HOUSTON. Houston Dynamo was capable to turn the tables against Austin to win 2-1. It was Austin to strike first with a goal of Gyasi Zardes at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Iván Franco gave the win to Houston Dynamo in the 88′ minute.
The match was played at the BBVA Compass Stadium stadium in Houston on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ted Unkel with the support of Ryan Graves and Nicholas Balcer. The 4th official was Meghan Mullen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.3 degrees Celsius or 79.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 15 Total 11
- 6 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 112 Attack 97
- 50 Dangerous attack 34
- 83 Ball safe 70
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Houston Dynamo was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Austin that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Houston Dynamo was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Houston Dynamo won the match.
Houston Dynamo shot 15 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Austin shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Houston Dynamo received 2 yellow cards (Nelson Quiñónes and Micael). Talking about the opposition, Austin received 1 yellow card (Julio Cascante).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this encounter, Houston Dynamo will have 18 points to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, Austin will stay with 16 points like Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Houston Dynamo will play away with Portland Timbers on the 20th of October with a 10-6 head to head in favor of Portland Timbers (8 draws).
Austin will play away agasint SJ Earthquakes on the 20th of October with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of SJ Earthquakes (4 draws).
Houston Dynamo and Austin will play the return match on the at the Al Saqr Stadium
Houston Dynamo – Formation
Houston Dynamo
90'
37'
65'
Houston Dynamo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ben Olsen decided to play with the following team: Steve Clark , Franco Escobar , Daniel Steres , Ethan Bartlow , Micael , Adalberto Carrasquilla , Artur , Héctor Herrera , Amine Bassi , Ibrahim Aliyu and Corey Baird .
The home team had on the bench: Erik Sviatchenko, Chase Gasper, Nelson Quiñones , Luis Caicedo, Þorleifur Úlfarsson , Iván Franco, Sebastián Ferreira, Andrew Tarbell and Bradley Smith.
Substitutions
Houston Dynamo made 3 changes: Corey Baird for Nelson Quiñones (65′), Ibrahim Aliyu for Þorleifur Úlfarsson (70′) and Amine Bassi for Ivan Franco (81′).
Best player: Héctor Herrera
The most impressive player for Houston Dynamo was Héctor Herrera.
His rating is with 1 goal, 54 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.
Austin – Formation
Austin
Austin started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Josh Wolff played with: Brad Stuver , Nick Lima , Julio Cascante , Alexander Ring , Héctor Jimenez , Sofiane Djeffal , Daniel Pereira Gil , Adam Lundqvist , Ethan Finlay , Gyasi Zardes and Emiliano Rigoni .
These were the players on the bench: Jon Gallagher , Maximiliano Urruti , Kipp Keller, Diego Fagúndez , Aleksandar Radovanović , Will Bruin, Jhojan Valencia , Rodney Redes and Matt Bersano.
Austin could not rely on the presence of Jhojan Valencia (injured) and Aleksandar Radovanovic (injured).
Substitutions
Austin made 5 changes: Héctor Jimenez for Jon Gallagher (46′), Ethan Finlay for Diego Fagúndez (63′), Sofiane Djeffal for Jhojan Valencia (63′), Alexander Ring for Aleksandar Radovanović (63′) and Gyasi Zardes for Maximiliano Urruti (74′).
Best player: Nick Lima
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Austin was Nick Lima.
His rating is with 49 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Sporting KC – Portland Timbers – 4-1
- Seattle Sounders – New York RB – 1-0
- SJ Earthquakes – Dallas – 1-1
- LA Galaxy – Charlotte – 0-1
- Colorado Rapids – Cincinnati – 0-1
- Saint Louis City – Vancouver Whitecaps – 3-1
- Minnesota United – Real Salt Lake – 1-1
- Houston Dynamo – Austin – 2-1
