Thursday , 2 July 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Sporting Kansas City
1 – 2
Full Time
Austin FC
Sun 7 Sep 2025 · 23:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 19' Mikkel Desler
Y 29' Mateja Dordevic
Jacob Bartlett 74' Y
Y 86' Zan Kolmanic

Overview

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

4
1
7
Sporting Kansas City 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Austin FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC 2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Sep Austin FC H 1–2 L
31 Aug Colorado Rapids SC H 4–2 W
25 Aug Seattle Sounders FC A 2–5 L
17 Aug Orlando City SC A 1–3 L
10 Aug San Diego FC H 0–2 L
27 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–3 L
Austin FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Sep Sporting Kansas City A 2–1 W
31 Aug San Jose Earthquakes H 3–1 W
23 Aug Montreal Impact FC A 2–3 L
17 Aug FC Dallas H 1–1 D
10 Aug Houston Dynamo H 2–2 D
26 Jul D.C. United SC A 4–2 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Austin FC
#30 Position #29
11 Points 14
14 Played 15
3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 3 / 5 / 7
14 Scored 19
36 Conceded 31
-22 GD -12
0.79 PPG 0.93
21% Win % 20%

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
33% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Austin FC are 29th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Austin FC
0-15
4/2
16-30
1/1
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/1
76+
4/12
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Ervin Torres, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Nico Estevez might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 15' Jon Gallagher has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 16' A goal from the Serbia international Dejan Joveljic! He fires home on 16 to make it 1-0!
  • 19' The referee has no hesitation. Mikkel Desler is booked for Austin FC — card on 19.
  • 24' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Austin FC that had 188 games and scored 263 goals.
  • 29' Austin FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 29.
  • 34' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 34 minutes.
  • 37' Owen Wolff doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 42' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ilie Sanchez made 281 appearances and scored 19 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 47' Austin FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 52' The travelling Austin FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 57' Sporting Kansas City have won 435 goals from 281 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 60' The whistle greets Tim Leibold as he departs to be replaced by Logan Ndenbe.
  • 61' Mason Toye gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Santiago Munoz and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 66' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 68' Jader Obrian makes way for CJ Fodrey at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Austin FC.
  • 73' It looks surprising Austin FC does not make any changes. Khiry Shelton has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 74' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett will be fuming at that decision.
  • 74' The whistle greets Guilherme Biro as he departs to be replaced by Zan Kolmanic.
  • 76' Erik Thommy gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Magomed Suleymanov and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 81' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 82' CJ Fodrey makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Austin FC are in front.
  • 83' Diego Rubio makes way for Ervin Torres at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Austin FC.
  • 86' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Zan Kolmanic.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Austin FC.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nico Estevez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC 2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC L 2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-08-25 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-17 Orlando City SC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-10 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 San Diego FC L 2025-07-27 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Austin FC Form

2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC W 2025-08-31 Austin FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-08-23 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Austin FC L 2025-08-17 Austin FC 1–1 FC Dallas D 2025-08-10 Austin FC 2–2 Houston Dynamo D 2025-07-26 D.C. United SC 2–4 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.56 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.98 Austin FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 68% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City30% Draw24% Austin FC46%
Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.54
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
54%
Draw or Austin FC
70%
Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City24% Draw40% Austin FC36%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.9%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
6.8%
2 – 2
6.6%
0 – 2
5.7%
1 – 3
5.6%
0 – 1
5.2%
2 – 3
4.4%
0 – 0
4.3%
1 – 0
3.9%
0 – 3
3.7%
2 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 9% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 15% 70%
-0.5 30% — 70%
+0.5 54% — 46%
+1 54% 20% 27%
+1.5 73% — 27%
+2 73% 14% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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