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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Austin FC 18 games · 17 pts (2026/26)

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

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	#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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Austin FC.
5' Guilherme Biro is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
10' 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.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Josh Wolff will be considering his options from the bench.
20' The travelling Austin FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
25' Nemanja Radoja has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
26' The deadlock is broken! Tim Leibold gets on the scoresheet on 26 minutes.
29' A moment of madness from Owen Wolff on 29 minutes earns him a card. Austin FC will be frustrated.
34' Diego Rubio was booked on 34.
39' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Austin FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
44' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
45' Alan Pulido has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
50' Brad Stuver needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
55' 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.
58' Another substitution for Austin FC to replace Diego Rubio by Gyasi Zardes on 58 minute.
59' Austin FC ring the changes. Ethan Finlay has done his job and it is now time for Jhojan Valencia to step up.
62' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis is replaced by Stephen Afrira.
64' Jhojan Valencia is having his name booked by the referee on 64.
69' What a strike from Stephen Afrira! The score is 2-0.
70' Another substitution for Austin FC to replace Jon Gallagher by Hector Jimenez on 70 minute.
75' Austin FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Mikkel Desler scoring 1 goals.
79' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Alan Pulido has done his job and it is now time for Willy Agada to step up.
84' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
89' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Austin FC backline.
90' Johnny Russell is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
Austin FC will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Kansas City were simply the better side today.

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
Johnny Russell	3
Jon Gallagher	3
Julio Cascante	2
Stephen Afrira	2
Jader Obrian	2
Alan Pulido	2
Khiry Shelton	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

1.88 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 68% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City45% Draw24% Austin FC31%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.53

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	28%	72%

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% Draw41% Austin FC26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 0

4.9%

0 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

4.2%

0 – 2

1 – 3

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.