Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at PNC Stadium.
- Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
- Colorado Rapids SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allen Chapman
- Assistant 1 Jeremy Hanson
- Assistant 2 Matt Trotter (USA)
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W 26 Apr Austin FC A 0–2 L 23 Apr San Diego FC H 1–0 W 18 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–0 W 12 Apr Colorado Rapids SC A 2–6 L 05 Apr Seattle Sounders FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Houston Dynamo A 0–1 L 26 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–3 L 23 Apr Los Angeles FC A 0–0 D 18 Apr Internacional CF Miami H 2–3 L 12 Apr Houston Dynamo H 6–2 W 04 Apr Toronto FC A 2–3 L Season Stats
Houston Dynamo Colorado Rapids SC #22 Position #26 22 Points 16 14 Played 15 7 / 1 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 1 / 9 19 Scored 25 23 Conceded 24 -4 GD +1 1.57 PPG 1.07 50% Win % 33% Key Stats
68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season20% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this seasonHouston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Houston Dynamo0-15–/216-301/231-453/246-602/361-753/276+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededColorado Rapids SC0-153/216-302/331-451/346-604/–61-752/476+1/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Houston Dynamo is hosting Colorado Rapids SC for another epic battle.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 100% of all matches.
- 15' It’s high time Ben Olsen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Rafael Navarro scoring 2 goals.
- 25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 31' Felipe was booked on 31.
- 36' It looks like no one’s ball. Colorado Rapids SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 41' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 43' It’s gonna be a card for Hamzat Ojediran.
- 47' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alexis Castillo on 47.
- 52' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' A meaty challenge results in booking for Mateusz Bogusz on 56.
- 61' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Guilherme has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 63' That looks like a foul for a card for Lawrence Ennali.
- 66' Darren Yapi is having his name booked by the referee on 66.
- 71' Miguel Navarro has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 72' Lawrence Ennali puts Houston Dynamo on the lead.
- 77' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dante Sealy made 261 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 82' Colorado Rapids SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 82.
- 87' The travelling Colorado Rapids SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.
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Lineups
Houston Dynamo Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 3
- 31
- 10
- 18
- 6
- 20
- 19
- 8
- 11
- 36
- 34
Bench
- 14
- 16
- 30
- 9
- 21
- 17
- 24
- 26
Coach Ben OlsenColorado Rapids SC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6
- 1
- 12
- 9
- 7
- 29
- 77
- 33
- 8
- 22
- 11
Bench
- 4
- 2
- 10
- 99
- 24
- 93
- 27
- 41
- 26
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Diego Rubio 5 Mauro Manotas 4 Cole Bassett 4 Lalas Abubakar 3 Rafael Navarro 3 Amine Bassi 3 Djordje Mihailovic 2 Christian Ramirez 2 Head to Head
Houston Dynamo Form
Colorado Rapids SC Form
2026-05-03 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-04-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-04-23 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2026-04-18 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L 2026-04-12 Colorado Rapids SC 6–2 Houston Dynamo W 2026-04-04 Toronto FC 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.5 Houston Dynamo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.36 Colorado Rapids SC xGI would bet for: Houston Dynamo or Colorado Rapids SC 74% + Both teams to score 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Houston Dynamo winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.86Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 54% 46% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
Houston Dynamo or Draw 70%Draw or Colorado Rapids SC 56%Houston Dynamo or Colorado Rapids SC 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.6%2 – 1 8.4%1 – 2 7.6%1 – 0 Actual0 – 0 7.5%0 – 1 6.8%2 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 5.8%0 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.2%1 – 3 3.5%3 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo
Handicap Houston Dynamo covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 20% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 18% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet 26% ✗Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.