Sunday , 16 August 2026

Houston Dynamo vs FC Dallas, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Houston Dynamo
0 – 0
Full Time
FC Dallas
Sat 22 Aug 2020 · 00:00 UTC BBVA Compass Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'
Y 42' Jesus Ferreira
Memo Rodriguez 45' Y
Maynor Figueroa 82' Y
Y 85' Thiago Santos

Overview

Match Preview

Houston Dynamo vs FC Dallas — MLS at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Adam Garner
  • Referee R. Mendoza
  • Referee Chris Elliott
  • Referee
4 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

4
9
8
Houston Dynamo 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals FC Dallas
Last 5 meetings
2020-08-22 Houston Dynamo 0–0 FC Dallas 2019-08-26 FC Dallas 5–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-05-04 Houston Dynamo 2–1 FC Dallas 2018-09-02 FC Dallas 4–2 Houston Dynamo 2018-08-24 Houston Dynamo 1–1 FC Dallas

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Aug FC Dallas H 0–0 D
24 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D
19 Jul Portland Timbers A 1–2 L
14 Jul Los Angeles FC A 3–3 D
08 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 0–4 L
29 Feb Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 D
FC Dallas
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Aug Houston Dynamo A 0–0 D
17 Aug Nashville SC H 0–0 D
13 Aug Nashville SC H 0–1 L
07 Mar Montreal Impact FC H 2–2 D
29 Feb Philadelphia Union H 2–0 W
19 Oct Seattle Sounders FC A 3–4 L

Season Stats

Houston Dynamo FC Dallas
#19 Position #20
32 Points 27
18 Played 18
10 / 2 / 6 W / D / L 7 / 6 / 5
27 Scored 32
24 Conceded 25
+3 GD +7
1.78 PPG 1.50
56% Win % 39%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)
52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season
22% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts). FC Dallas are 20th (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Houston Dynamo
0-15
1/2
16-30
3/2
31-45
5/2
46-60
3/3
61-75
4/2
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Dallas
0-15
4/2
16-30
3/4
31-45
5/3
46-60
3/1
61-75
–/3
76+
5/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Houston Dynamo
Guilherme 8 G 4 A
FC Dallas
Petar Musa 13 G 2 A
Logan Farrington 6 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to BBVA Compass Stadium that hosts another battle between Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas.
  • 5' Zarek Valentin, a Puerto Rico , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Houston Dynamo must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 15' A quiet spell here at BBVA Compass Stadium. Houston Dynamo seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Luchi Gonzalez might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 25' Houston Dynamo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
  • 30' Ricardo Pepi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Dallas so far.
  • 35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 40' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 42' Poor challenge from Jesus Ferreira. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 45' It’s a booking for Houston Dynamo player. Memo Rodriguez gets a Yellow card.
  • 50' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 55' 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.
  • 60' FC Dallas has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 63' A tactical swap from FC Dallas — Fafa Picault on, Jesus Ferreira off on 63 minutes.
  • 68' Alberth Elis needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 4 Red cards this season.
  • 69' The crowd applauds Michael Barrios as he leaves the pitch. Paxton Pomykal steps in for FC Dallas.
  • 74' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 79' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Dallas winning 100% of all matches.
  • 82' It’s a booking for Houston Dynamo player. Maynor Figueroa gets a Yellow card.
  • 83' Fresh legs for Houston Dynamo! Tomas Martinez comes on to replace Christian Ramirez.
  • 85' It’s a booking for FC Dallas player. Thiago Santos gets a Yellow card.
  • 89' The FC Dallas bench stirs into life. Franco Jara is withdrawn and Ricardo Pepi gets his opportunity.
  • The final score is 0-0.

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

FC Dallas Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jader Obrian 4
Mauro Manotas 4
Fafa Picault 4
Michael Barrios 3
Jesus Ferreira 3
Petar Musa 3
Mauro Manotas 2
Thor Ulfarsson 2

Head to Head

2020-08-22 Houston Dynamo 0–0 FC Dallas 2019-08-26 FC Dallas 5–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-05-04 Houston Dynamo 2–1 FC Dallas 2018-09-02 FC Dallas 4–2 Houston Dynamo 2018-08-24 Houston Dynamo 1–1 FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo Form

2020-08-22 Houston Dynamo 0–0 FC Dallas D 2020-07-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2020-07-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2020-07-14 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2020-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Houston Dynamo L 2020-02-29 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D

FC Dallas Form

2020-08-22 Houston Dynamo 0–0 FC Dallas D 2020-08-17 FC Dallas 0–0 Nashville SC D 2020-08-13 FC Dallas 0–1 Nashville SC L 2020-03-07 FC Dallas 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D 2020-02-29 FC Dallas 2–0 Philadelphia Union W 2019-10-19 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 FC Dallas L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.24 Houston Dynamo xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.35 FC Dallas xG
I would bet for: Houston Dynamo or FC Dallas 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Houston Dynamo36% Draw29% FC Dallas35%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.59
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Houston Dynamo or Draw
65%
Draw or FC Dallas
64%
Houston Dynamo or FC Dallas
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Houston Dynamo24% Draw48% FC Dallas28%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.5%
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
9.1%
1 – 0
8.2%
1 – 2
8.2%
2 – 1
7.5%
0 – 2
6.7%
2 – 0
5.6%
2 – 2
5.1%
1 – 3
3.7%
3 – 1
3.1%
0 – 3
3%

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Handicap Houston Dynamo covers Push FC Dallas covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 10% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 18% 67%
-0.5 33% — 67%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 20% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
FC Dallas keeps clean sheet
30% ✗

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