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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 29

San Diego FC

SAD

Houston Dynamo FC

HOU

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

San Diego FC29%
Draw30%
Houston41%

Expected goals

1.03 – 1.25

Over 2.5

39%

Both to score

47%

Fair handicap

0.25

Most likely scorelines

  • 1113.3%
  • 0113.1%
  • 0011.6%
  • 1010.5%
  • 128.3%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

55%Possession60%
43%Territory43%
19%From set plays17%
0.13Chance quality0.08
4.2%Directness4.1%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for San Diego FC, 3 for Houston. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 372 matches, not the full season.