Dallas 4-3 Sporting KC result, stats and report

A tight, scrappy Texas derby produced no goals but plenty of talking points, with Dallas dominating territory and Austin's keepers and defenders doing just enough to earn a point on the road.

Dallas ground out a 2-1 win over Portland Timbers despite being outplayed for large stretches, with Joaquín Valiente's 87th-minute strike proving the difference after Ariel Lassiter pulled one back in stoppage time.

Seattle Sounders have not won in five MLS matches. Sporting KC have lost seven of their last ten. Someone is getting three points on Friday night, and neither side looks capable of taking them.

Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake arrive at this Sunday fixture with a combined zero away wins and one home win between them across their last five matches each. Someone has to take three points. Neither side looks capable of it.

Houston Dynamo have won once in their last five MLS matches and Dallas cannot keep a clean sheet to save their lives. Something has to give in this Texas derby.

Nashville SC are finding form at home and Sporting KC have won once in their last ten MLS matches. This one looks straightforward on paper, but football has a habit of making liars of us all.

Dallas come into Thursday's MLS clash on the back of three straight wins, while Seattle Sounders arrive without a single away victory in their last ten attempts. Something has to give.

Sporting KC have conceded 12 goals in their last five MLS matches and have not kept a single clean sheet. Portland Timbers arrive in form and smelling blood.