Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC: the preview

Saturday, October 24 · Children's Mercy Park MLS 2026

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Sporting Kansas City #15 · 22 pts

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Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC meet in a balanced historical matchup across eight prior encounters, yet both arrive mired in prolonged winless runs and identical struggles to secure points. With Sporting Kansas City claiming just three home victories and Austin FC managing three wins on the road all season, the meeting pits two sides in the lower reaches of the group against each other under identical current form.

Updated on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at

Key facts

  • Austin FC are winless in 5 games in the competition.

  • Sporting Kansas City are winless in 4 games in the competition.

  • 42% of Austin FC's goals come in the last fifteen minutes.

  • Sporting Kansas City took 1 of the last 9 points available.

Current form

Sporting Kansas City manages just three home victories in the tournament while Austin FC secures three wins on the road, leaving both sides to confront their respective struggles away from familiar surroundings.

Where they stand

Group B
Team MP GD Pts
1 Vancouver Whitecaps 30 +32 55
2 St. Louis City 30 +15 51
3 FC Dallas 30 +8 51
4 San Jose Earthquakes 30 +10 48
5 Houston Dynamo 30 +2 47
6 Los Angeles FC 31 +15 46
7 Seattle Sounders FC 30 +2 42
8 LA Galaxy 31 -9 40
9 Colorado Rapids 30 0 39
10 Real Salt Lake 30 -3 36
11 Portland Timbers 30 -5 34
12 San Diego FC 30 -3 34
13 Minnesota United 30 -8 34
14 Austin FC 30 -18 31
15 Sporting Kansas City 30 -39 22

The difference-makers

Sporting Kansas City. Andre Luiz carries the scoring burden for Sporting Kansas City with seven goals, leaving the attack short on reliable alternatives if he fails to convert.

Austin FC. Christian Ramirez sustains the visiting attack with nine goals, combining with Myrto Uzuni to carry the offensive weight while defensive vulnerabilities leave the team conceding multiple goals in recent outings.

Playing style

Sporting Kansas CityAustin FC
47.8% Possession 49.4%
4.9 Remates al arco 4
13.2 Remates totales 10.8
4.9 Corners 4.7
11.1 Fouls 9.3

Average of the most recent matches with stats available (10 and 10 respectively).

Both sides exhibit matching defensive fragility that consistently translates into high-scoring encounters, with the majority of their respective tournament fixtures surpassing the three-goal threshold.

When they settle games

Sporting Kansas City 36 goals

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Austin FC 38 goals

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With Austin FC scoring heavily in the final quarter of an hour and Sporting Kansas City showing consistent defensive vulnerability across most matches, late pressure could expose the home side after the interval.

Head to head

Head-to-head record · last 12 matches
4Sporting Kansas City won
1Draws
7Austin FC won
Goals in the head-to-head19 – 21
Matches12
Last win for Sporting Kansas City05/2026
Last win for Austin FC09/2025

Latest matchups

17/5/26Major League SoccerAustin FC1–2Sporting Kansas City
7/9/25Major League SoccerSporting Kansas City1–2Austin FC
23/2/25Major League SoccerAustin FC1–0Sporting Kansas City
30/6/24Major League SoccerSporting Kansas City2–0Austin FC
19/5/24Major League SoccerAustin FC3–2Sporting Kansas City
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16/7/23Major League SoccerAustin FC2–1Sporting Kansas City
11/6/23Major League SoccerSporting Kansas City4–1Austin FC
14/8/22Major League SoccerAustin FC4–3Sporting Kansas City
31/7/22Major League SoccerSporting Kansas City0–2Austin FC
4/11/21Major League SoccerAustin FC3–1Sporting Kansas City
12/6/21Major League SoccerSporting Kansas City1–1Austin FC
9/5/21Major League SoccerSporting Kansas City2–1Austin FC

The historical series shows no draws across eight encounters, leaning toward visiting success while alternating recent results on this ground.

Who scored in these meetings

Sebastian Driussi 5
Johnny Russell 3
S. Afrifa 2 Jon Gallagher 2
A. Pulido 2
Julio Cascante 2

56 2 · in 12 meetings

Among past scorers, Stephen Afrifa and Jon Gallagher return to shape the attacking landscape, while a persistent high disciplinary count from previous meetings points toward ongoing friction in player duels.