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Major League Soccer10/15/2026, 02:30 AM

San Diego – Houston Dynamo3 : 3

Why the model thinks so

San Diego
1.68
Total xG
2.88
Houston Dynamo
1.20
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorSan DiegoHouston Dynamo
High-scoring league (3.5 goals/match)+1.01+1.01
Standings disadvantage (pos 12 vs 5, 7 places gap)āˆ’0.13
Defensive strength (1.3 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)+0.06
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.2 goals/match)āˆ’0.05
Standings advantage (pos 5 vs 12, 7 places gap)+0.04
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.6 goals/match)āˆ’0.03
Marcus Ingvartsen on the bench (12 goals, 3 assists)
AnĆ­bal Godoy on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
13% of goal output missing (only 90% available)
Ibrahim Aliyu not in squad (2 goals, 0 assists)

Key factors

  • The model projects a 47% chance for a home win with 1.68 expected goals for San Diego
  • Anders Dreyer (11 goals, 12 assists) and Guilherme (14 goals, 6 assists) lead the attacking stats
  • San Diego averaged 57.2% possession and 4.8 shots on target in recent matches

Risks

  • San Diego conceded an average of 3.4 goals per match in recent games
  • Houston Dynamo averaged only 1.2 goals scored per match in recent games

All probabilities

Result
San Diego47%
Draw27%
Houston Dynamo26%
Goals
Over 1.580%
Under 1.520%
Over 2.555%
Under 2.545%
Over 3.533%
Under 3.567%
Double chance
San Diego or draw74%
Houston Dynamo or draw53%
No draw73%
Both teams score
Yes58%
No42%

Most likely scores

1:1
13%
2:1
10%
2:0
8%
1:2
7%
2:2
6%
3:3
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Houston Dynamo: first goal in 7 of 10 games (70%)

Lineups

San Diego 4-3-3 Ā· Houston Dynamo 4-2-3-1

San Diego
  • 1 C. Dos Santos
  • 3 D. ĆžĆ³rĀ­hallsĀ­son
  • 97 C. Mcvey
  • 26 M. Duah
  • 5 K. Sargeant
  • 70 A. Alvarado Jr.
  • 6 J. Tverskov
  • 8 O. Valakari
  • 10 A. Dreyer
  • 94 C. Bakambu
  • 99 M. Achouri
Houston Dynamo
  • 31 J. Bond
  • 11 L. Ennali
  • 3 A. Cunha Capocasali Junior
  • 5 L. Halter
  • 21 F. Negri
  • 6 J. de Lima Junior
  • 16 H. Herrera López
  • 19 M. Bogusz
  • 30 A. Bouzat
  • 20 G. Vieira dos Santos
  • 9 L. Foster
Substitutes
  • 12 G. Cordeiro Pirani
  • 7 M. Ingvartsen
  • 13 P. Sisniega Fink
  • 14 B. ZamblĆ©
  • 20 A. Godoy
  • 25 I. Pilcher
  • 33 O. Verhoeven
  • 90 A. Pellegrino
  • 36 D. Mimbang Nyangono
  • 17 N. Markanich
  • 4 M. Saracchi Pintos
  • 23 D. McGuire
  • 14 D. Holmes
  • 18 D. Samassekou
  • 22 M. Arana Ibarra
  • 26 B. Gillingham
  • 34 A. Resch
  • 24 I. Aliyu

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