📊 Form Guide

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 MLS drawn result versus Portland Timbers.

In that match, Seattle Sounders FC had 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Seattle Sounders FC was Albert Rusnák (30'). At the other end, Portland Timbers had 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Santiago Moreno (36') scored for Portland Timbers.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Seattle Sounders FC have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Seattle Sounders FC have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals during that time.

FC Dallas

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Previously, FC Dallas drew 2-2 in the US Open Cup tie with New York Red Bulls.

For FC Dallas, the scorers were Bernard Kamungo (28') and Luciano Acosta (77'). Mohammed Sofo (62') and Emil Forsberg (90') scored for New York Red Bulls. New York Red Bulls won the match 3-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

Looking at their form, and FC Dallas have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. In defence, FC Dallas have clearly had some problems. Historical results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall continue on in this game or not.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 31/10/2023 shows us that Seattle Sounders FC have won 4 of these games & FC Dallas 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 from The Sounders and 5 for Toros. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league fixture between these clubs was MLS match day 12 on 13/04/2025 when it ended FC Dallas 0-1 Seattle Sounders FC.

On that occasion, FC Dallas had 57% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

For their opponents, Seattle Sounders FC had 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Danny Musovski (17') was the scorer.

The referee was Filip Dujic.

🗞️ Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Jackson Ragen (Muscle injury), Jordan Morris (unknown injury) and Paul Arriola (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Seattle Sounders FC manager Brian Schmetzer.

It seems likely that The Sounders may well employ a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, utilising Stefan Frei, Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gomez, Kee-Hee Kim, Nouhou Tolo, Obed Vargas, Cristian Roldan, Pedro De la Vega, Albert Rusnák, Ryan Kent and Jesús Ferreira.

📰 Team News: FC Dallas

FC Dallas manager Eric Quill has multiple availability issues to deal with. Léo Chú (Knee injury), Sebastian Lletget (Hamstring injury) and Geovane Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that Toros will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Maarten Paes, Shaq Moore, Sebastien Ibeagha, Osaze Urhoghide, Nolan Norris, Kaick, Ramiro, Pedrinho, Paxton Pomykal, Anderson Julio and Petar Musa.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, Seattle Sounders FC can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, FC Dallas may well find it hard to get shooting opportunities but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be getting the chances to score, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 3-1 win for Seattle Sounders FC by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Peter Guest, 18:02 24/05/2025