Austin FCAttacking momentumSporting Kansas City
Preview
- In the Group Stage of the 2026 MLS, Austin and Sporting KC lock horns on 2026-05-17 at 01:30 GMT.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Nico Estevez and Raphael Wicky.
- Austin report 4 missing players: B. Hines-Ike (Injury), R. Taylor (Knee Injury), C. Fodrey (Leg Injury), J. Nelson (Lower-Body Injury) whereas Sporting KC report 2 missing players: K. Agyabeng (Groin Injury), J. Miller (Hamstring Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Austin should be met by Sporting KC's expected 4-4-2.
- Both teams are coming from different results: Austin fell 0-5 against San Diego, while Sporting KC prevailed 3-1 over LA Galaxy.
- Struggling form all round: Austin are 2-1-2 and Sporting KC are 1-1-3 in their recent 5 matches.
- Austin have clearly got the edge H2H: in 12 meetings, they've beaten Sporting KC 7 times, with 1 draw and only 4 losses.
- A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Austin's 3-2-1 home form and Sporting KC's 1-0-5 away record.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Austin FC
Sporting Kansas City
Events
| 28' | Capita | ||
| 45+1' | 1 - 0 | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 47' | J. Davis | ||
| 57' | O. Svatok | ||
| 60' | |||
| 60' | |||
| 61' | I. Sanchez | ||
| 63' | Z. Bassong | ||
| 64' | |||
| 64' | |||
| 71' | J. Nelson | ||
| 73' | |||
| 73' | |||
| 75' | |||
| 79' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 82' | 1 - 2 | ||
| 84' | |||
| 86' | C. Fodrey | ||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
TV Channels
Austin FC is going head to head with Sporting Kansas City on 17/5/2026 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 Sporting Kansas City H2H statistics!