📏 Form Guide

FC Dallas

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FC Dallas go into this match after a 1-1 MLS stalemate versus Real Salt Lake.

In that match, FC Dallas had 50% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Dallas was Anderson Julio (53'). Real Salt Lake had 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Diego Luna (24') was the scorer for Real Salt Lake.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that FC Dallas have shown defensive steel. The reality is that FC Dallas have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 11 goals during that time.

Houston Dynamo

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Houston Dynamo come into this match following a 2-0 MLS win as they beat Minnesota United in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Houston Dynamo managed 68% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Houston Dynamo, the scorers were Pablo Ortíz (45') and Felipe Andrade (77'). For their opponents, Minnesota United had 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

In the course of their six most recent matches, Ben Olsen's Houston Dynamo have seen their goal attempts be successful 9 times thus yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 10/07/2022 shows that FC Dallas have won 2 of these and Houston Dynamo 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 4.

A total of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them for Toros and 5 being from Orange Crush. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league encounter between these sides was MLS match day 1 on 23/02/2025 when it ended Houston Dynamo 1-2 FC Dallas.

In that game, Houston Dynamo managed 56% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Amine Bassi (18').

FC Dallas got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Petar Musa (55') and Anderson Julio (76') scored.

The match was refereed by Armando Villareal.

📰 Team News: FC Dallas

Sebastian Lletget (Hamstring injury), Marco Farfán (Muscle injury) and Geovane Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for FC Dallas manager Eric Quill.

We think that Toros will probably kick off with a 4-3-3 system this time and select Michael Collodi, Lalas Abubakar, Sebastien Ibeagha, Osaze Urhoghide, Nolan Norris, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Kaick, Show, Bernard Kamungo, Luciano Acosta and Anderson Julio.

📰 Team News: Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo manager Ben Olsen has multiple availability issues to deal with. Andrew Tarbell (Cruciate ligament tear), Lawrence Ennali (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nelson Quiñónes (Knee injury) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, Orange Crush appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Jonathan Bond, Griffin Dorsey, Ethan Bartlow, Pablo Ortiz, Franco Escobar, Artur, Junior Urso, Jack McGlynn, Amine Bassi, Ondrej Lingr and Ezequiel Ponce.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Houston Dynamo should have enough to score a goal against this FC Dallas lineup, but that isn’t expected to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 winning score for FC Dallas when all is said and done. We’ll have to see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 00:03 18/05/2025