GAME GUIDE: News and notes ahead of RBNY's clash with Houston Dynamo

A pair of clubs aiming to turn around recent results meet on Viernes de Fútbol when the Houston Dynamo play host to the New York Red Bulls at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo return home from a two-game road swing where they took one point, coming off a 1-1 draw with New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. The Red Bulls continue their road spell after starting with their second consecutive loss, a 2-1 defeat by the Seattle Sounders on Sunday evening.

REFEREE: Marcos de Oliveira. AR1 (bench): Adam Garner; AR2 (opposite): Danny Thornberry; 4th: Alan Kelly
de Oliveira MLS Career: 5 games; FC/gm: 26.8; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 1; pens: 2

SUSPENDED: NY: Damian Perrinelle (caution accumulation; through June 5)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: HOU: Ricardo Clark, Kofi Sarkodie … NY: Sacha Kljestan
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Jermaine Taylor, Giles Barnes, Luis Garrido
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NY: Matt Miazga (US U-20s)

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON (21 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 19 goals … Red Bulls 10 wins, 33 goals … Ties 8
AT HOUSTON (10 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 15 goals … Red Bulls 2 wins, 14 goals … Ties 5

LAST YEAR (MLS)
4/23: NY 4, HOU 0 (Wright-Phillips 12, 24, 86; Henry 65)
7/4: HOU 2, NY 2 (Barnes 1; Davis 82 – Wright-Phillips 13, 72)
10/4: NY 1, HOU 0 (Henry 47)

• This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
• The Red Bulls have not lost in the last seven league contests between the teams, outscoring the Dynamo 18-3.
• The Red Bulls have come away with points on their last three league trips to Houston and their last four trips overall.
• Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips is the all-time scoring leader in the head-to-head series, with six regular-season and seven total goals against Houston.
• The Dynamo did win the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the clubs in 2013, winning 2-1 in extra time at Red Bull Arena in the second leg after the teams played to a 2-2 draw in Houston. It is the Dynamo’s only win ever in Harrison in all competitions.
• In the teams' other playoff meeting, the Red Bulls beat Houston in the 2008 Western Conference semifinal series, winning the second leg 3-0 at Red Bull Arena after a 1-1 tie at Giants Stadium in the first leg.
• Coaches' records:
  Jesse Marsch vs. HOU: P3 W1 L1 D1
  Owen Coyle vs. NY: first game