The home side won all three meetings between Houston and Austin, with the Dynamo winning their lone home meeting with Austin, 3-0, at PNC Stadium in September. Houston is unbeaten in its last nine home Texas derbies dating back to the start of the 2017 season (W4 D5).
Houston conceded in the 87th and 93rd minutes in a 2-1 loss to FC Dallas on Saturday, the first time in almost four years that the Dynamo have lost a match it led in the 85th minute or later, last doing so against Real Salt Lake in August 2018.
Austin FC has won three consecutive matches for the first time in club history following a 3-0 win over the Whitecaps on Saturday. Austin has scored 20 goals already this season, equaling its total through the end of August last season.
Fafà Picault scored three of Houston’s six goals against Austin FC last season. Picault, who played for Dallas in 2020 before moving to the Dynamo in 2021, has scored eight goals in 10 Texas derbies in his MLS career.
With a goal and an assist on Saturday, Sebastián Driussi has taken his season tallies to a joint-league high six goals and three assists, which is tied for eighth in the league. Driussi’s nine goal contributions this season are two more than any other MLS player in 2022.
