Major League Soccer MISSED 3–3
Sun, Sep 27 · 02:30 · Q2 Stadium
Austin Home
VS
San Diego Away
Austin vs San Diego — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Under 3.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Austin and San Diego Eye Low-Scoring Affair

Austin sit 12th with steady recent results while San Diego occupy 11th after four defeats in five. Austin score 1.3 goals a game at home and concede just 1.0 there, keeping most home matches tight. San Diego manage only 1.0 goal a game on the road and have lost three of their last five away from home. Gabriel Pirani and A. Mighten remain sidelined, limiting San Diego’s attacking options further. Head-to-head meetings show Austin winning once and San Diego twice, with two of the three producing over 2.5 goals but rarely exceeding four in total. Both sides record 3+ goals in 17 of 26 league games this season yet average combined tallies close to three per match. The game may stay controlled with few clear chances and limited end-to-end play.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
3–3 MISSED

Our pick “Under 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.53 didn’t land — final score 3–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Oleksandr Svatok ↓ Žan Kolmanič 36'
  3. Cédric Bakambu ↓ David Vazquez 45'
  4. Second half
  5. Aníbal Godoy 50'
  6. Mikkel Desler Own goal 57'
  7. Marcus Ingvartsen assist Anders Dreyer 64'
  8. Ilie Sánchez ↓ Oleksandr Svatok 65'
  9. Jorge Alastuey ↓ Besard Sabovic 65'
  10. Brandon Vazquez assist Ervin Torres 73'
  11. Christian Ramirez assist Jon Bell 82'
  12. Christian Ramirez assist Jon Gallagher 86'
  13. Christian Ramirez 87'
  14. Alejandro Alvarado Jr ↓ Ian Murphy 89'
  15. Dagur Dan Þórhallsson ↓ Oscar Verhoeven 89'
  16. Bryan Zamblé ↓ Aníbal Godoy 90+5'
This season
Austin San Diego
Over 2.5 goals 65% 65%
Clean sheet 19% 27%
Failed to score 23% 19%
Scored per game 1.2 1.7
Conceded per game 1.7 1.7
Scored home / away 1.3 / 1.1 2.3 / 1.0

Across 26 and 26 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
10 SEA Seattle Sounders 25 8 8 9 32
11 SAN San Diego ▲ 26 8 7 11 31
12 AUS Austin ▲ 26 7 9 10 30
13 REA Real Salt Lake 26 8 5 13 29
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Austin WDDWD
W @ Portland Timbers 2–1 Aug 30
D vs San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sep 6
D vs Colorado Rapids 1–1 Sep 10
W @ Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Sep 13
D @ FC Dallas 0–0 Sep 20
San Diego WLLLD
W vs Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 Aug 30
L @ Orlando City SC 0–1 Sep 5
L vs San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Sep 10
L vs Philadelphia Union 0–5 Sep 14
D @ Inter Miami 2–2 Sep 20
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Austin
Scored 1.2 avg
2 1 1 2 0
Conceded 0.8 avg
1 1 1 1 0
San Diego
Scored 1.4 avg
3 0 2 0 2
Conceded 2.4 avg
1 1 3 5 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
1 Austin
0 Draws
2 San Diego
May 2026 San Diego 5–0 Austin San Diego
Jun 2025 San Diego 2–0 Austin San Diego
Mar 2025 Austin 2–1 San Diego Austin

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 3 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Austin 3-4-3
  • 12 D. Las G
  • 4 B. Hines-Ike D
  • 23 Ž. Kolmanič D
  • 15 J. Bell D
  • 3 M. Desler D
  • 38 Ervin Torres D
  • 14 B. Šabović M
  • 17 J. Gallagher F
  • 11 F. Torres F
  • 9 B. Vázquez F
  • 21 C. Ramirez F
Bench O. Svatok, Jorge Alastuey, Chris Applewhite, M. Burton, M. Đorđević, Patrick Cayelli, Stefan Dobrijevic, E. Lauta, Ilie Sánchez

D. Arnaud

San Diego 3-4-3
  • 18 D. Ferree G
  • 26 M. Duah M
  • 25 I. Pilcher D
  • 32 I. Murphy D
  • 33 O. Verhoeven D
  • 6 J. Tverskov M
  • 20 A. Godoy M
  • 5 Kieran Sargeant D
  • 10 A. Dreyer F
  • 7 M. Ingvartsen F
  • 19 D. Vazquez M
Bench Bryan Bi Zamble, C. McVey, C. Bakambu, A. Alvarado, D. Þór­halls­son, P. Soma, M. Alstrup, A. Mighten, O. Søe

Mikey Varas

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Austin
  • OUT Guilherme Biro Yellow Cards
  • OUT P. Placheta Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT J. Rosales Yellow Cards
  • OUT M. Uzuni International duty
  • OUT Guilherme Biro Yellow Cards
  • OUT P. Placheta Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT J. Rosales Yellow Cards
  • OUT M. Uzuni International duty
San Diego
  • OUT E. Achouri International duty
  • OUT Gabriel Pirani Injury
  • OUT A. Pellegrino Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT O. Valakari International duty
  • OUT S. Vines Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT dos Santos CJ International duty
  • DOUBT A. Mighten Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT E. Achouri International duty
  • OUT Gabriel Pirani Injury
  • OUT A. Pellegrino Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT O. Valakari International duty
  • OUT S. Vines Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT dos Santos CJ International duty
  • DOUBT A. Mighten Lower-Body Injury