Major League Soccer WON 2–1
Sun, Aug 23 · 02:30 · CITYPARK
St. Louis City Home
VS
Houston Dynamo Away
St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.20 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

St Louis City and Houston Set for Open Play

St. Louis City produce consistent attacking output at home while Houston Dynamo carry a similar goal threat in away fixtures. Their previous nine meetings have seen goals flow in the majority of cases. Both sides maintain forward momentum through midfield transitions that create regular shooting opportunities. Houston’s defensive organization has delivered some shutouts yet their road games still allow opponents space to build attacks. St. Louis City’s recent sequence mixes draws and wins with enough open periods to reach modest goal totals. Absences in both squads leave core attacking personnel available to influence the match.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.1% win rate
Result
2–1 WON

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.20 won — final score 2–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. S. Becher assist A. Matan 23'
  3. A. Matan 26'
  4. Second half
  5. Felipe Andrade ↓ M. Saracchi 46'
  6. I. Aliyu ↓ D. McGuire 57'
  7. H. Herrera ↓ D. Samassekou 57'
  8. M. Bogusz 58'
  9. A. Bouzat 58'
  10. C. Holse ↓ T. Ostrak 62'
  11. S. Becher 63'
  12. C. Holse 70'
  13. P. Ault ↓ S. Jeong 72'
  14. L. MacNaughton ↓ A. Matan 72'
  15. I. Aliyu 75'
  16. Lucas Halter 81'
  17. D. Polvara 85'
  18. F. Negri ↓ A. Bouzat 87'
  19. M. Perez ↓ S. Becher 90+2'
  20. D. Holmes ↓ L. Ennali 90+3'
  21. T. Totland 90+8'
This season
St. Louis City Houston Dynamo
Over 2.5 goals 40% 35%
Clean sheet 15% 45%
Failed to score 20% 20%
Scored per game 1.4 1.5
Conceded per game 1.3 1.2
Scored home / away 1.8 / 1.1 1.3 / 1.6

Across 20 and 20 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 HOU Houston Dynamo ▲ 20 12 2 6 38
2 VAN Vancouver Whitecaps 19 11 4 4 37
3 LOS Los Angeles FC 21 10 4 7 34
4 SAN San Jose Earthquakes 20 10 3 7 33
5 FCD FC Dallas 20 9 6 5 33
6 STL St. Louis City ▲ 20 8 6 6 30
7 COL Colorado Rapids 20 9 1 10 28
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
St. Louis City WWDWD
W @ Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 Jul 23
W vs Colorado Rapids 1–0 Jul 26
D vs Real Salt Lake 1–1 Aug 2
W @ San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Aug 16
D @ Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Aug 20
Houston Dynamo WWWWW
W vs Austin 3–0 Jul 26
W @ Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Aug 2
W @ New England Revolution 2–0 Aug 8
W vs Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Aug 16
W @ Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Aug 20
Goals trend · last 5 matches
St. Louis City
Scored 1.8 avg
3 1 1 3 1
Conceded 0.8 avg
1 0 1 1 1
Houston Dynamo
Scored 1.8 avg
3 2 2 1 1
Conceded 0.0 avg
0 0 0 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 St. Louis City
3 Draws
3 Houston Dynamo
May 2026 St. Louis City 2–2 Houston Dynamo Draw
Aug 2025 St. Louis City 2–3 Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo
Jun 2025 Houston Dynamo 1–0 St. Louis City Houston Dynamo
Oct 2024 St. Louis City 3–0 Houston Dynamo St. Louis City
May 2024 Houston Dynamo 0–0 St. Louis City Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 9 meetings.

Team news · injuries & suspensions
St. Louis City
  • OUT Celio Pompeu Knee Injury
  • OUT C. Durkin Yellow Cards
  • OUT K. Hiebert Hip Injury
  • DOUBT B. McSorley Ankle Injury
  • OUT Celio Pompeu Knee Injury
  • OUT C. Durkin Yellow Cards
  • OUT K. Hiebert Hip Injury
  • DOUBT B. McSorley Ankle Injury
Houston Dynamo
  • OUT J. Maurer Concussion
  • DOUBT Arthur Sousa Injury
  • DOUBT Felipe Andrade Lower-Body Injury
  • DOUBT V. Silva Injury
  • OUT J. Maurer Concussion
  • DOUBT Arthur Sousa Injury
  • DOUBT Felipe Andrade Lower-Body Injury
  • DOUBT V. Silva Injury