Los Angeles FC vs Austin — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 63′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 63′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 63′Austin, substitution:off
- 66′Austin, goal:1–1assist
- 67′Los Angeles FC, goal:2–1assist
- 72′Los Angeles FC, goal:3–1assist
- 78′Austin, substitution:off
- 78′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 78′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 81′Austin, substitution:off
- 81′Austin, substitution:off
- 85′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
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Los Angeles FC beat Austin 3-1 to end four-game winless run
Los Angeles FC ended a run of four games without a win by beating Austin 3-1 in Major League Soccer at Banc of California Stadium on Matchday 29. The scoreline hid a goalless first half, with the breakthrough arriving only after the interval.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Dénis Bouanga opened the scoring in the 52nd minute from Son Heung-Min's assist. Austin levelled in the 66th minute when Brandon Vázquez scored from Myrto Uzuni's pass, but the visitors' reply lasted barely a minute. Bouanga struck again in the 67th minute, with Son once more the creator.
Son then added a goal of his own in the 72nd minute, set up by Jacob Shaffelburg, to make it 3-1. The result lifted Los Angeles FC to 45 points, still 12th in the table, while Austin stayed 27th on 31 points. Los Angeles FC travel to New York City FC on Saturday in Major League Soccer, and Austin host Vancouver Whitecaps in the same competition.
Son Heung-Min supplied two assists for Bouanga's goals and scored the third himself, earning the top rating of 8.94. Bouanga's two goals brought him a rating of 8.64.
Los Angeles FC had 11 shots on target to Austin's 4, despite Austin holding 60% of the possession.
Los Angeles FC beat Austin 3–1 (half-time 0–0).
Los Angeles FC met Austin in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 29). Kick-off was Thursday, 15 October 2026, 02:30 UTC at BMO Stadium. Referee: Jair Marrufo. Attendance: 22,180.
Team pages: Los Angeles FC · Austin · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 52' Goal: Dénis Bouanga (assist: Son Heung-Min) — 1–0 · Watch Dénis Bouanga's goal video (52')
- 66' Goal: Brandon Vázquez (assist: Myrto Uzuni) — 1–1
- 67' Goal: Dénis Bouanga (assist: Son Heung-Min) — 2–1
- 72' Goal: Son Heung-Min (assist: Jacob Shaffelburg) — 3–1 · Watch Son Heung-Min's goal video (72')
Starting line-ups
Los Angeles FC (4-2-3-1)
Austin (3-4-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Los Angeles FC 63%, the draw 25%, Austin 12%. It finished Los Angeles FC 3–1 Austin.
Los Angeles FC's stronger rating gives them a clear lead — We give Los Angeles FC 63% mainly because they sit 91 points higher on our strength rating, 1527 to 1435, and home sides in Major League Soccer tend to do better than the global norm. The draw sits at 25%, close to the usual rate for a gap this size, with typical-scoring recent games and a finishing streak roughly cancelling out.
Why Los Angeles FC at 63%?
Los Angeles FC sit 91 points higher on our strength rating — 1527 to 1435. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge at home won 56.7% of 13,350 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.0%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.2% of 5,222 games vs 44.6% across all 101,177 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Los Angeles FC sit -0.32 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.7% of 2,523 such games where the class table expected 35.8%. The 300 most similar past games finished 52–32–16.
Why only 63%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 63% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Austin at 12%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.9%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.5% of 28,318. The goals environment adds 1.1 points to the draw. The bounce-back factor takes 1.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Los Angeles FC have shed 71 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.1% of 9,596 such games vs 33.4% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Los Angeles FC are 1 game into a new manager (Xavi Tamarit), appointed 4 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Los Angeles FC vs Austin final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
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