The Los Angeles Football Club have lost only one of its 10 all-time MLS matches against the Houston Dynamo FC (W5 D4, though that defeat came came in Los Angeles Football Club’s last visit to Shell Energy Stadium, a 2-1 loss last August. Both teams have scored in all 10 regular season meetings between the sides.
The Houston Dynamo FC have won five of their first seven home matches this season (D1 L1), allowing only two goals in those games. Only two teams in MLS history, Chivas USA in 2007 and Toronto FC in 2008, have allowed two goals in their first eight home matches of a season.
Los Angeles Football Club has won only three of its last 12 matches in all competitions, including going four in a row without a win (D1 L3) for the first time since September-October 2021. Los Angeles Football Club has also failed to score in consecutive matches for just the second time in club history (September 2020).
Two of the three goals Houston Dynamo FC conceded against St. Louis City SC on Saturday came from the penalty spot, the third time since late September last year that the Houston Dynamo FC have allowed two penalty goals in a match (including vs Los Angeles Football Club last September), something the rest of MLS has done twice combined in that time.
Denis Bouanga has scored in each of his last three regular-season away matches, the second player with a three-match road scoring streak in MLS this season (G. Giakoumakis). The only Los Angeles Football Club player to score in four straight MLS away matches is Carlos Vela, who did so most recently in April-June 2019.
