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Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Sporting Kansas City
1 – 1
Full Time
Austin FC
Sat 12 Jun 2021 · 19:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Remi Walter 32' Y
Y 79' Matt Besler
Y 90' Nick Lima

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

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

4
1
7
Sporting Kansas City 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Austin FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC 2021-05-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Austin FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Jun Austin FC H 1–1 D
30 May Houston Dynamo H 3–2 W
23 May San Jose Earthquakes A 3–1 W
16 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 3–0 W
13 May Houston Dynamo A 0–1 L
09 May Austin FC H 2–1 W
Austin FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Jun Sporting Kansas City A 1–1 D
31 May Seattle Sounders FC A 0–0 D
24 May Nashville SC A 0–1 L
15 May Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–2 L
09 May Sporting Kansas City A 1–2 L
02 May Minnesota United FC A 1–0 W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
22% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Austin FC
Christian Ramirez 9 G 2 A
Myrto Uzuni 6 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 10' Remi Walter, a France , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 15' Austin FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 20' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kekuta Manneh, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 26' Cecilio Dominguez makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Austin FC are in front.
  • 31' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 32' The referee calls foul for Remi Walter. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 37' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Austin FC that had 195 games and scored 272 goals.
  • 41' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Felipe Hernandez comes on to replace Remi Walter.
  • 42' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Graham Zusi exits the field as Jaylin Lindsey enters on 42.
  • 47' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Austin FC winning 0% of all matches.
  • 52' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 57' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 58' Austin FC make a change. Tomas Pochettino trudges off to be replaced by Sebastian Berhalter on 58 minutes.
  • 59' Another substitution for Austin FC to replace Tomas Pochettino by Sebastian Berhalter on 59 minute.
  • 64' Matt Besler is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Austin FC so far.
  • 69' It’s high time Josh Wolff made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 70' The supporters are chanting for Kekuta Manneh. He replaces Cecilio Dominguez on 70 minute.
  • 71' Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
  • 76' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jhohan Romana is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Austin FC.
  • 79' Another substitution for Austin FC to replace Diego Fagundez by Jhohan Romana on 79 minute.
  • 79' That is a Yellow card for Austin FC. Matt Besler will be fuming at that decision.
  • 84' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 87' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Felipe Hernandez has done his job and it is now time for Wilson Harris to step up.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Nick Lima on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Austin FC will be frustrated.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sebastian Driussi 5
Jon Gallagher 3
Johnny Russell 3
Alan Pulido 2
Julio Cascante 2
Stephen Afrira 2
Jader Obrian 2
Osman Bukari 1

Head to Head

2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC 2021-05-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Austin FC

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D 2021-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-05-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2021-05-13 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-05-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Austin FC W

Austin FC Form

2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D 2021-05-31 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Austin FC D 2021-05-24 Nashville SC 1–0 Austin FC L 2021-05-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Austin FC L 2021-05-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Austin FC L 2021-05-02 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.54 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.38 Austin FC xG
I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City44% Draw26% Austin FC30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 2.92
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
70%
Draw or Austin FC
56%
Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City30% Draw45% Austin FC25%
Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.5%
1 – 2
7.6%
1 – 0
7.4%
0 – 0
7.2%
0 – 1
6.5%
2 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
5.9%
0 – 2
5.1%
3 – 1
4.4%
1 – 3
3.5%
3 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 20% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 18% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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