Houston Dynamo visits the Seattle Sounders in the opening round of the MLS Cup Playoffs

Houston Dynamo (15-10-9, fifth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (16-9-9, fourth in the Conference during the regular season)

Seattle; Monday, 8:50 PM EDT

BETMGM SPORTS BOOK LINE: Seattle -135, Houston +353; more/under is 2.5 goals

In short: The Houston Dynamo visits the Seattle Sounders in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

The Sounders are 11-8-9 in Western Conference play. The Sounders rank 10th in the Western Conference with 156 shots on goal, an average of 4.6 per game.

The Dynamo is 12-7-8 against Western Conference opponents. The Dynamo are ranked eighth in the Western Conference and have conceded 175 corner kicks, an average of 5.1 per game.

Monday’s game will be the third time these teams have faced each other this season. The Sounders won the last meeting 1-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Morris has scored 13 goals with four assists for the Sounders. Albert Rusnak has scored six goals and two assists in the last ten games.

Ibrahim Aliyu has scored six goals with four assists for the Dynamo. Ezequiel Ponce has scored five goals in the last ten games.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Sounders: 6-2-2, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.4 shots on target and 6.6 corners per match, while allowing 0.9 goals per match.

Dynamo: 5-3-2, averages 1.2 goals, 4.5 shots on target and 6.6 corner kicks per game, while allowing 0.9 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Sounders: Cody Baker (injured), Josh Atencio (injured).

Dynamo: Nelson Quinones (injured), Lawrence Ennali (injured), Franco Escobar (injured), Brad Smith (injured).

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology from Data Write and data from Sports radar.