Major League Soccer: Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Major League Soccer round 31 match between Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Sporting Kansas City enjoy home advantage, when visitors Austin FC swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the Major League Soccer. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

The Sporting Kansas City enter the game ranked 15 in the Western Conference, while the Austin FC are 14 in the Western Conference.

Team form: Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC

Sporting Kansas City Form

A draw was the best Sporting Kansas City could muster in their previous three games. They claimed a 3-3 draw against Portland Timbers, before getting trounced 4-0 against Nashville SC. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Real Salt Lake ran out 1-3 winners. Sporting Kansas City just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Major League Soccer matches at the Sporting Park. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored 11 and conceded 15 goals.

Austin FC Form

Austin FC were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 1-4 by Nashville SC. Next up, Los Angeles FC won 3-1, before losing 1-2 against Vancouver Whitecaps. Austin FC won half their previous six away matches in the Major League Soccer, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored seven goals whilst conceding seven.

Betting stats for Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Sporting Kansas City and Austin FC. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC

It is difficult to look past Christian Ramirez, when searching for a goalscorer, as he is seems in wonderful shape. He hit the target four times in recent Major League Soccer matches for Austin FC, with a total for the season saying nine goals scored in this Major League Soccer campaign. With six goals lately for Sporting Kansas City in the Major League Soccer, Andre Luiz is also a player to look out for.

Popular betting markets: Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC

Full-time result

Sporting Kansas City won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Sporting Park. They drew two and lost five as well, while Austin FC won three of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost five.

Both teams to score

Sporting Kansas City scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Austin FC scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Sporting Kansas City played. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Austin FC games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Sporting Kansas City managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Austin FC kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Sporting Kansas City have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Austin FC.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Sporting Kansas City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Austin FC, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves. Austin FC’s last 4 matches had more than three goals.