Two sides without wins in their first fixtures of the new Major League Soccer regular season will face lock horns on Saturday as Houston Dynamo host Vancouver Whitecaps at PNC Stadium. Kickoffs at 02:30 EAT.
Things didn’t go well for Houston Dynamo last season. Their poor performance placed the team dead last in the Western Conference side. The team seems to continue on with their poor performance in this season as well. The team has not won in the two matches this season, taking their cold streak up to six matches.
Dynamo will be bidding for improved results following 1-0 MLS loss in their last match Sporting Kansas City. In that match, Houston Dynamo managed 42% possession and five shots with three of them on target. The opponents, Sporting Kansas City got shots with five of them on target and a goal by Walter (60′).
On the other hand, Vancouver Whitecaps also started the season with a cold streak. The team will look to get back in form and earn their position on the upper half of the league table. With two winless matches this season, their cold streak has stretched to five matches. Dating back to last year and including the playoffs, The Caps are winless in four successive road encounters, claiming victory in two fixtures away from home in 2021.
Vancouver Whitecaps shared spoils 0-0 in the MLS with New York City FC in their most recent game. In that match, Vancouver Whitecaps had 30% possession and 11 shots with only one of them on target. New York City FC got 19 shots with four of them on target.
Houston Dynamo vs Vancouver Whitecaps head to head
These two teams have had 21 head to head encounters since 2011. Vancouver Whitecaps has won nine times, Houston Dynamo seven wins and they have drawn five times.
- Houston 0-0 Vancouver 30/09/21
- Vancouver 0-0 Houston 21/07/21
- Houston 2-1 Vancouver 23/05/21
- Vancouver 2-1 Houston 15/09/19
- Houston 3-2 Vancouver 16/03/19
Home
- Kansas City 1-0 Houston
- Houston 0-0 Salt Lake
- Dallas 2-1 Houston
- Houston 2-1 Toronto
- Houston 0-4 Austin
Away
- Vancouver 0-0 New York City
- Columbus 4-0 Vancouver
- LA Galaxy 2-4 Vancouver
- San Diego Loyal SC 0-1 Vancouver
- New Mexico United 0-0 Vancouver
Houston Dynamo team news
Paulo Nagamura will not be able to call upon Griffin Dorsey who has been ruled out through injury.
Vancouver Whitecaps team news
The whitecaps will be without Caio Alexandre who is recovering from foot surgery.
Prediction and odds
Vancouver is in a struggling and hasn’t found a win in their last five league matches while Houston is similarly in a cold streak which has lasted for last six matches.
- Draw
- Double Chance 1/2
- Goals under 2.5
