Austin FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Austin FC

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 23 Feb 2025 · 01:30 UTC Q2 Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 35' Erik Thommy

Mikkel Desler 36' Y

Ilie Sanchez 58' Y

Y 59' Nemanja Radoja

Brandon Vazquez 62' Y

Y 85' Dejan Joveljic

Y 90' Jake Davis

Overview

Match Preview

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

2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC 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

Recent Form

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
20 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–2	W
06 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
03 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	1–0	W
29 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	2–2	D
22 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	0–1	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Austin FC	A	0–1	L
20 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
06 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	0–3	L
29 Sep	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
22 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	0–2	L
19 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–1	W

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' It’s Showtime! The match between Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Austin FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
30' John Pulskamp has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 289 appearances.
35' Controversy at the stadium! Erik Thommy argues furiously but the card stands.
36' Mikkel Desler has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 36.
41' Austin FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
46' The supporters are chanting for Dejan Joveljic. He replaces Willy Agada on 46 minute.
51' Belgium international Logan Ndenbe has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
56' Austin FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
58' That is a card for Austin FC. Ilie Sanchez will be fuming at that decision.
59' Nemanja Radoja is having his name booked by the referee on 59.
62' Austin FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 62.
67' Brendan Hines-Ike needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 33 Yellow cards this season.
72' Fresh legs for Austin FC! Jon Gallagher comes on to replace Jader Obrian.
73' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Joaquin Fernandez is replaced by Dany Rosero on 73 minute.
76' Osman Bukari adds to his 0 season tally! Austin FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
79' It is a substitution in Austin FC team. Owen Wolff is replaced by Diego Rubio on 79 minute.
84' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Erik Thommy is withdrawn and Magomed Suleymanov gets his opportunity.
85' That looks like a foul for a card for Dejan Joveljic.
90' The referee calls foul for Jake Davis. He receives a card.
90' It is a substitution in Austin FC team. Mikkel Desler is replaced by CJ Fodrey on 90 minute.
Sporting Kansas City will have plenty to reflect on. Austin FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

21
Manu Garcia ↑ 46'
14
Tim Leibold
9
Dejan Joveljic ↑ 46'
22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 72'
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↑ 84'
5
Dany Rosero ↑ 73'
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe
2
Ian James

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

2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-10-20 Austin FC 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-10-06 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Austin FC L 2024-10-03 Portland Timbers 0–1 Austin FC W 2024-09-29 Austin FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2024-09-22 Austin FC 0–1 Houston Dynamo L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-20 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC L 2024-09-29 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Minnesota United FC L 2024-09-19 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.96 Austin FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.26 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Austin FC55% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Austin FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

45%

Austin FC or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Austin FC38% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.6%

1 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 0

5.6%

3 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Austin FC

Handicap	Austin FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	21%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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