📊 Form Guide

Austin FC

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Austin FC will be hoping to bounce back here after a 5-1 MLS losing effort in their last game against San Jose Earthquakes.

In that game, Austin FC had 31% possession and 5 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Austin FC was Joseph Rosales (9'). For their opponents, San Jose Earthquakes had 37 attempts at goal with 16 of them on target. Jack Jasinski (58'), Timo Werner (78'), Preston Judd (83', 88') and Ousseni Bouda (85') scored for San Jose Earthquakes.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Austin FC haven’t conceded. The facts show that Austin FC have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 11 goals in the process.

Houston Dynamo

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Houston Dynamo come into this match after a 1-0 MLS win in the defeat of San Diego FC in their most recent outing.

In that match, Houston Dynamo managed 29% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Houston Dynamo was Ibrahim Aliyu (35'). At the other end, San Diego FC had 9 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Proving their predisposition for action-packed encounters, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the previous six matches in which Houston Dynamo have played, giving a mean average of 3.83 goals per meeting. Opposing teams have hit 12 of these goals. While that may be of interest, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall continue on in this upcoming match or not.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 21/04/2024 tells us that Austin FC have won 3 of them & Houston Dynamo 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Austin and 6 belonging to Orange Crush. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was MLS match day 38 on 10/08/2025 when it ended Austin FC 2-2 Houston Dynamo.

In that match, Austin FC managed 48% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Sánchez (31') and Biro (41').

On the other side, Houston Dynamo got 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. Jack McGlynn (80', 89') was the scorer.

The referee was Alexis Da Silva.

ℹ️ Team News: Austin FC

It seems likely that Austin FC will possibly opt for a 4-4-2 system in the match featuring Brad Stuver, Jon Gallagher, Brendan Hines-Ike, Jon Bell, Guilherme Biro, Besard Sabovic, Nicolás Dubersarsky, Joseph Rosales, Jorge Alastuey, Facundo Torres and CJ Fodrey.

📋 Team News: Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo manager Ben Olsen has some current player fitness concerns. Nelson Quiñónes (Leg injury), Jack McGlynn (Leg injury) and Lucas Halter (Leg injury) are not ready for selection. Ondrej Lingr is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

From our viewpoint, Orange Crush seem most likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation, starting Jonathan Bond, Agustin Resch, Antônio Carlos, Franco Negri, Felipe Andrade, Agustin Bouzat, Diadié Samassékou, Ibrahim Aliyu, Mateusz Bogusz, Guilherme Augusto and Ezequiel Ponce.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Houston Dynamo have the capability to get a goal against this Austin FC team, but it possibly won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Austin FC by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s see what eventuates.

Peter Guest, 00:01 26/04/2026