Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United FC 7/23/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The Houston Dynamo hosts Minnesota United on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Houston is 11th in the conference table at 7-4-10 on 25 points with a goal difference of -2. The Houston Dynamo defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 last Sunday in their most recent fixture. San Jose opened the scoring with a goal in the 53rd minute but Houston's Sebastian Ferreira scored an equalizer in the 71st minute and Thorleifur Ulfarsson scored the winner for Houston in the 76th minute.

Houston's come-from-behind victory over San Jose on Sunday ended a winless run of four matches that included one draw and three losses. However, Houston has won two straight matches only once over the last 69 MLS fixtures which dates back to September of 2020. Darwin Quintero and Sebastian Ferreira are the leading goal scorers for Houston with seven each, while Adam Lundqvist is the leader in assists with five.

Minnesota United is fourth in the conference table at 9-4-8 on 31 points with a goal difference of +4. Minnesota defeated Everton 4-0 in a club friendly on Wednesday. In its most recent MLS fixture last Saturday, Minnesota defeated DC United 2-0 as Emanuel Reynoso scored a brace with goals in the 13th and 50th minute. The Loons had been in the bottom half of the conference for much of the first half of the campaign, but Minnesota has moved into fourth place.

Minnesota has four victories in its last five matches in the MLS with one draw. This is only the second time in the history of the club that Minnesota has taken 13 points from a regular season five-match span. Emanuel Reynoso is the leading goal scorer for Minnesota with nine, while Robin Lod has scored six. Reynoso and Bongokuhle Hlongwane are the leaders in assists with three each.