Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Sporting Kansas City

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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 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Austin FC 34 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

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

Sporting Kansas City 13 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	#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' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
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' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 300 games and scored 460 goals.
20' Robert Voloder has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' Austin FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
26' The deadlock is broken! Tim Leibold gets on the scoresheet on 26 minutes.
29' A meaty challenge results in booking for Owen Wolff on 29.
34' Diego Rubio is having his name booked by the referee on 34.
39' Hector Jimenez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
44' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' Alan Pulido has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
55' Austin FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Myrto Uzuni scoring 2 goals.
58' The Austin FC bench stirs into life. Diego Rubio is withdrawn and Gyasi Zardes gets his opportunity.
59' Jhojan Valencia gets the nod from Austin FC. He replaces Ethan Finlay and will look to change the dynamic.
62' The whistle greets Marinos Tzionis as he departs to be replaced by Stephen Afrira.
64' It’s gonna be a card for Jhojan Valencia.
69' Stephen Afrira adds to his 5 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
70' Time for substitution for Austin FC. Jon Gallagher is replaced by Hector Jimenez.
75' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
79' Willy Agada gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Alan Pulido and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
89' The 24-year-old Jake Davis has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Johnny Russell on 90 minutes.
2-0 the final result. Austin FC will be bitterly disappointed.

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

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

1.97 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.59 Austin FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City47% Draw24% Austin FC29%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes68% 0% No32%

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

71%

Draw or Austin FC

53%

Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City35% Draw40% Austin FC25%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

5.5%

1 – 0

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

3.9%

0 – 2

3.7%

1 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Austin FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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