St Louis CITY2, the league’s best road team, will travel to Houston Dynamo 2, who are unbeaten at AVEVA Park, for a Saturday night match at AVEVA Park. Kickoff between CITY2 and Dynamo 2 is at 7 p.m. CST in Houston, Texas. The match can be seen live on mlsnextpro.com.
A win or a shootout win over Houston will clinch the Frontier Division, which gives CITY2 a guaranteed first-round playoff match.
CITY2 has taken a perfect nine out of a possible nine points in their first three of their five-match road trip. St. Louis has had their best offensive stretch of the season, outscoring opponents, 14-6, over the last three matches. CITY2 has seen eight different goal scorers, seven different players with assists, and five players tallying at least one goal and one assist during the stretch.
CITY2 has scored first in 15 of their 21 matches this season and have tallied a 11-2-2 mark in those matches while compiling eight clean sheets and outscoring their opponent, 39-12. When CITY2 falls behind early in the match they are 3-3-0 and edge their opponents in scoring, 14-13. Akil Watts has sparked CITY2’s offense early the last two matches, scoring in the fourth and sixth minute.
CITY2 took the first leg of the home-and-home series, 2-0 at Ralph Korte Stadium on June 4. Vitor Dias and Célio Pompeu each got on the score sheet with a goal while Ian McGrane recorded a four-save clean sheet. Dynamo Dos are unbeaten at AVEVA Stadium, owning a 8-0-1 record, and have outscored their opponents, 18-3 with six clean sheets.
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