FRISCO. Dallas beats Houston Dynamo with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Musa (55′) and a goal from S. Ibeagha (80′). Dallas made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Toyota Stadium stadium in Frisco on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Lukasz Szpala with the assistance of Chris Elliott and Brooke Mayo. The 4th official was Mathew Corrigan. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.5 degrees Celsius or 72.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Dallas had a superior ball possession 56% while Houston Dynamo was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dallas was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Dallas won the match​.

Dallas shot 25 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Houston Dynamo shot 2 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Dallas received 4 yellow cards (Bernard Kamungo, Nicolás Estévez Martínez, Petar Musa and Asier Illarramendi). Regarding the opposition, Houston Dynamo received 3 yellow cards (, Micael and Orrin McKinze Gaines II.).

Also, Houston Dynamo didn’t end the match with 11 players after Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (5′).

Standings

After this contest, Dallas has 8 points to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Houston Dynamo will stays with 13 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

Dallas – Formation

Dallas started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Nicolás Estévez Martínez decided to play with the following team: M. Paes (6.8), Sebastien Ibeagha (7.8), Nkosi Tafari (7.5), Sam Junqua (7.5), Ema Twumasi (7.5), Liam Fraser (7.3), Asier Illarramendi (7.9), Marco Farfán (7.1), Paul Arriola  (7.3), Patrickson Delgado (7.9) and Petar Musa (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jimmy Maurer, Mikolaj Luczak, J. Ferreira (6.7), Carl Sainté, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Logan Farrington, Tsiki Ntsabeleng (6.7), Dante Sealy, Bernard Kamungo (6.7) and Eugene Ansah.

Substitutions

Dallas made 5 changes: Patrickson Delgado for H. Herrera (67′), Marco Farfán for Bernard Kamungo (46′), Paul Arriola  for Tsiki Ntsabeleng (82′), Petar Musa for Logan Farrington (90′) and Asier Illarramendi for Carl Sainté (90′).

Player of the match: Patrickson Delgado​

The most impressive player for Dallas was Patrickson Delgado even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 22 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 8 crosses.

Houston Dynamo – Formation

Houston Dynamo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ben Olsen played with: Steve Clark (7.1), Griffin Dorsey (3.1), Ethan Bartlow (7.0), Micael (7.0), Franco Escobar (6.8), Artur (7.1), A. Carrasquilla (6.4), Latif Blessing (6.8), Amine Bassi (7.1), Ibrahim Aliyu (6.4) and Sebastian Kowalczyk (6.8).

They had on the bench: Brad Smith (6.4), Daniel Steres (6.6), Andrew Tarbell, Orrin McKinze Gaines II. (6.3), Gabriel Segal, Ján Greguš, Tate Schmitt, Erik Sviatchenko (6.4) and H. Herrera (6.4).

Substitutions

Houston Dynamo made 5 changes: Latif Blessing for Daniel Steres (19′), Amine Bassi for Brad Smith (46′), Franco Escobar for J. Ferreira (66′), Sebastian Kowalczyk for Orrin McKinze Gaines II. (84′) and Micael for Erik Sviatchenko (84′).

Player of the match: Artur​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Houston Dynamo was Artur.

His rating is 7.1 with 62 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Chicago Fire – Atlanta United – 0-0
• Dallas – Houston Dynamo – 2-0
• Minnesota United – Sporting KC – 2-1
• Nashville SC – SJ Earthquakes – 1-1
• Los Angeles FC – Portland Timbers – 3-2