The Rapids took seven points against FC Dallas last season, keeping clean sheets in all of them, including winning each of the last two. Colorado has not won three straight matches against Dallas since 2000-01, which was also the last time they had kept three straight clean sheets against them prior to this run.
FC Dallas has allowed just three goals in its first five matches this season, equaling its second-best defensive start to a campaign. Dallas allowed just two goals through five matches in the 1999 season.
Colorado is unbeaten in four straight matches (W2 D2) after losing its season opener at Los Angeles FC. The Rapids have allowed just two goals over the four-game unbeaten run after conceding three to LAFC to start the campaign.
FC Dallas attempted just five shots against the Fire on Saturday, hitting only one on target. Dallas hasn’t attempted fewer shots in an MLS match in three years, since taking just three against the Union in April 2019.
Lalas Abubakar, who scored the Rapids’ lone goal against Real Salt Lake on Saturday, will make his 100th MLS regular season appearance in his next match. The Rapids concede less goals per game on average when Abubakar starts (1.3) than when he doesn’t (1.8) and collect more points per game on average when he starts (1.7) than when he doesn’t (1.2).
