Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo Prediction

How each side arrives

Houston Dynamo have won 10 of their last 20 matches across all competitions, drawing 6 and losing 4, with 28 goals scored against 17 conceded. That's a healthy return, especially with a fair few of those games coming on the road.

Seattle Sounders: 20 completed matches; Houston Dynamo: 20 completed matches.

Seattle Sounders

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

31

Difference

-6

Houston Dynamo

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

18

Difference

+11

Seattle Sounders have had a rougher stretch, winning just 4 of their last 20 outings, drawing 6 and losing 10, with 24 goals for and 34 against. The samples include cup fixtures alongside league games, but the pattern still points to a side low on momentum.

Houston head into this one with the stronger recent record.

Comparative Team Statistics: Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo

A lopsided head-to-head

Look back through the recorded meetings between these two and Seattle have won the vast majority of them, going back to 2017. Houston have managed just a single outright win in that stretch, with a handful of draws scattered in between.

That history stretches across nearly a decade and plenty of squad turnover, so it says more about a long-running pattern than about either team's current level. Still, it's a stark contrast with how the sides currently sit in the table.

Where they sit in the table

Houston Dynamo are 4th with 44 points from 27 games, sitting well clear of mid-table. Seattle Sounders are down in 9th on 35 points from 26 games, with more losses than wins across their campaign.

That's a meaningful gap in league position, and it lines up with the form numbers rather than the historical head-to-head record.

The current table backs up Houston's better recent form.

Injury and personnel notes

Guilherme has been Houston's standout attacking presence, with 14 goals and 6 assists this season. Felipe Andrade is listed as questionable with a thigh injury, and N. Quinones has a lower-body issue also marked questionable.

Seattle Sounders:

Best assist providers:

A. Rusnák - 9

Penalty cards:

P. Kingston x 7

Injury list:

Kim Kee-Hee

G. Minoungou

P. Rothrock

Houston Dynamo:

Best scorers:

Guilherme - 14

Best assist providers:

Guilherme - 6

Penalty cards:

A. Bouzat x 1 x 3

Felipe Andrade x 8

Injury list:

Felipe Andrade

N. Quinones

For Seattle, A. Rusnák leads the way creatively with 9 assists. Kim Kee-Hee (calf), G. Minoungou (foot) and P. Rothrock (foot) are all listed as questionable, which is a few more fitness question marks than Houston are carrying.

Seattle have more names on the fitness list heading into this one, though none are confirmed absentees.