Get ready for a show! Today's main heroes are Austin and New York RB, a win is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- Austin have the most scored goals (42) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer
This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Austin form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al Saqr Stadium as Austin have scored 22 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Al Saqr Stadium after drawing with Dallas (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Fagúndez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Fagúndez scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, Austin had a home game versus Houston Dynamo which ended with a victory 3-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Austin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Austin as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Austin has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
The Austin manager Wolff has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. Austin are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Saqr Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
New York RB form and stats
Playing away, New York RB, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer, have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
New York RB might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. New York City proved too strong as New York RB slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Red Bull Arena. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. It is possibly a bad omen for New York RB that their keeper Miguel pulled off six saves in the New York City game, but still could not hinder a defeat.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cincinnati.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 6 York wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's last 12 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the New York RB manager Struber as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Orlando City.
New York RB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 11 goals |   L. Morgan 9 goals |  M. Urruti 7 goals |
Austin missing players
New York RB missing players
| Austin | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 42 | 22 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 76% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 76% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 38% |
| 43% | 56% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 62% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 27% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 5 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.3 | 15.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13 | 13.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 47% | 51% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 29% |
| 13.1 | 11.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.6 | 9.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
- Austin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Austin have the most points from losing position (16) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most scored goals (42) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Austin is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Austin | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Dallas | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
