Major League Soccer

Aug 31, 2023 at 1.30am UK

BBVA Compass Stadium

Houston
2 - 0
Columbus Crew

Baird (14'), Ibrahim (90')
Dorsey (58'), Carrasquilla (81'), Sviatchenko (87')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Cheberko (4'), Zawadzki (71')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Houston Dynamo

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Salt Lake 0-3 Houston
Sunday, August 27 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Columbus Crew

All competitions

Last Game: Columbus Crew 2-0 Toronto
Sunday, August 27 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Houston Dynamo 2-2 Columbus Crew

Looking at past results between Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew, we anticipate another end-to-end affair at the Shell Energy Stadium. Both sides head into this one off the back of impressive results in the league and we predict that they will cancel out each other's efforts in this one.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Houston Dynamo win with a probability of 46.87%. A win for Columbus Crew had a probability of 29.2% and a draw had a probability of 23.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Houston Dynamo win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.69%) and 2-0 (7.31%). The likeliest Columbus Crew win was 1-2 (7.13%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.12%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Houston Dynamo would win this match.

Result
Houston Dynamo	Draw	Columbus Crew
46.87% ( -0.05)	23.93% ( 0.02)	29.2% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 58.81% (

-0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.87% (

-0.04)

43.13% (

0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.47% (

-0.04)

65.53% (

0.04)

Houston Dynamo Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.42% (

-0.04)

18.58% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.15% (

-0.07)

49.85% (

0.07)

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.23% (

0.01)

27.77% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.65% (

0.01)

63.36% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Houston Dynamo 46.87%

Columbus Crew 29.2%

Draw 23.93%

Houston Dynamo	Draw	Columbus Crew
2-1 @ 9.36% ( -0) 1-0 @ 8.69% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 7.31% ( -0) 3-1 @ 5.25% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 4.1% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 3.37% ( -0) 4-1 @ 2.21% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 1.73% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.42% ( -0) Other @ 3.44% Total : 46.87%	1-1 @ 11.12% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 6% ( -0) 0-0 @ 5.16% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.44% ( -0) Other @ 0.21% Total : 23.93%	1-2 @ 7.13% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 6.61% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 4.24% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3.04% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.56% 0-3 @ 1.81% ( 0) 1-4 @ 0.98% ( 0) Other @ 2.84% Total : 29.2%