Important duel in the bottom section of the Major League Soccer, with both Austin and SJ Earthquakes enduring more stress than bliss. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side placed 13th and the visiting team in 11th position.
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (22) 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
Austin's struggle is real here with only 11 points collected from 11 Major League Soccer games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Austin with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Portland Timbers game, 27 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Austin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Los Angeles FC here in a Major League Soccer match. Defender Žan Kolmanič got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.25/10. Kolmanič hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Austin lost 0-3 at Houston Dynamo's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Austin handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.
Austin has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Earthquakes are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Major League Soccer home defeat versus Real Salt Lake with 3-4 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Javier López was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.44. López scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 6 of 7 times. A stark raving crazy match with plenty of goals last time out for SJ Earthquakes, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fun game, will this fixture be as much fun? It is a bit worrying for Earthquakes that their goalie James Marcinkowski pulled off nine saves in the Real Salt Lake fixture, but still couldn't prevent a beating. Imagine losing a game despite one player scoring three goals? That's the story of Javier López in the match against Real Salt Lake.
Before that, SJ Earthquakes travelled to Dallas and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Earthquakes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, five draws and five defeats.
Earthquakes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Earthquakes have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: Austin - SJ Earthquakes 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  J. López Ramírez 8 goals |   D. Fagúndez Pepe 6 goals | C. Domínguez Ruiz 5 goals |
Austin missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Austin | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 36 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 35 |
| 88% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 67% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 42% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 46% |
| 21% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 12% | 27% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 42% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 54% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.5 | 15 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.3 | 13 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 34% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 21% | 27% |
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Austin have the fewest points (11) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (22) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Major League Soccer
- Austin is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 34 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Dallas | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Austin | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 19 |