Austin FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Austin FC

3 – 2

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 19 May 2024 · 00:30 UTC Q2 Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Julio Cascante 23' Y

Zan Kolmanic 71' Y

Y 88' Fontas

Daniel Pereira 89' Y

Jhojan Valencia 90' Y

Y 90' Nemanja Radoja

Overview

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Austin FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Q2 Stadium.

Austin FC 27 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 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 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-19 Austin FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City 2023-07-16 Austin FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2023-06-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Austin FC 2022-08-14 Austin FC 4–3 Sporting Kansas City 2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC

Recent Form

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–2	W
16 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
12 May	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
05 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–0	D
27 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	W
21 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	Austin FC	A	2–3	L
12 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–2	L
05 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
28 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	St. Louis City	H	3–3	D
14 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

Austin FC		Sporting Kansas City
#28	Position	#30
31	Points	21
27	Played	26
7 / 10 / 10	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
35	Scored	31
47	Conceded	63
-12	GD	-32
1.15	PPG	0.81
26%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Austin FC are 28th (31 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 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

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Austin FC

Christian Ramirez	9 G	2 A
Myrto Uzuni	6 G

Events

Match Events

0' Austin FC have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Brendan Hines-Ike has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
10' Fontas is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
18' Johnny Russell has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 18 minutes.
23' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Julio Cascante on 23 minutes.
28' GOAL! Jader Obrian scores on 28. Assisted by Daniel Pereira
33' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
38' Austin FC have won 272 goals from 195 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
39' GOAL! Jader Obrian fires home to make it 2-1!
44' It looks surprising Austin FC does not make any changes. Jhojan Valencia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' Assisted by Gyasi Zardes with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sebastian Driussi makes no mistake. 3-1!
46' Leo Vaisanen has so much to prove this time. He replaces Julio Cascante on 46 minute.
51' Both keepers have barely been tested. Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
56' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
61' It is a cagey affair so far. Austin FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
63' The USA Jake Davis breaks the deadlock on 63 minutes. 3-2!
64' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 64 minute. Daniel Salloi leaves to be changed by Marinos Tzionis.
65' Austin FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ethan Finlay is hanging Jader Obrian on the field on 65 minute.
70' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
71' Zan Kolmanic is having his name booked by the referee on 71.
71' Austin FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alexander Ring is hanging Owen Wolff on the field on 71 minute.
76' It’s high time Josh Wolff made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
81' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
83' The supporters are chanting for Stephen Afrira. He replaces Johnny Russell on 83 minute.
86' Fresh legs for Austin FC! Matt Hedges comes on to replace Sebastian Driussi.
88' Fontas picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
89' That looks like a foul for a card for Daniel Pereira.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Jhojan Valencia argues furiously but the card stands.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Emiliano Rigoni
2
Matt Hedges ↑ 86'
30
Stefan Cleveland
9
Gyasi Zardes ↑ 46'
16
Hector Jimenez
13
Ethan Finlay ↑ 65'
8
Alexander Ring ↑ 71'
15
Leo Vaisanen ↑ 46'
19
CJ Fodrey

Coach Josh Wolff

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sebastian Driussi	5
Jon Gallagher	3
Johnny Russell	3
Alan Pulido	2
Julio Cascante	2
Stephen Afrira	2
Jader Obrian	2
William Agada	1

Head to Head

Austin FC Form

2024-05-19 Austin FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-05-16 Austin FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2024-05-12 FC Dallas 2–1 Austin FC L 2024-05-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Austin FC D 2024-04-27 Austin FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-04-21 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Austin FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-05-19 Austin FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dynamo L 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-28 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City D 2024-04-14 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.27 Austin FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Austin FC60% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Austin FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

40%

Austin FC or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Austin FC43% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.8%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

4 – 1

3.9%

0 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Austin FC

Handicap	Austin FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	21%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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