Sunday , 16 August 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
Sporting Kansas City
4 – 1
Full Time
Austin FC
Sun 11 Jun 2023 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Alan Pulido 19' 1–0
Robert Castellanos 47' 2–0
Alan Pulido 57' 3–0
3–1 61' Sebastian Driussi
Khiry Shelton 89' 4–1
Y 52' Julio Cascante
Y 60' Gyasi Zardes
Nemanja Radoja 61' Y
Erik Thommy 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

4
1
7
Sporting Kansas City 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Austin FC
Last 5 meetings
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 2021-11-04 Austin FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Jun Austin FC H 4–1 W
04 Jun Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–1 D
01 Jun FC Dallas H 2–1 W
28 May Portland Timbers H 4–1 W
21 May St. Louis City A 0–4 L
18 May Los Angeles FC A 1–1 D
Austin FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Jun Sporting Kansas City A 1–4 L
04 Jun Real Salt Lake H 1–2 L
01 Jun Minnesota United FC H 2–1 W
28 May Houston Dynamo A 1–2 L
21 May Toronto FC H 1–0 W
18 May Seattle Sounders FC A 2–1 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Austin FC
#30 Position #29
14 Points 17
18 Played 18
4 / 2 / 12 W / D / L 4 / 5 / 9
18 Scored 22
46 Conceded 36
-28 GD -14
0.78 PPG 0.94
22% Win % 22%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
28% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Austin FC are 29th (17 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/7
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/8
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Austin FC
0-15
5/3
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/1
76+
6/13
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
Dejan Joveljic 8 G 1 A
Austin FC
Myrto Uzuni 6 G
Christian Ramirez 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City are looking to make home advantage count against Austin FC.
  • 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 19' What a strike from Alan Pulido! The score is 1-0.
  • 24' Remi Walter, a France , has 8 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 29' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 34' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Austin FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 39' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 44' Austin FC come into this ranked 18 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 47' Robert Castellanos makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
  • 52' The referee calls foul for Julio Cascante. He receives a card.
  • 57' GOAL! Alan Pulido scores on 57. Assisted by Tim Leibold
  • 60' Gyasi Zardes has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 60.
  • 61' Sebastian Driussi doubles the advantage! 3-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 61' The referee has no hesitation. Nemanja Radoja is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 61.
  • 66' Marinos Tzionis needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 71' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 76' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 76 minutes.
  • 77' Khiry Shelton gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Alan Pulido and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 82' Over 82 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 87' A moment of madness from Erik Thommy on 87 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
  • 87' Austin FC ring the changes. Aleksandar Radovanovic has done his job and it is now time for Will Bruin to step up.
  • 89' Khiry Shelton makes no mistake. The score reads 4-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
  • 90' Felipe Hernandez is replacing Erik Thommy for the Sporting Kansas City side.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Austin FC.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Austin FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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 2021-11-04 Austin FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-06-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Austin FC W 2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas W 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-05-21 St. Louis City 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-05-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D

Austin FC Form

2023-06-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Austin FC L 2023-06-04 Austin FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2023-06-01 Austin FC 2–1 Minnesota United FC W 2023-05-28 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Austin FC L 2023-05-21 Austin FC 1–0 Toronto FC W 2023-05-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.05 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.73 Austin FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City47% Draw23% Austin FC30%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes71% 0% No29%
Avg goals/match: 3.78
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 51%
49%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
70%
Draw or Austin FC
53%
Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City35% Draw39% Austin FC26%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted
4 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
8.9%
2 – 1
8.1%
2 – 2
6.8%
1 – 2
6.8%
3 – 1
5.4%
2 – 0
4.9%
3 – 2
4.7%
1 – 0
4.2%
2 – 3
4%
1 – 3
3.9%
0 – 0
3.5%
0 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 19% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 16% 17%
+1.5 83% — 17%
+2 83% 10% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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