Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Sporting Kansas City

2 – 0

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Austin FC

Sun 30 Jun 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 29' Owen Wolff

Y 34' Diego Rubio

Jake Davis 34' Y

Alan Pulido 45' Y

Y 64' Jhojan Valencia

Johnny Russell 90' Y

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Austin FC 27 games · 31 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

Sporting Kansas City 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Austin FC

Last 5 meetings

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 2022-08-14 Austin FC 4–3 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jun	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
22 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
20 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L
16 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–4	L
09 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
02 Jun	Minnesota United FC	A	1–3	L

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L
23 Jun	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
20 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
16 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
02 Jun	Real Salt Lake	A	1–5	L
30 May	Portland Timbers	H	0–2	L

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' Temperatures are rising at Children's Mercy Park as Sporting Kansas City face off against Austin FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' 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.
10' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
15' 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.
20' Austin FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
25' Austin FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tim Leibold makes it 1-0.
29' Owen Wolff picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
34' Diego Rubio has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 34.
39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
44' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
45' Alan Pulido catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
50' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
55' It looks surprising Austin FC does not make any changes. Ethan Finlay has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
58' Austin FC make a change. Diego Rubio trudges off to be replaced by Gyasi Zardes on 58 minutes.
59' Jhojan Valencia has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ethan Finlay on 59 minute.
62' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Marinos Tzionis is withdrawn and Stephen Afrira gets his opportunity.
64' It’s gonna be a card for Jhojan Valencia.
69' GOAL! Stephen Afrira fires home to make it 2-0!
70' The whistle greets Jon Gallagher as he departs to be replaced by Hector Jimenez.
75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jhojan Valencia made 195 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
79' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Alan Pulido is replaced by Willy Agada.
84' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Austin FC backline.
89' Austin FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
90' Johnny Russell picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC W 2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake L 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-06-02 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Austin FC Form

2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC L 2024-06-23 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Austin FC W 2024-06-20 Austin FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2024-06-16 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Austin FC L 2024-06-02 Real Salt Lake 5–1 Austin FC L 2024-05-30 Austin FC 0–2 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.91 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.65 Austin FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 69% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City45% Draw24% Austin FC31%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.56

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

69%

Draw or Austin FC

55%

Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw40% Austin FC27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

5.2%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

4.1%

0 – 2

3.9%

1 – 3

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Austin FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	19%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	16%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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