FC Dallas vs Minnesota United FC Prediction: The end of the road for Minnesota United

FC Dallas and Minnesota United will battle for a spot in the Semi Finals in the Toyota Stadium. Both teams had a fair share of setbacks in the final months of the campaign but they fought hard to maintain a top spot. FC Dallas came off a two game losing streak to beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on the final day and Minnesota United went 6 games without a win but grabbed a final day win against Vancouver Whitecaps by 2-0 scoreline. By the end of the season, FC Dallas were 7th with 53 points and Minnesota United were 11th with 48 points. The last time these two faced each other, FC Dallas won 3-0 away to Minnesota United. After a heated but goalless first 45, Michael Boxall was unfortunate to put the ball through his own net and handed FC Dallas the first goal. Then they went on to score two more goals in a few minutes. 

FC Dallas managed to pull through the season to qualify for the playoffs. They had difficult moments but they got back on their feet and pressed on. In their last 5 matches, they had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, which is not bad for a team of their class. After a suffering a 1-0 defeat against Colorado Rapids, they returned to winning ways in the fiaa bad record for a team of their class. After suffering a 1-0 defeat against Colorado Rapids, they returned to winning ways on the final day by beating Sporting Kansas City 2-1. 

Based on stats, FC Dallas are without a clean sheet in 5 matches and in 8/9 matches, less than 10.5 corners have been played.

It's very surprising that Minnesota United made it to the playoffs as they have been horrible in the past few months. They played 6 matches without a win, losing 5 within that time but they did pick up a lucky win against Vancouver Whitecaps on the final day. Goals from Franco Fragapane and Jonathan Gonzalez were enough to put them safely into the playoff zone. But now the true challenge begins. Stats shows that they have seen less than 2.5 goals played out in 4/5 matches and they have first conceded in 6/8 matches. They have also seen less than 4.5 cards in 4/5 matches. 

Minnesota United will need to pull a serious miracle to advance here because the stats do not look good in their favor. 

These two teams know each other very well as they have met 14 times in total. Both FC Dallas and Minnesota United have 6 wins and 2 matches ended in a draw. According to the head to head stats, Minnesota United have been first to score in 5/7 matches and less than 10.5 corners were played in 4/5 matches between the two.

How Minnesota managed to crawl into the playoffs is still a wonder. Some might call it luck actually or maybe the other teams were not playing well enough. But I strongly think their luck runs out here. FC Dallas are clearly better than the Minnesota team and if stats are right, they should win this easily. 

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