Major League Soccer: Tipsway are previewing an appealing and highly important battle starring Austin and Toronto at Al Saqr Stadium. Both teams need the win!
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Toronto have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Austin and Toronto.
Austin form and stats
Austin's results here at Al Saqr Stadium in the Major League Soccer have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Austin, who won 2-1 against Seattle Sounders (placed 1st). Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league victory after playing, but not winning, eight fixtures in a row. Finlay, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.1 (out of 10). Finlay scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Dallas that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Austin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the US Open Cup game versus Chicago Fire in only four days. This game is also played here at Al Saqr Stadium.
On the other hand, Austin have conceded 7 goals.
Toronto form and stats
Toronto have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 0-3-3 (6 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Toronto have lost on their last two travels.
Toronto have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 314 minutes ago. Sapong was the goal scorer.
There were no winners in Toronto's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs New York RB. Petretta was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.1. The defender Petretta won 13 of 16 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Montreal Impact's place.Toronto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's last 12 league rounds have had two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Toronto as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. As for defending, Toronto rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 4 goals |   F. Bernardeschi 3 goals |  S. Driussi 2 goals |
Austin missing players
Toronto missing players
| Austin | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 77% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 69% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 7.7 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 26% |
| 15.1 | 13.7 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.3 | 12.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toronto have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Toronto have yet to win a 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 | Seattle Sounders | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Dallas | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Saint Louis City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Austin | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
