HOUSTON. Austin snatched a late win Houston Dynamo 1-0 after E. Rigoni scored just 1 goal (86′). Houston Dynamo was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Shell Energy Stadium stadium in Houston on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 20,115 spectators. The referee was Rubiel Vazquez who had the assistance of Katie Nesbitt and Walter Heatherly. The 4th official was Gerald Flores. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.53 degrees Celsius or 59.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 17 Total 7
- 6 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 0
- 132 Attack 72
- 72 Dangerous attack 29
- 90 Ball safe 72
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 16 Total 11
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Houston Dynamo had a superior ball possession 67% while Austin was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Houston Dynamo was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Austin found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Houston Dynamo shot 17 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Austin shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Houston Dynamo received 4 yellow cards (Sebastián Ferreira, Artur, A. Carrasquilla and Sebastian Kowalczyk). On the other side, Austin received 2 yellow cards (Gyasi Zardes and Sebastián Driussi ).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this encounter, Houston Dynamo stays with 13 points to go up in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Austin will has 12 points like St. Louis City and Los Angeles FC to climb in the 9th place.
Next matches
Houston Dynamo – Formation
Houston Dynamo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ben Olsen decided to play with the following team: Steve Clark , Griffin Dorsey , Ethan Bartlow , Micael , Daniel Steres , A. Carrasquilla , Artur , Amine Bassi , Latif Blessing , Sebastian Kowalczyk and Ibrahim Aliyu .
The home team had on the bench: Brad Smith, Sebastián Ferreira , Andrew Tarbell, H. Herrera , Gabriel Segal, Tate Schmitt , K. Sargeant, B. Raines and Ján Greguš.
Substitutions
Houston Dynamo made 3 changes: Latif Blessing for H. Herrera (62′), Sebastian Kowalczyk for Sebastián Ferreira (71′) and Griffin Dorsey for Tate Schmitt (83′).
Player of the match: Artur
The most impressive player for Houston Dynamo was Artur.
His rating is with 73 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13.
Austin – Formation
Austin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Josh Wolff played with: Brad Stuver , J. Gallagher , Matt Hedges , Brendan Hines-Ike , Guilherme Biro , Alexander Ring , Daniel Pereira , Ethan Finlay , Sebastián Driussi , Jáder Obrian and Diego Rubio .
These were the players on the bench: Jhojan Valencia , Emiliano Rigoni , Gyasi Zardes , Héctor Jiménez, C. Fodrey , Zan Kolmanic and Stefan Cleveland.
Substitutions
Austin made 4 changes: Ethan Finlay for Emiliano Rigoni (72′), Jáder Obrian for Calvin Fodrey (71′), Diego Rubio for Gyasi Zardes (75′) and Daniel Pereira for Jhojan Valencia (85′).
Player of the match: Brad Stuver
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Austin was the goalkeeper: Brad Stuver. His rating is 8.57. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Chicago Fire – Real Salt Lake – 0-4
- Houston Dynamo – Austin – 0-1
- Sporting KC – St. Louis City – 3-3
- Colorado Rapids – Dallas – 2-1
- Los Angeles FC – New York RB – 2-2
- Seattle Sounders – Vancouver Whitecaps – 0-2
- Charlotte – Minnesota United – 0-3