A swift look at the Major League Soccer table suggest an advantage to Sporting KC when they travel to Austin. Nevertheless; let's await the match before we pick a winner!
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (29) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (49) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Austin form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Austin at their home stadium is 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager J. Wolff led his Austin to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Dallas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Midfielder Diego Fagúndez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Fagúndez scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, Austin had a home game versus Houston Dynamo which ended with a victory 2-1.There will be little rest for Austin after this match as they are travelling to Portland Timbers for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
Austin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Sporting KC form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Sporting KC have produced an overall stat of 7-2-5 so far.
Sporting KC lost away at Minnesota United (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Johnny Russell, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.11. Russell hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs LA Galaxy.A quick return to home after this game, as Sporting KC are hosting Real Salt Lake in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Sporting KC's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sporting KC have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Sporting KC - Austin 1-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Austin wins - draws - Sporting KC wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Salloi 16 goals | J. Russell 14 goals |  A. Pulido Izaguirre 8 goals |
Austin missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Austin | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 32 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | 57 |
| 52 | 24 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 36 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 72% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 81% | 91% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 69% | 62% |
| 22% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 62% | 69% |
| 16% | 19% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 12% |
| 6.1 | 7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 15.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 9.8 | 13.6 |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 24% | 29% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 40% | 35% |
| 14.9 | 13.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.4 | 11.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Austin have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (29) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (49) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 54 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 48 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 41 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -1 | 41 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -3 | 39 |
| 9 | LA Galaxy | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -4 | 39 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 29 |
| 12 | Dallas | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | Austin | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -19 | 24 |