The Group Stage draw of the 2026 MLS pitches Austin vs. San Diego on 2026-09-27 (kick-off 01:30 GMT).
Looking back over duel, M. Varas has 1 win versus Davy Arnaud, who has no wins, with no draws.
Austin report 3 missing players: Guilherme Biro (Yellow Cards), P. Placheta (Lower-Body Injury), J. Rosales (Yellow Cards) while San Diego report 2 missing players: Gabriel Pirani (Injury), A. Mighten (Lower-Body Injury).
Our model projects Austin in a 3-defender setup (3-4-3), with San Diego anticipated to match that in 4-3-3.
Austin played out a 0-0 draw with Dallas, and San Diego shared the spoils 2-2 vs Inter Miami.
Form edge goes to Austin (2-3-0) against a faltering San Diego (1-1-3) from their past 5 matches.
San Diego lead this rivalry - 2 wins from 3 matches versus Austin (who've won just 1 game), alongside 0 draws.
We predict Austin to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (4-5-3) and 1.33 goals/game.
Austin FC is going head to head with San Diego FC on 27/9/2026 00:30 GMT for the USA MLS. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Austin FC v San Diego FC H2H statistics!