Saturday , 14 November 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 2
Full Time
Austin FC
Sun 31 Jul 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Julio Cascante
Y 38' Daniel Pereira
Cameron Duke 39' Y
Y 41' Maximiliano Urruti
Y 42' Maximiliano Urruti
Cameron Duke 43' R
Ben Sweat 73' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

4
1
8
Sporting Kansas City 13 games · Avg 3.3 goals Austin FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC 2021-11-04 Austin FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 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
31 Jul Austin FC H 0–2 L
24 Jul Los Angeles FC H 0–2 L
18 Jul Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L
14 Jul Minnesota United FC A 1–1 D
09 Jul Montreal Impact FC A 2–1 W
04 Jul New York Red Bulls H 0–1 L
Austin FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W
25 Jul New York Red Bulls H 3–4 L
17 Jul FC Dallas A 1–1 D
13 Jul Houston Dynamo H 3–1 W
09 Jul Atlanta United FC A 3–0 W
05 Jul Colorado Rapids SC A 3–2 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Austin FC
#30 Position #29
26 Points 34
34 Played 34
7 / 5 / 22 W / D / L 8 / 10 / 16
40 Scored 42
81 Conceded 65
-41 GD -23
0.76 PPG 1.00
21% Win % 24%

Key Stats

77% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
18% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Austin FC are 29th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/12
16-30
8/10
31-45
9/9
46-60
3/7
61-75
6/15
76+
5/14
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Austin FC
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/6
31-45
3/5
46-60
5/11
61-75
5/10
76+
14/17
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A
Austin FC
Christian Ramirez 9 G 2 A
Myrto Uzuni 9 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against Austin FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Josh Wolff will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 25' Julio Cascante is having his name booked by the referee on 25.
  • 30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Austin FC winning 50% of all matches.
  • 38' That is a Yellow card for Austin FC. Daniel Pereira will be fuming at that decision.
  • 39' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 41' Maximiliano Urruti is having his name booked by the referee on 41.
  • 42' The referee shows Austin FC player a Yellow card on 42.
  • 43' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Red card on 43.
  • 46' Felipe Martins is replacing Daniel Pereira for the Austin FC side.
  • 46' Alexander Ring is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 51' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 56' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 58' A tactical swap from Austin FC — Gavin Wolff on, Alexander Ring off on 58 minutes.
  • 63' 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.
  • 67' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Diego Fagundez makes it 0-2.
  • 72' Sebastian Driussi has been relatively quiet despite scoring 81 goals in his last 402 appearances.
  • 73' The referee calls foul for Ben Sweat. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 78' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Kayden Pierre is withdrawn and Graham Zusi gets his opportunity.
  • 82' Time for substitution for Austin FC. Ethan Finlay is replaced by Rodney Redes.
  • 84' Time for substitution for Austin FC. Maximiliano Urruti is replaced by Danny Hoesen.
  • 89' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Austin FC that had 207 games and scored 287 goals.
  • 90' Oriol Rosell is ready to make an impact after coming on for William Agada at the 90 minute mark.
  • 90' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sebastian Driussi makes no mistake. 0-3!
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Austin FC take all three points.

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
Stephen Afrira 3
Alan Pulido 2
Julio Cascante 2
Myrto Uzuni 2
Jader Obrian 2

Head to Head

2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC 2021-11-04 Austin FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC 2021-05-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Austin FC

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC L 2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-07-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-07-09 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 New York Red Bulls L

Austin FC Form

2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC W 2022-07-25 Austin FC 3–4 New York Red Bulls L 2022-07-17 FC Dallas 1–1 Austin FC D 2022-07-13 Austin FC 3–1 Houston Dynamo W 2022-07-09 Atlanta United FC 0–3 Austin FC W 2022-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.1 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.84 Austin FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 56% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City24% Draw26% Austin FC50%
Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes56% 0% No44%
Avg goals/match: 2.94
Actual: No — clean sheet

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
50%
Draw or Austin FC
76%
Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City18% Draw44% Austin FC38%
Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.6%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 1
9%
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
7%
1 – 3
5.8%
2 – 1
5.6%
0 – 3
5.3%
2 – 2
5.2%
1 – 0
5%
2 – 3
3.3%
2 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 6% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 13% 79%
-0.5 21% — 79%
+0.5 47% — 53%
+1 47% 22% 31%
+1.5 69% — 31%
+2 69% 17% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
34% ✗

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