Major League Soccer · Regular Season - 31
Sporting Kansas CityvAustin
Sporting Kansas City
Austin·
1 – 2 (FT)
1Headline
Recommended bet: none on this match
We hold prices on this match — the market's own numbers are below — but we have published no forecast of our own for these markets yet, so there is nothing to weigh them against.
We don't have a model forecast for this match yet. Forecasts publish once a fixture is in the model's fitting window — usually a few days before kick-off. Here's what we do have right now:
- • Market prices and price movement
- • Head-to-head record and recent form
- • Lineups and injuries where available
- • Venue, kickoff time, and context
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For comparison, the market gives Sporting Kansas City a 45% chance. No model forecast has been published for this fixture.
2Market
Open: 45% home · 23% draw · 31% away
Now: 45% home · 23% draw · 31% away
Only one price captured so far — drift needs at least two.
Match result
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Goals over 2.5
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Goals over 1.5
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Goals over 3.5
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Both teams to score
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Gap is our probability minus the market's. A large one means we disagree with the price, not that we are right — whether we have been is published per market on the accuracy page. A market with no price is one we hold no odds for yet.
3Availability
Sporting Kansas City
Confirmed · 4-4-2
- K. Agyabeng — out (Ankle Injury)
- Z. Bassong — out (Hamstring Injury)
- S. Reid — out (Hamstring Injury)
- O. Wolff — out (Muscle Injury)
- M. Mosquera — out (Hamstring Injury)
- L. Johnsen — out (Hamstring Injury)
- Diego Borges — out (Groin Injury)
- I. James — out (Knee Injury)
- O. Blorian — out (Chest Injury)
- J. Reynolds — out (Muscle Injury)
- Capita — out (Hamstring Injury)
- J. Davis — out (Injury)
Austin
Confirmed · 3-4-3
- E. Torres — out (Injury)
- C. Applewhite — out (Muscle Injury)
- J. Bell — out (Abdominal strain)
- M. Desler — out (Lower-Body Injury)
- Z. Kolmanic — out (Thigh Injury)
- M. Uzuni — out (International duty)
- Guilherme Biro — out (Yellow Cards)
- O. Wolff — out (Ankle Injury)
- B. Hines-Ike — out (Muscle Injury)
- J. Nelson — out (Lower-Body Injury)
- D. Pereira — out (Injury)
- P. Placheta — out (Lower-Body Injury)
4Form
The five matches each side played before this one, with expected goals where we have them. xG is shown as absent rather than zero when it was never measured — matches played before we began collecting statistics have none.
Sporting Kansas CityLLDLW
- Sun 18 Oct · H v Real Salt Lake 1–3
- Thu 15 Oct · A v Nashville SC 0–4
- Sun 11 Oct · H v Portland Timbers 3–3
- Fri 2 Oct · A v Seattle Sounders 1–2
- Sun 27 Sep · A v Houston Dynamo 2–0
AustinLLLDD
- Sun 18 Oct · H v Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2
- Thu 15 Oct · A v Los Angeles FC 1–3
- Sun 11 Oct · H v Nashville SC 1–4
- Sun 27 Sep · H v San Diego 3–3
- Sun 20 Sep · A v FC Dallas 0–0(xG 0.3–1.8)
5Trends
How each side has been going — every figure is out of the games actually played, not a run chosen to flatter. How the two have met is in the head-to-head below.
- Sporting Kansas City have won 1 of their last 5.
- Sporting Kansas City have scored in 4 of their last 5.
- 4 of Sporting Kansas City's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams scored in 3 of Sporting Kansas City's last 5.
- Sporting Kansas City kept a clean sheet in 1 of their last 5.
- Austin have won 0 of their last 5.
- Austin have scored in 4 of their last 5.
- 4 of Austin's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams scored in 4 of Austin's last 5.
- Austin kept a clean sheet in 1 of their last 5.
6Head-to-head
Only 1 prior meeting on record — thin sample.
- Sporting Kansas City W–D–L
- 1–0–0
- Over 2.5
- 1 of 1
- Both scored
- 1 of 1
- Austin 1–2 Sporting Kansas City
7Context
Sporting Kansas City
Rest: 7 days · 3 matches in 14d
Austin
Rest: 7 days · 3 matches in 14d
Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City · Referee: R. Fierro
8Red flags
Thin head-to-head
These teams have met fewer than six times on record.
Fixture congestion
One side has played three or more league matches in the fortnight before this one.
Common questions
- What is the team news for Sporting Kansas City vs Austin?
- Sporting Kansas City's reported absences and doubts include K. Agyabeng, Z. Bassong, S. Reid, O. Wolff and 8 others. Austin's include E. Torres, C. Applewhite, J. Bell, M. Desler and 8 others. Each player's status is in the availability section above.
- What are the confirmed lineups for Sporting Kansas City vs Austin?
- Sporting Kansas City line up in a 4-4-2, Austin in a 3-4-3. The full starting elevens and substitutes are in the availability section.