Loons at Houston Dynamo: Keys to the match, storylines and a prediction

Minnesota United at Houston Dynamo When p m Wednesday Where Shell Oil Stadium Houston Stream MLS Season Pass on Apple TV Radio KSTP-AM Weather degrees sunny mph north wind Betting line MNUFC plus- draw plus- Houston plus- Form Minnesota - - points has won two straight by a combined tally of - including a - blow out of Inter Miami on Saturday Houston - - points has lost two of three including a - home defeat to Seattle last weekend Quote What top teams do is they put the Miami win aside and say we haven t won more than three games in a row this year Wil Trapp noted Tuesday This is our opportunity to do that against a squad that is desperate to win Modern matchups Loons tied Dynamo - in Texas last July giving up an -minute equalizer to Sebastian Ferreira Houston won - on a game-winner from Sebastian Kowalczyk in the nd minute in April in St Paul Absences Anthony Markanich ankle Owen Gene ankle and Kipp Keller hamstring are out Context Amid a stretch of nine games in days head coach Eric Ramsay is expected to rotate or change his starting XI this week Across the sort of players that we ve got fighting for starting positions we can be really competitive Ramsay commented Having made my decision I m very happy with what we are going to go with Check-in Houston misses center back Micael who was sold to Brazilian club Palmeiras for a reportedly club-record fee of million in February MLS denied Houston s request to have Femi Awodesu s red card appeal and he will be suspended for Wednesday Awodesu has played minutes Prediction Minnesota has scored at least three goals in its past two MLS matches and Houston is nd in the league with goals conceded per match These trends continue Loons win -