A quick look at the Major League Soccer table suggests advantage Colorado Rapids when they travel to Austin. But; let's play before the points are handed out!
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Austin form and stats
1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Austin, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer, so far this season. The Austin manager J. Wolff might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
H. Jimenez was the last player to score a league goal for Austin and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Austin haven't scored in 189 minutes.
The Austin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Seattle Sounders here in a Major League Soccer match. Midfield player Alexander Ring got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Ring hit one key pass and had 106 successful passes (of 122 total).
Before that, Austin had a home game versus Portland Timbers which ended with a victory 4-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Houston Dynamo in only four days. This game is also played here.
Austin have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Austin are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Colorado Rapids, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far. Colorado Rapids seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
There might be some fixture complaints from Colorado Rapids as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Major League Soccer match against Real Salt Lake (0-3). Jack Price got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Price hit three key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).
Before that, Colorado Rapids secured a home win against Dallas with the score 2-0.The attacking power of Colorado when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Colorado have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Colorado Rapids - Austin 1-3.Top Goalscorers
  M. Barrios Puerta 4 goals |   D. Fagúndez Pepe 3 goals | C. Domínguez Ruiz 3 goals |
Austin missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Austin | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 79% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 93% |
| 57% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 7% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 6.1 | 8.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 6.7 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 16.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.7 | 13 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 20% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 26% | 37% |
- Austin have the fewest points (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colorado Rapids have scored more than double the goals of Austin.
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Dallas | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Austin | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 13 |