Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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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

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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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
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' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC.
5' USA international Owen Wolff has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' Austin FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Mikkel Desler scoring 1 goals.
16' A stunning finish from Dejan Joveljic — that came from absolutely nowhere!
19' Mikkel Desler catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 19.
24' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
29' The referee calls foul for Mateja Dordevic. He receives a card.
34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Guilherme Biro, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
37' Owen Wolff does the damage! The net is bulging and Austin FC surge ahead!
42' Over 42 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
47' Mikkel Desler has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
52' The travelling Austin FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
57' It’s high time Kerry Zavagnin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
60' Logan Ndenbe is replacing Tim Leibold for the Sporting Kansas City side.
61' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Santiago Munoz exits the field as Mason Toye enters on 61.
66' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jake Davis suffering a number of foals already.
68' The supporters are chanting for CJ Fodrey. He replaces Jader Obrian on 68 minute.
73' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Brad Stuver made 289 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
74' Poor challenge from Jacob Bartlett. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
74' The whistle greets Guilherme Biro as he departs to be replaced by Zan Kolmanic.
76' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Magomed Suleymanov exits the field as Erik Thommy enters on 76.
81' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
82' CJ Fodrey makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Austin FC are in front.
83' Austin FC ring the changes. Diego Rubio has done his job and it is now time for Ervin Torres to step up.
86' It’s gonna be a card for Zan Kolmanic.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

14
Tim Leibold ↓ Logan Ndenbe 60'
10
Daniel Salloi
11
Khiry Shelton
9
Dejan Joveljic
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
7
Santiago Munoz ↓ Mason Toye 61'
17
Jake Davis
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↓ Erik Thommy 76'
16
Jacob Bartlett ↓ Nemanja Radoja 83'
23
Alan Montes Castro ↓ Jansen Miller 83'

Bench

26
Erik Thommy ↑ 76'
6
Nemanja Radoja ↑ 83'
24
Joaquin Fernandez
8
Memo Rodriguez
13
Mason Toye ↑ 61'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 60'
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe
15
Jansen Miller ↑ 83'

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Austin FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Diego Rubio ↓ Ervin Torres 83'
1
Brad Stuver
4
Brendan Hines-Ike
11
Osman Bukari
17
Jon Gallagher ↓ Robert Taylor 68'
3
Mikkel Desler
29
Guilherme Biro ↓ Zan Kolmanic 74'
7
Jader Obrian ↓ CJ Fodrey 68'
33
Owen Wolff
20
Nicolas Dubersarsky ↓ Ilie Sanchez 83'
35
Mateja Dordevic

Bench

6
Ilie Sanchez ↑ 83'
30
Stefan Cleveland
23
Zan Kolmanic ↑ 74'
16
Robert Taylor ↑ 68'
19
CJ Fodrey ↑ 68'
34
Antonio Gomez
38
Ervin Torres ↑ 83'
2
Riley Thomas

Coach Nico Estevez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

1.55 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.96 Austin FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 67% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw25% Austin FC45%

Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 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

75%

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

5.8%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 1

5.3%

0 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 0

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.