Houston Dynamo vs Sporting Kansas City Prediction: A draw is fair for both clubs.

Houston Dynamo hosts Sporting Kansas City at the BBVA Compass Stadium for the opening game of the new season. Houston Dynamo are yet to prove they are prepared for the new season and their recent results have been quite worrying. They lost both pre-season friendly games and then the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League game against St. Louis a few days ago. These results might have a psychological effect on the team ahead of the opening league game, so it would be interesting to see how they respond in this game.

And for Sporting Kansas City, they ended their preseason campaign with 2 wins against Miami FC and Atlanta United. They hope to carry that form into the league as they take on Houston Dynamo on the opening day of the season. It's tough that they have to play away from home in a venue that's been tough to win at, but Sporting Kansas City have some reason to feel optimistic that this result might go their way.

Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo will have to prove their readiness in the opening game of the season against Sporting Kansas City. For some reason, they were unable to get a good result in the 2 preseason games they played in and then in the CONCACAF Champions League game they played in a few days ago. They lost the opening preseason game against Leones Negros and against Orlando City SC, before losing to St. Louis City in the CONCACAF Champions League. It's always very important to start the campaign strong and that would be the target of the Houston Dynamo team.

Last season Houston Dynamo ended in 9th spot with 51 points. They had a total of 14 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats last season. Amine Bassi scored 12 goals for Houston Dynamo last season while Hector Herrera registered 13 assists. 

Sebastian Kowalczyk might be a regular starter for Houston Dynamo this season. He was involved in just 9 matches last season and he had 1 assist. Against St. Louis City, he scored the only goal for Houston Dynamo in the 2-1 defeat. He also had an 86% pass accuracy and completed all 3 long ball accuracy in the game.

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City are fully aware of the challenges of playing against Houston Dynamo at the BBVA Compass Stadium. But as it stands, Sporting Kansas City will need to come up with a bright idea to snatch all 3 points on the opening day of the season. 

During the preseason games, they held Charlotte FC to a draw and then they lost to Nashville SC. In the third game they smashed Miami FC 5-0 and also defeated Atlanta United 3-1 in the final game. 

Last season, Sporting Kansas City ended in 15th place with 44 points from 34 matches. They had a total of 12 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats last season. Alan Pulido scored 14 goals for Sporting Kansas City last season, while Dániel Sallói registered 8 assists.

Honduras teenager Alenis Vargas is likely to be involved in the coming season. The 20 year old returned to Sporting Kansas City after his loan spell at Fútbol Cons. He scored the third goal for Sporting Kansas City against Austin FC during the preseason campaign.

Head to Head

In the last 20 matches between Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City, Sporting Kansas won 11 matches, while Houston Dynamo won 6 matches and 3 matches ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

There's still a lot of certainty surrounding both teams at the moment. Especially for Houston Dynamo who have been very poor during the preseason. In many cases, the preseason doesn't define a club's fortunes in the league but it's always best to build momentum for the preseason games. Sporting Kansas City are the more proven team but giving them the nod to take all 3 points might be such a far stretch.

Analysis of the h2h between both clubs shows, Sporting Kansas City are without a clean sheet in the last 4 meetings. And in 7 of their last 8 meetings, they played less than 10.5 corners.

• Both Teams to Score at 1.81 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.81 Odds
• Draw FT at 3.75 Odd