Matchday

MLS 2026 · 23 Aug 2026

St.Louis City 2–1 Houston Dynamo

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.6
Actual xG
1.2 – 1.2
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made St.Louis City favourites at 58%.

St.Louis City won a close one on the chances: 1.2 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Roman Bürki, 53.5 in 99′.

Well below it: Jonathan Bond −11.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

St.Louis City

20 Aug 2026D 1–1at Sporting Kansas City MLS
16 Aug 2026W 3–1at San Jose Earthquakes MLS
2 Aug 2026D 1–1v Real Salt Lake MLS
26 Jul 2026W 1–0v Colorado Rapids MLS
23 Jul 2026W 3–1at LA Galaxy MLS

Houston Dynamo

20 Aug 2026W 1–0at Vancouver Whitecaps MLS
16 Aug 2026W 1–0v LA Galaxy MLS
8 Aug 2026W 2–0at New England Revolution MLS
2 Aug 2026W 2–0at Sporting Kansas City MLS
26 Jul 2026W 3–0v Austin FC MLS

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

St.Louis City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Roman Bürki Goalkeeper9900–53.5+5.2
Miguel Perez Midfielder700–48.0–
Timo Baumgartl Defender9900–45.3+2.2
Dante Polvara Defender99100.4044.9+2.8
Alexandru Mățan Midfielder7201–43.6–
Daniel Edelman Midfielder99000.0243.0+1.6
Lukas MacNaughton Defender2700–42.8–
Conrad Wallem Midfielder9900–42.5+3.5
Jaziel Orozco Defender9900–42.5−2.0
Jeong Sang-bin Forward72000.0341.8+0.7
Simon Becher Forward92100.1041.6+1.0
Carlo Holse Midfielder37000.4140.7–
Tomas Totland Midfielder9900–39.4+0.5
Tomáš Ostrák Midfielder62000.2332.5–

Houston Dynamo

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ibrahim Aliyu Forward42100.5666.1–
Artur Midfielder99000.0949.5+3.9
Héctor Herrera Midfielder4200–48.9–
Diadié Samassékou Midfielder5700–46.8+5.7
Jack McGlynn Midfielder99000.0546.3−0.5
Agustin Resch Defender99000.0246.0+0.3
Lawrence Ennali Midfielder9200–44.1+1.3
Mateusz Bogusz Forward99000.3443.7−0.1
Lucas Halter Defender9900–42.8+1.4
Marcelo Saracchi Defender45000.0942.8−1.4
Agustín Bouzat Midfielder87000.0742.0+3.8
Jonathan Bond Goalkeeper9900–41.9−11.2
Felipe Andrade Defender5400–41.4+0.5
Duncan McGuire Forward5700–39.2−0.4
Duane Holmes Midfielder700–23.3–
Franco Negri Defender1200–18.1–