Written by Michael Thervil
This past Saturday’s game between the Houston Dynamo vs. the Real Salt Lake FC was reported to be a monumental example of what the Houston Dynamo’s can achieve on the pitch. With the Houston Dynamo’s scoring 4 goals to Real Salt Lake FC’s1; this game is one to be etched into the MLS history books of all time. Without further ado, let’s get into the stats of the game.
The Houston Dynamo took a total of 16 shots to Real Salt Lake’s 15 which resulted in the Houston Dynamo’s placing 8 shots on target to Real Salt Lake’s 6 shots on target. As usual the Houston Dynamo’s maintained possession of the ball on the pitch the majority of the time during their games. In this game the Houston Dynamo’s-maintained possession of the ball 58% of the time. In contrast, Real Salt Lake FC had a ball possession percentage of 42%.
Another area in which the Houston Dynamo’s led was when it came to ball passes in which they had a sum total of 570 completed passes to Real Salt Lake’s 417 successful ball passes. Even though Salt Lake accomplished 417 passes during the game, they achieved a pass accuracy of 84%. But even with a pass accuracy of 84%, Real Salt Lake FC still fell behind the Houston Dynamo’s who had a slightly better pass accuracy rate of 86%. Not a significant difference, but it’s still a difference that should be noted.
When it came to racking up fouls, the Houston Dynamo’s also led in these statistics with getting 12 fouls to Real Salt Lake FC’s 7. With both teams racking a significant number of fouls, it’s safe to call this game an “aggressive” game with both teams playing hard on the pitch. In terms of yellow cards, the Houston Dynamo’s acquired 2 to Real Salt Lake FC’s 3. There were no red cards issued. Both teams tied when it came to getting corners.
The next Houston Dynamo game will be held in Austin Texas at the Q2 stadium against the Austin FC. Currently the win probability of the match is leaning towards a 40% chance of Austin winning over the Houston Dynamo’s, who have a win probability of 33% with a draw probability of 27%.
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