Austin FC vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Austin FC

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Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 26 Mar 2023 · 00:30 UTC Q2 Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Jon Gallagher 5' 1–0

1–1 85' Kevin Cabral

Y 47' Andreas Maxso

Alexander Ring 53' Y

Y 59' Cole Bassett

Y 64' Bryan Acosta

Overview

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Austin FC vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Q2 Stadium.

Austin FC 27 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Austin FC 13 games · Avg 2.4 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-26 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-10-09 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Austin FC 2021-09-30 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 Austin FC 2021-08-01 Austin FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–1	D
19 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	0–2	L
12 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W
05 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
26 Feb	St. Louis City	H	2–3	L
30 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	0–3	L

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Austin FC	A	1–1	D
19 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
12 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–1	L
05 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
27 Feb	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–4	L
09 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Austin FC		Colorado Rapids SC
#28	Position	#22
31	Points	36
27	Played	27
7 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	11 / 3 / 13
35	Scored	38
47	Conceded	38
-12	GD	+0
1.15	PPG	1.33
26%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Austin FC are 28th (31 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Austin FC

0-15

5/4

16-30

4/5

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/6

61-75

3/3

76+

12/15

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Austin FC

Christian Ramirez	9 G	2 A
Myrto Uzuni	6 G

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Q2 Stadium. Austin FC are looking to make home advantage count against Colorado Rapids SC.
5' What composure from Jon Gallagher! The Ireland international strokes it home. 1-0.
6' GOAL! Jon Gallagher scores on 6.
11' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
16' A quiet spell here at Q2 Stadium. Colorado Rapids SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
21' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
26' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Austin FC and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
31' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
36' Austin FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Colorado Rapids SC backline.
41' Colorado Rapids SC have won 400 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
46' Colorado Rapids SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
47' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a Yellow card on 47.
52' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
53' Alexander Ring is having his name booked by the referee on 53.
58' Connor Ronan is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Colorado Rapids SC so far.
59' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Cole Bassett on 59 minutes.
61' Jhojan Valencia makes way for Sofiane Djeffal at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from Austin FC.
64' A meaty challenge results in booking for Bryan Acosta on 64.
65' The crowd applauds Emiliano Rigoni as he leaves the pitch. Diego Fagundez steps in for Austin FC.
68' A tactical swap from Colorado Rapids SC — Michael Barrios on, Jonathan Lewis off on 68 minutes.
73' Colorado Rapids SC come into this ranked 29 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
78' With 0 assists to his name this season, Nick Lima is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Austin FC.
83' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Colorado Rapids SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
85' A stunning finish from Kevin Cabral — that came from absolutely nowhere!
86' The Austin FC bench stirs into life. Gyasi Zardes is withdrawn and Will Bruin gets his opportunity.
86' The deadlock is broken! Kevin Cabral gets on the scoresheet on 86 minutes.
88' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Ralph Priso-Mbongue comes on to replace Connor Ronan.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Austin FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

20
Connor Ronan ↓ Ralph Priso-Mbongue 88'
21
Bryan Acosta
2
Keegan Rosenberry
4
Danny Wilson
28
Sam Nicholson ↓ Anthony Markanich 68'
23
Cole Bassett
6
Lalas Abubakar
5
Andreas Maxso
22
William Yarbrough
7
Jonathan Lewis ↓ Michael Barrios 68'
8
Max Alves

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafael Navarro	5
Sebastian Driussi	4
Andre Shinyashiki	2
Diego Fagundez	2
Cecilio Dominguez	2
Lalas Abubakar	2
Jonathan Lewis	2
Maximiliano Urruti	2

Head to Head

Austin FC Form

2023-03-26 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2023-03-19 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin FC L 2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC W 2023-03-05 Austin FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-02-26 Austin FC 2–3 St. Louis City L 2022-10-30 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Austin FC L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2023-03-26 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2023-03-19 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2023-03-12 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-27 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-10-09 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.31 Austin FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.33 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Austin FC or Colorado Rapids SC 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Austin FC38% Draw28% Colorado Rapids SC34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.64

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Austin FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

62%

Austin FC or Colorado Rapids SC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Austin FC26% Draw48% Colorado Rapids SC26%

Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

9.2%

0 – 1

8.5%

1 – 0

8.3%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 2

6.2%

2 – 0

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 1

3.4%

0 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Austin FC

Handicap	Austin FC covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	19%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.