Sporting Kansas City vs Austin — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
HighlightsMajor League SoccerYouTubeMatch Events
- 21′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 33′Austin, substitution:off
- 36′Austin, yellow card:
- 37′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- Half-time
- 46′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 46′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 51′Austin, yellow card:
- 52′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 55′Sporting Kansas City, goal:1–0assist
- 64′Austin, goal:1–1
- 68′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 71′Austin, substitution:off
- 74′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 74′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 76′Austin, substitution:off
- 86′Austin, goal:1–2
- 90′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 90+5′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- Full-time1 – 2
Lineups
Tap a player for match stats
Key Stats
Top Performers
Best rated
Goals
Assist
Videos
Player Ratings
Sporting Kansas City
Austin
Match report
Uzuni double sees Austin come from behind to beat Sporting Kansas City
Austin came from a goal down to beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 at Children's Mercy Park in Major League Soccer on Matchday 31. Myrto Uzuni scored twice in the second half, the second of them four minutes from time, to secure a win that deepened the home side's troubles near the foot of the table.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The match was goalless at the break. Sporting Kansas City took the lead in the 55th minute when Stephen Afrifa converted a chance created by André Luiz. The advantage lasted only nine minutes, as Uzuni levelled in the 64th minute to make it 1-1.
Uzuni struck again in the 86th minute to make it 2-1 and claim the points. Austin ended a run of five games without a win, while Sporting Kansas City have now lost three in a row. The result left Austin on 34 points in 26th place, with Sporting Kansas City on 22 points in 30th.
Austin host Real Salt Lake next in Major League Soccer, while Sporting Kansas City travel to Minnesota United FC in the same competition.
Myrto Uzuni scored both of Austin's goals, in the 64th and 86th minutes, and earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch at 8.58. Stephen Afrifa's goal was the pick of the home side's performances, rated 7.61.
Sporting Kansas City had 19 shots to Austin's 13, but Austin put eight of theirs on target to the hosts' five.
Austin won 2–1 away against Sporting Kansas City (half-time 0–0).
Sporting Kansas City met Austin in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 31). Kick-off was Sunday, 25 October 2026, 00:30 UTC at Children's Mercy Park. Referee: Ricardo Fierro. Attendance: 13,928.
Team pages: Sporting Kansas City · Austin · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 55' Goal: Stephen Afrifa (assist: André Luiz) — 1–0
- 64' Goal: Myrto Uzuni — 1–1
- 86' Goal: Myrto Uzuni — 1–2
Starting line-ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-4-2)
Austin (3-4-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sporting Kansas City 38%, the draw 25%, Austin 37%. It finished Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin.
Home advantage edges Kansas City past stronger Austin — Austin sit 109 points higher on our strength rating, but the usual home advantage, boosted because Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm, lifts Sporting Kansas City to 38% against Austin's 37%. The draw starts at 28%, the usual rate for a gap this size, and drops to 25% because both teams' own recent games average 3.6 goals.
Why Sporting Kansas City at 38%?
Home ground, against the rating. Austin sit 109 points higher on our strength rating — 1417 to 1308. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,788 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 49.1% of 5,253 games vs 44.6% across all 107,859 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 38%?
Because Austin are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 25% and Austin at 37%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.6 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 18,375. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Out: Moisés Mosquera, Or Blorian, and Justin Reynolds, rotation players. Doubtful: Lasse Johnsen, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. Austin won 4 of the last 6 meetings with Sporting Kansas City. The record is 4 wins for Austin, 0 draws and 2 wins for Sporting Kansas City. These were 6 Major League Soccer games played at both grounds between 16 July 2023 and 17 May 2026. Latest meeting: 17 May 2026 — Austin 1–2 Sporting Kansas City. Austin lead the 6-match record, although Sporting Kansas City won the latest encounter. In 6,072 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.2%.
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 Sporting Kansas City 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.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin. Explore more on the Sporting Kansas City and Austin team pages or the Major League Soccer page.