Tuesday , 8 September 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 23 53
2 Internacional CF Miami 23 43
3 Chicago Fire FC 22 38
4 New England Revolution 23 37
5 Charlotte FC 23 36
6 FC Cincinnati 22 31
7 New York City FC 23 29
8 Orlando City SC 23 28
9 Philadelphia Union 23 27
10 New York Red Bulls 23 27
11 Toronto FC 23 26
12 D.C. United SC 22 25
13 Columbus Crew SC 23 23
14 Atlanta United FC 23 22
15 Montreal Impact FC 23 21
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22 43
17 Houston Dynamo 23 40
18 Los Angeles FC 24 37
19 FC Dallas 23 37
20 St. Louis City 23 37
21 San Jose Earthquakes 23 35
22 Portland Timbers 23 31
23 Colorado Rapids SC 23 31
24 San Diego FC 23 30
25 Real Salt Lake 22 29
26 Minnesota United FC 23 29
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 24 29
28 Seattle Sounders FC 22 27
29 Austin FC 23 25
30 Sporting Kansas City 23 15

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
15 Points 25
23 Played 23
4 / 3 / 16 W / D / L 6 / 7 / 10
23 Scored 29
58 Conceded 42
-35 GD -13
0.65 PPG 1.09
17% Win % 26%

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
22% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (15 pts). Austin FC are 29th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
1/8
16-30
4/7
31-45
3/8
46-60
2/5
61-75
3/8
76+
4/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Austin FC
0-15
5/4
16-30
3/4
31-45
2/4
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/2
76+
9/15
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Austin FC
Myrto Uzuni 6 G
Christian Ramirez 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' Serbia international Dejan Joveljic has been a key figure this campaign — 7 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 16' Dejan Joveljic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 16 minutes.
  • 19' Mikkel Desler was booked on 19.
  • 24' It’s high time Kerry Zavagnin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 29' Mateja Dordevic was booked on 29.
  • 34' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 37' Owen Wolff makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Austin FC are in front.
  • 42' Austin FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Mikkel Desler scoring 1 goals.
  • 47' Nicolas Dubersarsky has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 52' Austin FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 57' The travelling Austin FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 60' Logan Ndenbe has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tim Leibold on 60 minute.
  • 61' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Santiago Munoz is replaced by Mason Toye.
  • 66' Khiry Shelton is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Austin FC tonight.
  • 68' CJ Fodrey is replacing Jader Obrian for the Austin FC side.
  • 73' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Austin FC backline.
  • 74' Poor challenge from Jacob Bartlett. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 74' Zan Kolmanic gets the nod from Austin FC. He replaces Guilherme Biro and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 76' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Magomed Suleymanov is replaced by Erik Thommy.
  • 81' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 82' CJ Fodrey has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 82 minutes.
  • 83' Another change for Austin FC made on 83 minute. Diego Rubio leaves to be changed by Ervin Torres.
  • 86' Zan Kolmanic catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 86.
  • Austin FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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
Julio Cascante 2
Stephen Afrira 2
Jader Obrian 2
Alan Pulido 2
Khiry Shelton 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
1.49 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 67% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City29% Draw25% Austin FC46%
Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 3.47
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 66%
34%
± 3.5 45%
55%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
53%
Draw or Austin FC
71%
Sporting Kansas City or Austin FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City23% Draw41% Austin FC36%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
6.6%
2 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
6.1%
1 – 3
5.7%
0 – 1
5.6%
0 – 0
4.5%
2 – 3
4.3%
1 – 0
4%
0 – 3
3.9%
2 – 0
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 15% 72%
-0.5 28% — 72%
+0.5 52% — 48%
+1 52% 20% 28%
+1.5 72% — 28%
+2 72% 15% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

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