📏 Form Guide

Houston Dynamo

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Houston Dynamo will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-4 US Open Cup success over Phoenix Rising.

For Houston Dynamo, the goalscorers were Felipe Andrade (17'), Jack McGlynn (99'), Ezequiel Ponce (112') and Sebastian Kowalczyk (115'). Dariusz Formella (45') was the scorer for Phoenix Rising. The match was won by Houston Dynamo in extra time.

In their prior six games, Ben Olsen's Houston Dynamo have celebrated scoring 7 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC will come into the game after a 4-1 MLS win to beat St. Louis City in their previous fixture.

In that match, Seattle Sounders FC managed 57% possession and 29 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Seattle Sounders FC, the goalscorers were Albert Rusnák (33'), Obed Vargas (61'), Danny Musovski (81') and Nouhou Tolo (91'). St. Louis City had 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Marcel Hartel (29') was the scorer for St. Louis City.

During their six latest matches, Brian Schmetzer's Seattle Sounders FC have slotted home 10 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 1.67.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 02/07/2023 tells us that Houston Dynamo have won 0 of them & Seattle Sounders FC 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 4.

A combined total of 8 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for Orange Crush and 5 netted by The Sounders. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.33.

The last league encounter between the two was MLS match day 8 on 23/03/2025 when it ended Seattle Sounders FC 0-0 Houston Dynamo.

That day, Seattle Sounders FC had 55% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Houston Dynamo had 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Allen Chapman.

📋 Team News: Houston Dynamo

Duane Holmes (Leg injury), Jimmy Maurer (unknown injury), Andrew Tarbell (Cruciate ligament tear), Nelson Quiñónes (Knee injury) and Lawrence Ennali (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for Houston Dynamo manager Ben Olsen.

In our view, Orange Crush could use a 4-3-3 system for the game, handing starts to Jonathan Bond, Griffin Dorsey, Ethan Bartlow, Femi Awodesu, Daniel Steres, Nicolas Lodeiro, Artur, Junior Urso, Erik Dueñas, Gabriel Segal and Sebastian Kowalczyk.

📋 Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Seattle Sounders FC gaffer Brian Schmetzer to be concerned about. Paul Arriola (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

We are inclined to think that The Sounders will likely make use of a 4-5-1 system by sending out Stefan Frei, Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gomez, Kee-Hee Kim, Nouhou Tolo, Pedro De la Vega, Cristian Roldan, Obed Vargas, Albert Rusnák, Paul Rothrock and Danny Musovski.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Seattle Sounders FC and Houston Dynamo might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline at full-time.

Andre Moura, 00:03 11/05/2025