Houston Dynamo vs San Jose Earthquakes: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups

Houston Dynamo host San Jose Earthquakes at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday, August 29 (8:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM CT / 5:30 PM PT).

Houston Dynamo have a clean bill of health to call upon at Shell Energy Stadium, with Guilherme spearheading the attack after his 12 goals from 57 shots this season, backed by Mateusz Bogusz and Jack McGlynn supplying from midfield — Bogusz has fired 58 shots of his own while McGlynn’s 46 chances created lead the group. Héctor Herrera continues to marshal that midfield too. San Jose Earthquakes are similarly unaffected on the injury front, and Preston Judd should lead their line again after his 11 goals from 62 shots, with Timo Werner and Ousseni Bouda offering support in behind him.

This one looks built for an arm wrestle, not a track meet. Houston sit second in the Western Conference with 38 points from 21 games, a return built on tight margins. Every one of their last five results has been decided by two goals or fewer. San Jose arrive fourth in the West but winless in five, well beaten at home by Minnesota United last time out, and asking that defence to withstand another dose of Houston control feels a stretch too far. Back Guilherme’s movement and a moment of quality to prove decisive in a tight, low-scoring night at Shell Energy Stadium.

Season Form & Standings

Houston Dynamo sit second in the Western Conference with 38 points from 21 games, while San Jose Earthquakes are fourth in the same conference and still hunting the form to match that spot.

Western Conference

Potential Match-Winners

• Guilherme (Houston Dynamo): Houston’s talisman leads the club with 12 goals from 57 shots this season, 26 of them on target — the most likely source of a goal at Shell Energy Stadium.
• Jack McGlynn (Houston Dynamo): McGlynn’s 46 chances created lead the Dynamo group, and his passing range from midfield underpins Houston’s control of games like this.
• Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes): Judd’s 11 goals from 62 shots make him San Jose’s biggest threat, though he will find few sightings of goal against a mean Houston backline.

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo: W W W W L

• 2026-08-23: St. Louis City SC 2-1 Houston Dynamo (L, away)
• 2026-08-20: Vancouver Whitecaps 0-1 Houston Dynamo (W, away)
• 2026-08-16: Houston Dynamo 1-0 LA Galaxy (W, home)
• 2026-08-08: New England Revolution 0-2 Houston Dynamo (W, away)
• 2026-08-02: Sporting KC 0-2 Houston Dynamo (W, away)

Houston have won four of their last five. That run included victories at Sporting KC (2-0), at New England Revolution (2-0), at home to LA Galaxy (1-0) and away at Vancouver Whitecaps (1-0), before a 2-1 defeat away to St. Louis City SC last time out.

San Jose Earthquakes: D L L L L

• 2026-08-23: San Jose Earthquakes 1-5 Minnesota United (L, home)
• 2026-08-20: LA Galaxy 1-0 San Jose Earthquakes (L, away)
• 2026-08-16: San Jose Earthquakes 1-3 St. Louis City SC (L, home)
• 2026-08-02: FC Cincinnati 4-2 San Jose Earthquakes (L, away)
• 2026-07-26: San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 LA Galaxy (D, home)

San Jose have lost four of their last five. That sequence included a 1-1 draw with LA Galaxy, a 4-2 defeat at FC Cincinnati, a 1-3 loss at home to St. Louis City SC, a 0-1 defeat away to LA Galaxy and a heaviest 1-5 defeat at home to Minnesota United last time out.

Houston Dynamo vs San Jose Earthquakes Prediction

Houston Dynamo’s position in the Western Conference tells its own story: Second with 38 points from 21 games, built on a defence that rarely concedes freely. San Jose Earthquakes sit fourth in the West but arrive out of form, winless in five and well beaten at home by Minnesota United last time out. Guilherme offers this game’s likeliest source of a goal, and we make it 1-0 to Houston Dynamo in a tight, low-scoring night at Shell Energy Stadium.