Two sides at the bottom half of the MLS Western Conference will lock horns this weekend when Houston Dynamo plays host to Sporting Kansas City at PNC Stadium. Match day schedules for September 11 at 03:30 EAT.
With only five games to play and 13 points adrift of the top seven, Houston Dynamo are effectively out of the playoff picture, but they will be looking to move off the bottom of the table before the end of the regular season. After losing 16 of their 29 MLS games this season, Houston decided to relieve Paul Nagamura from his duties as head coach. Coming into this game, Houston Dynamo won only one of their last six matches.
Houston Dynamo prepares for this fixture of the back of 2-1 MLS loss to Seattle Sounders FC in their previous match. In that game, Houston Dynamo managed 37% possession, four shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Daniel Steres (26′). Seattle Sounders FC got 20 shots with four of them on target and goals by Nouhou Tolo (59′) and Fredy Montero (76′).
Sporting Kansas City on the other side is only one point better off than their hosts, and as a result they are also set to miss out on the playoffs. Although a place in the top seven is seemingly out of the question, the visitors will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to four games on Saturday. Coming into this game, Kansas City lost only one of their last six matches.
Sporting Kansas City shred the spoils 2-2 with Los Angeles Galaxy in their most recent fixture. In that game, Sporting Kansas City had 40% possession, 15 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Johnny Russell (67′) and Felipe Hernández (76′). Los Angeles Galaxy got 11 with five of them on target and goals by Javier Hernández (4′, 88′).
Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City head to head
Since 2003 these two sides have had 67 head to head encounters; Houston Dynamo claims 25 victories, Sporting Kansas City 23 2ins while 19 matches ended in stalemates.
- Kansas City 2-1 Houston 26/05/22
- Kansas City 1-0 Houston 05/03/22
- Kansas City 4-2 Houston 03/10/21
- Kansas City 3-2 Houston 30/05/21
- Houston 1-0 Kansas City 13/05/21
Home
- Seattle 2-1 Houston
- Houston 2-1 Los Angeles
- Minnesota 2-1 Houston
- Colorado 1-1 Houston
- Houston 2-3 Montreal
Away
- LA Galaxy 2-2 Kansas City
- Kansas City 1-0 San Jose
- Kansas City 4-1 Portland
- Austin 4-3 Kansas City
- Kansas City 4-2 LA Galaxy
Houston Dynamo team news
The home side will take to the pitch with a fully fit squad.
Sporting Kansas City team news
As for the visitors, Pulido and Gadi Kinda are out of contention for this game as they recover from injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Sporting Kansas City Win
- Draw
- Double Chance 1 or 2
