Austin FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Austin FC

1 – 2

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 17 May 2026 · 00:30 UTC Q2 Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Mikkel Desler 45+1' 1–0

1–1 79' Manu Garcia

1–2 82' Stephen Afrira

Y 28' Capita

Y 47' Jake Davis

Oleksandr Svatok 57' Y

Ilie Sanchez 61' Y

Y 63' Zorhan Bassong

Jayden Nelson 71' Y

CJ Fodrey 86' Y

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

2026-05-17 Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC 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

Recent Form

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
14 May	San Diego FC	A	0–5	L
10 May	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
03 May	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
26 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–0	W
23 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–5	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
14 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W
10 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–6	L
02 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–5	L
18 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
5' Brad Stuver, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' 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.
15' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jake Davis made 292 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
28' The referee has no hesitation. Capita is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 28.
33' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
38' It is a cagey affair so far. Austin FC in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact 4-4-2.
43' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
46' Mikkel Desler adds to his 1 season tally! Austin FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
47' Jake Davis catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 47.
52' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
57' Austin FC player sees a card in front of him.
61' That is a card for Austin FC. Ilie Sanchez will be fuming at that decision.
63' Zorhan Bassong catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 63.
68' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
71' Jayden Nelson picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
76' Sporting Kansas City have won 450 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
79' Manu Garcia makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
82' Stephen Afrira doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
86' CJ Fodrey has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 86.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Austin FC 1-2 Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Austin FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nico Estevez

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Austin FC Form

2026-05-17 Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-14 San Diego FC 5–0 Austin FC L 2026-05-10 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Austin FC W 2026-05-03 Austin FC 2–0 St. Louis City W 2026-04-26 Austin FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo W 2026-04-23 San Jose Earthquakes 5–1 Austin FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-05-17 Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.21 Austin FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Austin FC55% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.37

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

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 FC44% Draw40% Sporting Kansas City16%

Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.4%

1 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

6.9%

3 – 0

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Austin FC

Handicap	Austin FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	22%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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