lucas Pereira, 00:01 06/04/2025