Seattle v Houston

Seattle Sounders vs Houston Preview

Seattle Sounders and Houston will face off at Lumen Field on Saturday night in what is a top four clash in the Western Conference and with just two points separating the two teams, this promises to be an entertaining encounter.

Seattle Sounders will head into this important clash on the back of a five-match winless run which includes defeats to San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles although the hosts have also picked up points in draws with Portland Timbers, Charlotte and Orlando City as well.

Nevertheless, having picked up just two wins out of their last 11 matches overall in the MLS, Seattle Sounders know they must produce a much better showing on home turf this Saturday evening, but one of these wins happened to be a 1-0 win away from home at Houston.

Perhaps Seattle Sounders' one saving grace has been their reasonable and steady run of results at Lumen Field where the hosts have lost just three out of their previous 15 matches in their own backyard.

Houston sit one league position below their hosts in fourth place in the Western Conference standings and although they currently occupy one of the places for the Final Series, the visitors have produced some inconsistent results of late in the MLS.

Within their last 11 games overall, Houston have won four, drawn two and lost five, so they too have been unable to really get going and put together any sort of meaningful sequence of results, and it's interesting to note that three of Houston's four aforementioned wins were recorded on home turf at their Shell Energy Stadium.

Meanwhile away from home, Houston have failed miserably as the visitors have managed to capture just one win out of their 10 outings on the road so far in this season's campaign which came in the shape of a narrow 1-0 win away at Los Angeles but having also slipped to seven defeats as well within this sequence, Houston look to have their work cut out if they're to even get a point at Lumen Field on Saturday.

Seattle Sounders v Houston Verdict

Despite their rather inconsistent results in recent times, Seattle Sounders have at least kept clean sheets in each of their last two matches and the hosts have also held the upper hand in previous exchanges against Houston as Seattle have won their last three meetings on the trot against the visitors and indeed, have captured six wins out of the last seven encounters overall.

Seattle therefore look the more likely to take the spoils in this one and the hosts know that all three points here could see them draw level on points with the top two clubs in the Western Conference.

Therefore, our main bet will be Seattle Sounders win @ 1.83

Other side bets worth considering:

Seattle Sounders win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct score: St Louis City 3-0 @ 8.50