Major League Soccer MISSED 1–2
Sun, Oct 25 · 02:30 · Children's Mercy Park
Sporting Kansas City Home
VS
Austin Away
Sporting Kansas City vs Austin — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick S. Kansas City or Draw
Confidence High
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Sporting Kansas City to Avoid Defeat at Home

Sporting Kansas City face Austin knowing they have the advantage of playing at Children’s Mercy Park where they average 1.5 goals scored per game. Austin arrive without a win in their last five matches and have lost three of those. The visitors have conceded 2.3 goals a game away from home this season and their attack has managed only 1.1 goals per away game. Sporting’s recent form includes just one win but they have still avoided defeat in some tough fixtures at home. Austin’s injury to Z. Kolmanic could further limit their options in midfield or defense. Both sides feature in matches with three or more goals regularly yet the home side’s position offers them a platform to claim at least a point. How the game unfolds may hinge on whether Austin can break their poor run on the road.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.3% win rate
Result
1–2 MISSED

Our pick “S. Kansas City or Draw” at odds 1.40 didn’t land — final score 1–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Kwaku Agyabeng 21'
  3. Besard Sabovic ↓ Ervin Torres 32'
  4. Mikkel Desler 37'
  5. Jacob Davis 37'
  6. Calvin Harris ↓ Osvaldo Pedro Capemba 45'
  7. Second half
  8. Stephen Afrifa 46'
  9. Ilie Sánchez 51'
  10. Zorhan Bassong 52'
  11. Stephen Afrifa assist André Luiz 55'
  12. Myrto Uzuni 64'
  13. Ruben Ramos Jr ↓ Taylor Calheira 68'
  14. Przemyslaw Płacheta ↓ Mikkel Desler 71'
  15. Jacob Bartlett ↓ Zorhan Bassong 74'
  16. Owen Wolff ↓ André Luiz 74'
  17. Christian Ramirez ↓ Brandon Vazquez 76'
  18. Myrto Uzuni 86'
  19. Shapi Suleymanov ↓ Kwaku Agyabeng 90'
  20. Owen Wolff 90+5'
This season
Sporting Kansas City Austin
Over 2.5 goals 80% 70%
Clean sheet 3% 17%
Failed to score 33% 20%
Scored per game 1.2 1.3
Conceded per game 2.5 1.9
Scored home / away 1.5 / 0.9 1.4 / 1.1

Across 30 and 30 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
13 MIN Minnesota United FC 30 8 10 12 34
14 AUS Austin ▲ 30 7 10 13 31
15 SPO Sporting Kansas City ▲ 30 6 4 20 22
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Sporting Kansas City WLDLL
W @ Houston Dynamo 2–0 Sep 27
L @ Seattle Sounders 1–2 Oct 2
D vs Portland Timbers 3–3 Oct 11
L @ Nashville SC 0–4 Oct 15
L vs Real Salt Lake 1–3 Oct 18
Austin DDLLL
D @ FC Dallas 0–0 Sep 20
D vs San Diego 3–3 Sep 27
L vs Nashville SC 1–4 Oct 11
L @ Los Angeles FC 1–3 Oct 15
L vs Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 Oct 18
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Sporting Kansas City
Scored 1.4 avg
2 1 3 0 1
Conceded 2.4 avg
0 2 3 4 3
Austin
Scored 1.2 avg
0 3 1 1 1
Conceded 2.4 avg
0 3 4 3 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Sporting Kansas City
0 Draws
5 Austin
May 2026 Austin 1–2 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City
Feb 2026 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin Sporting Kansas City
Sep 2025 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin Austin
Feb 2025 Austin 1–0 Sporting Kansas City Austin
Jun 2024 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin Sporting Kansas City

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Sporting Kansas City 4-4-2
  • 30 S. Cleveland G
  • 8 J. Davis D
  • 15 Jansen Miller D
  • 28 Wyatt Meyer D
  • 18 E. Karić D
  • 11 André Luiz M
  • 20 K. Agyabeng M
  • 22 Z. Bassong M
  • 7 Capita M
  • 19 T. Calheira F
  • 17 S. Afrifa F
Bench M. Suleymanov, J. Reid, R. Ramos, J. Pulskamp, I. James, E. Bartlow, O. Wolff, C. Harris, J. Bartlett

R. Wicky

Austin 3-4-3
  • 12 D. Las G
  • 3 M. Desler D
  • 30 J. Rosales D
  • 29 Guilherme Biro D
  • 24 Jorge Alastuey M
  • 38 Ervin Torres M
  • 6 Ilie Sánchez M
  • 17 J. Gallagher M
  • 11 F. Torres F
  • 9 B. Vázquez F
  • 10 M. Uzuni F
Bench C. Ramirez, B. Hines-Ike, B. Šabović, B. Stuver, O. Svatok, P. Płacheta, M. Burton, M. Đorđević

D. Arnaud

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Sporting Kansas City
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT Diego Borges Groin Injury
  • OUT M. Mosquera Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Reynolds Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT L. Johnsen Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT S. Reid Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT O. Wolff Muscle Injury
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT Diego Borges Groin Injury
  • OUT M. Mosquera Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Reynolds Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT L. Johnsen Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT S. Reid Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT O. Wolff Muscle Injury
Austin
  • OUT J. Bell Abdominal strain
  • OUT Z. Kolmanic Thigh Injury
  • OUT J. Bell Abdominal strain
  • OUT Z. Kolmanic Thigh Injury