Game: Austin FC vs Houston Dynamo

Date: Saturday, 21 September 2024

Location: Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas

TV: MLS Season Pass

Q2 Stadium is where Dynamo (12-9-8) will play Austin FC (9-8-12) on Saturday. The expected starting goalkeepers are Brad Stuver for Austin and Steve Clark for Houston.

Austin has conceded 41 goals and allowed 1.41 goals per 90 minutes and opponents have had 148 shots on goal against them. They have kept a clean sheet 7 times, for a 24.1% rate this year. Austin has received 72 yellow cards and 2 red cards this year. The Verde and Black are 28th in expected goals with 32.1 goals and the team's expected goals against is 48.1. This season, the club has averaged 1.21 points per game (35 points) and is 25th in soccer with 24 assists. This team's goal differential is -9 with 32 goals scored and 41 goals allowed. Austin FC has faced 106 shots on goal and has a save percentage of 76.4 this year.

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Over the course of the season, Houston has a save percentage of 75.4 (126 SoTA) and is ranked 10th in the league with 45 points. The Dynamo are averaging 1.55 points per game and have 28 assists and 1 red card. The Houston Dynamo have scored 42 goals and this team's xG over the course of the season is 36.3. Houston has a clean sheet rate of 24.1% and 64 yellow card bookings this season. The club's goals conceded rate per 90 minutes is 1.14, in addition to 93 shots saved, and they have amassed 7 clean sheets. Houston is ranked 10th with 33 goals conceded and their goal difference is 9.

The goalie for Austin will be Brad Stuver. Stuver (career record 52-33-62) has posted 29 shutouts, giving him a shutout percentage of 19.7%. The United States goalkeeper has had 746 shots attempted in 147 starts. His goals against average per 90 minutes is 1.52 (222 goals against) and his save percentage is 72.4. Stuver has defended the goal for a total of 13,148 minutes and has made 525 saves in his career.

Steve Clark is expected to start goal for Houston. He has allowed 1.40 goals per 90 minutes and has compiled a record of 129-93-126. Clark has posted 86 shutouts and faced 1,662 shots in 31,254 career minutes. So far in his career, Clark has allowed 487 goals and saved 1,177 balls in 349 appearances. He has a save percentage of 72.6 and his clean sheet rate is 24.6%.

Jader Obrian is a player who can be a force in the game for Austin. He has 12 assists and 9 yellow cards in his career so far. The Columbia forward has scored 47 goals in 13,797 minutes. Obrian has started 156 games so far in his career and scores 0.31 goals per 90 minutes.

Houston has a game-changer in Ibrahim Aliyu who puts pressure on opposing defenses. He has received 0 yellow cards in his professional soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 7 times. The Nigerian-born striker has played 9,298 professional minutes and scored 23 goals. He has scored 0.22 goals per 90 minutes and has started 115 games in his career.

Who will win the MLS ATS game tonight?

Josh Schonwald's tip: Take Houston

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