FC Dallas vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

FC Dallas

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Houston Dynamo

Sat 8 May 2021 · 19:30 UTC Toyota Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Matheus Bressan 34' Y

Y 44' Memo Rodriguez

Y 44' Matias Vera

Y 45' Matias Vera

Y 46' Joe Corona

Jader Obrian 54' Y

Overview

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FC Dallas vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Toyota Stadium.

FC Dallas 34 games · 58 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 34 games · 51 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

FC Dallas 22 games · Avg 3.0 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-08 FC Dallas 1–1 Houston Dynamo 2020-10-31 FC Dallas 3–0 Houston Dynamo 2020-10-08 Houston Dynamo 2–0 FC Dallas 2020-09-13 FC Dallas 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2020-08-22 Houston Dynamo 0–0 FC Dallas

Recent Form

FC Dallas

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
02 May	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
24 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–3	L
18 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–0	D
02 Dec	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–1	L
23 Nov	Portland Timbers	A	1–1	D

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
01 May	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
25 Apr	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
17 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
08 Nov	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–2	L
31 Oct	FC Dallas	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

FC Dallas		Houston Dynamo
#17	Position	#20
58	Points	51
34	Played	34
16 / 10 / 8	W / D / L	14 / 9 / 11
62	Scored	43
51	Conceded	43
+11	GD	+0
1.71	PPG	1.50
47%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

73% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

38% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

FC Dallas are 17th (58 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (51 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Dallas

0-15

5/5

16-30

10/7

31-45

10/8

46-60

3/5

61-75

5/10

76+

17/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/3

16-30

6/7

31-45

9/4

46-60

6/4

61-75

6/4

76+

5/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Dallas

Petar Musa	22 G	5 A
Logan Farrington	10 G	4 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme	16 G	8 A
Mateusz Bogusz	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' FC Dallas have kicked off against Houston Dynamo. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' It looks surprising Houston Dynamo does not make any changes. Eddie Munjoma has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Dallas side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
20' Derrick Jones is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Dallas tonight.
25' Franco Daniel Jara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
30' It’s high time Tab Ramos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
34' Poor challenge from Matheus Bressan. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
34' Goal! Fafa Picault scores his 73 goal in 305 matches.
39' FC Dallas is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
42' Jader Obrian does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Dallas surge ahead!
44' Houston Dynamo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 44.
45' Matias Vera catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 45.
46' Houston Dynamo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 46.
51' Over 51 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
54' The referee calls foul for Jader Obrian. He receives a Yellow card.
57' The crowd applauds Freddy Vargas as he leaves the pitch. Paxton Pomykal steps in for FC Dallas.
62' Joe Corona is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Houston Dynamo so far.
66' Ricardo Pepi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Franco Daniel Jara at the 66 minute mark.
71' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
81' Jose Martinez, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
86' Andres Ricaurte has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 300 appearances.
It finishes all square. FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

FC Dallas Lineups

Starting XI

8
Bryan Acosta
12
Ryan Hollingshead
99
Phelipe Megiolaro
2
Eddie Munjoma
15
Tanner Tessmann
10
Andres Ricaurte
7
Jader Obrian
17
Freddy Vargas ↓ Paxton Pomykal 57'
4
Matheus Bressan
3
Jose Martinez
29
Franco Daniel Jara ↓ Ricardo Pepi 66'

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Petar Musa	4
Mauro Manotas	4
Fafa Picault	4
Jader Obrian	4
Michael Barrios	3
Jesus Ferreira	3
Franco Jara	2
Carlos Darwin Quintero	2

Head to Head

FC Dallas Form

2021-05-08 FC Dallas 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-05-02 FC Dallas 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2021-04-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 FC Dallas L 2021-04-18 FC Dallas 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2020-12-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 FC Dallas L 2020-11-23 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Dallas D

Houston Dynamo Form

2021-05-08 FC Dallas 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-05-01 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2021-04-25 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2021-04-17 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-11-08 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-10-31 FC Dallas 3–0 Houston Dynamo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.62 FC Dallas xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.97 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Dallas51% Draw27% Houston Dynamo22%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.59

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

FC Dallas or Draw

78%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

49%

FC Dallas or Houston Dynamo

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Dallas36% Draw47% Houston Dynamo17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

11.3%

2 – 0

9.7%

0 – 0

9.5%

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.4%

3 – 0

5.1%

3 – 1

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 2

3.4%

3 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Dallas

Handicap	FC Dallas covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	23%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.