The home side has not lost any of the last 16 meetings between the Dynamo and FC Dallas (W8 D8), with Dallas the last away side to win in the rivalry (3-1 in August 2016). The Dynamo won the last meeting between the sides in Houston (3-2 in September 2021) but haven’t won consecutive home matches against Dallas since winning the first five meetings there in 2006-07 (incl. playoffs).
Houston has lost eight of its last 11 matches (W3) including the last two in a row, a run that began with a 2-1 loss to Dallas on April 23. The Dynamo have kept a clean sheet in all three wins in that time, and lost every time they’ve conceded a goal.
FC Dallas has won only one of its last seven matches (D2 L4) following a 1-1 draw against Inter Miami on Monday. Dallas has allowed 13 goals in those seven games after conceding an MLS-low eight goals after 11 matches this season.
The Dynamo are the most cautioned team in MLS, seeing a league-high 55 yellow cards, averaging 3.1 per match. Ten different Dynamo players have already received at least three yellow cards.
Alan Velasco scored FC Dallas’ lone goal on Monday on a direct-free kick, the league-leading third direct free-kick goal for Dallas this season and the second by Velasco (J. Ferreira – 1). The three direct free-kick goals this season are the most in a single season for Dallas since scoring four of them in 2014.
