Introduction [Music] Contents Major League Soccer Houston Dynamo versus Toronto prediction team news lineups preview paying their first visit to Shell Energy stadium since 2018 Toronto will seek to win consecutive Major League Soccer MLS away contests for the first time all season when they face the Houston Dynamo on Saturday Orange Crush have won their previous two domestic encounters defeating the Vancouver White Caps 4 to3 last month while the Reds claimed a 1 to zero triumph over CF Montreal in their last League fixture match preview there are 10 regular season games left for Houston who enter this contest six points above the Western Conference playoff line with a chance to equal their longest winning run domestically in 2024 this weekend three games it has been over a month since this side previously played an MLs encounter at home claiming a onetoone draw with Minnesota United and increasing their unbeaten run at Shell Energy stadium to six matches in this competition however Ben Olsen's men have only won for domestic home contests in 2024 and can collect up to 10 victories at most by the end of the regular season which would still be one fewer than a year ago after 24 League fixtures this year year the Dynamo have picked up 37 points five more than they had at this stage of the 2023 campaign in the 2024 regular season this team have failed to win six encounters when scoring first dropping 15 points as a result Houston are unbeaten in their previous three regular season Affairs versus Canadian opposition winning their last two games against Toronto by a combined score of 8-2 by Saturday Toronto will have had over two weeks to prepare for this upcoming encounter After exiting the leagues cup in the round of 32 with a 4 to3 defeat versus Inter Miami before the start of the League's cup John Herman's men ended a seven- match winless run away from home in this competition with that Victory against Montreal it was their first clean sheet in this competition since a zero to zero draw with the Philadelphia Union on Match Day 16 and their first shutout Victory away from home since match day 21 zero win over the New England Revolution thanks to that the reds are holding down one of the final two Eastern Conference postseason births but only three points currently separate them in eighth from CF Montreal in 11th just over half of their goals conceded in the regular season 26 of 47 have occurred away from home with Toronto allowing three or more on five occasions it has been over a dozen years since TFC previously defeated the Dynamo in Houston coming away with a 2 to1 come from behind victory in 2010 team news the Houston Dynamo will be without Nelson konz for the remainder of the campaign as the Colombian is recovering from a knee injury in their previous MLS encounter Griffin dorsey's brace along with goals by Brad Smith and adalberto kosilla helped them win a back and forth encounter against Vancouver Toronto may not have nixo andies available on Saturday due to a lower leg issue Dy Flores is questionable with a sore ankle Tyrese Spicer is dealing with a lower back problem Alonso Coello has a thi injury and Brandon cvia is out for the season after rupturing his ACL their only goal against Montreal last month came courtesy of Richie Laria his first of the MLS campaign while Shawn Johnson only had to make one stop to collect the clean sheet Houston Dynamo possible starting lineup Clark dorsy savenko Michael Escobar Artur Herrera carilla Bassie blessing Ferrera Toronto possible starting lineup Johnson O'Neal long petrea Bernard deski Thompson longstaff Laria Osorio insia U we say Houston Dynamo 2 to0 Toronto although the Dynamo have not been quite as sharp at home in 2024 we believe they have more than enough quality to trouble at Toronto backline that have shown little Improvement defensively throughout the season thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more [Music] one [Music] [Music] [Music]