Houston Dynamo vs New York City FC Prediction: Each team should grab a goal

Houston Dynamo can finally breathe some fresh air after grabbing their first win of the season in their last game against Austin FC at home. Now in this match, they welcome New York City to the BBVA Compass stadium for the 5th fixture of the season. They will hope to make it 2 wins in a row at home. New York City have won 2 matches in a row, against Inter Miami and DC United. They responded perfectly to the horrible start to the campaign and now they look to continue in that form against Houston Dynamo here.

Houston Dynamo finally got their first win of the new campaign after a horrible start. They lost their first 2 matches, 2-1 against Cincinnati and 3-0 against New England Revolution and then won their last match 2-0 against Austin FC on home soil. They now have 1 win and 2 losses in 3 matches and in their last 5 matches, and they have 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in all competitions. Against Austin, Houston registered more shots on target (7) but had lesser percentage possession (48%) and took 7 corner kicks. Both goals came late in the second half, as Amine Bassi converted from the spot in the 71st minute and Hector Herrera doubled their lead in the 86th minute. That result places Houston Dynamo in 8th spot in the Western Conference, with 3 points in 3 games.

Team Streaks: - Less than 4.5 cards (7/9)

New York City are also building confidence after a very poor start to the season. They lost 2-0 to Nashville on opening day and then drew 1-1 with Chicago Fire before going on to win New York City FC 1-0 and DC United 3-2 in their last match. New York City played with a lot of confidence in the first half and got rewarded with two goals from Talles Magno (17th minute) and Santiago Rodriguez (37th minute). Christian Benteke pulled one back in the 46th minute, before Thaigo Andrade reopened the lead with the 3rd goal in the 88th minute. Steve Birnbaum grabbed a late goal for DC in the 90th minute to end the match 3-2 in favour of New York City FC. New York City registered 6 shots on target, with 48% possession and 5 corner kicks. New York City are 5th in the Eastern Conference, with 7 points from 4 matches.

Team Streak:- no losses (3), less than 2.5 goals (4/5).

The head to head record shows 7 matches between these two teams. Houston Dynamo hold 3 wins, while New York City FC have 2 wins and 2 matches ended in a draw.

• Houston Dynamo are without a clean sheet in 7 meetings.
• New York City FC are without a clean sheet in 4 meetings.
• Both teams scored in 6/7 meetings.
• New York City scored first in 4/5 meetings.
• Less than 4.5 cards were shown in 4/5 meetings.
• Less than 10.5 corners were played in 4/5 meetings.

Both teams are still in the phase of building confidence at the moment after enduring a rough start. I think this game can go either way as neither of these teams can boast of a formidable status just yet. But we can back each team to atleast get a goal in this match.

• Bet on More than 2 Goals at 1.79 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score at 1.96 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 2-1 at 8.9 Odds