The Major League Soccer returns to the fold this weekend as FC Dallas welcome Houston Dynamo to Toyota Stadium in the eighth round of the competition. Match day schedules for 23rd April 2022 at 22:00 EAT.
FC Dallas is placed fourth on the table with 13 points from their matches. The team who had ended in the bottom half of the western conference table last season will work their best to not repeat their history. Dallas will aim for a fourth league win of the campaign with the chance to move into the top three of the MLS Western Conference. They are unbeaten in the last five matches and have lost in only one of the matches so far.
Burn will be looking for another win following 2-1 Open Cup victory over FC Tulsa. In that match, FC Dallas had 56% possession, 14 shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Franco Jara (32’P) and Jader Obrian (55’). FC Tulsa got eight shots with four of them on target and a goal by Bradley Bourgeois (42’).
Meanwhile, Houston Dyanamo occupies in the fifth place with 12 points in the table. Houston Dynamo has put themselves in the upper half of the western conference table after being unbeaten in the last five matches. They have already secured three wins in the matches, which is half the number of wins they had from the 30 matches last season.
Dynamo gets into this fixture off the back 2-1 Open Cup win to beat Rio Grande Valley Toros in their last outing. In that game, Dynamo had 47% possession, 12 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Frank Nodarse (9’OG) and Sam Juqua (90+3). Rio Grande Valley Toros got nine shots with three of them on target and a goal by Teenage Hadebe (48’OG).
Dallas vs Houston Dynamo head to head
These two sides have had 60 head to head encounters since 2003. Houston Dynamo claims 21 victories, 20 matches ended in draws and FC Dallas has won 19 times.
- Dallas 2-1 Houston 20/02/22
- Houston 3-2 Dallas 19/09/21
- Houston 2-2 Dallas 22/08/21
- Dallas 1-1 Houston 08/05/21
- Dallas 3-0 Houston 31/10/20
Home
- Dallas 2-1 Tulsa
- New York 0-0 Dallas
- Dallas 3-1 Colorado
- Chicago 0-0 Dallas
- Dallas 4-1 Portland
Away
- Houston 2-1 Rio Grande Valley
- Houston 0-0 Portland
- Houston 4-3 San Jose
- Miami 1-3 Houston
- Houston 1-1 Colorado
FC Dallas team news
Coach Nico Estévez has a fully fit squad ahead of this fixture.
Houston Dynamo team news
Houston Dynamo is without centre-back Teenage Hadebe, who will serve a suspension after he was sent off in their last league outing against Portland Timbers.
Prediction and odds
Both Dallas and Houston Dynamo are currently with twelve points in the Western Conference table and only one loss each this season. We think that Dallas has a better chance of winning, though because they haven’t lost a home game against Houston Dynamo since 2011.
- FC Dallas Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
