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Major League Soccer · 2026

Seattle Sounders FC vs Houston Dynamo · Major League Soccer

vsPre-match analysis

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored
1.271.26
Expected goals
1.331.12
Shots
13.413.1
Possession
50.8%47.9%

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What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: seattle Sounders's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Seattle Sounders's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Seattle Sounders's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.27 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.8 goals/match1.27 goals/match1.53 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Seattle Sounders FC favored in 4 of 13 directional metrics · Houston Dynamo in 6 · 3 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Seattle Sounders FC26 matchesHouston Dynamo27 matches
1.27 goals/matchGoals scored26/271.26 goals/match
1.31 goals/matchGoals allowed26/27▲ 1.19 goals/match
1.33 xG/match ▲Expected goals23/251.12 xG/match
13.4 shots/matchShots26/2713.1 shots/match
4.96 shots/match ▲Shots on target26/274.48 shots/match
50.8% ●Possession26/2747.9%
5.08 corners/match ●Corners26/274.3 corners/match
2.25 cards/matchCards4/112.91 cards/match
10.4 fouls/matchFouls26/2710.2 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Seattle Sounders FC
3Draws
0Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer0–1
Houston Dynamo — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer1–3
Seattle Sounders FC — Houston Dynamo · Major League Soccer0–0
Houston Dynamo — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer1–1
Seattle Sounders FC — Houston Dynamo · Major League Soccer0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples26 / 27home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness32 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Thu, 29 Oct 2026, 02:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Major League Soccer

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsSeattle Sounders FCHouston Dynamo
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Head-to-headSeattle Sounders FC — Houston Dynamo
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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