Sporting Kansas City vs Austin FC Prediction: Stats don’t lie and these two are poor

Sporting Kansas City are back in action after their shambolic performance last week against Columbus Crew. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Sporting Kansas and they are in dire need of a good result in this upcoming game.

Sporting Kansas City have not seen a win in their last 3 games in a row and they are heading into this game with only one objective in mind. And for Austin FC, they ended a terrible run last week by beating Minnesota United away from home.

According to latest ranking Austin FC is 8th on the western conference with 27 points while Sporting Kansas City is ranked 13th with 14 points.

Sporting Kansas City are far away from redemption after their last defeat against Columbus Crew last week. Sporting Kansas City lost that game in devastating fashion and the feeling in the camp ahead of the upcoming game is negative.

Sporting Kansas City’s defeat to Columbus Crew last week was their 3rd defeat in succession. And in their last 5 games they had just 1 win and 4 defeats (LWLLL). And Sporting Kansas City’s are even more disastrous in their last 10 games as they had just 1 win and 9 defeats (LLLLLLWLLL).

Sporting Kansas City were beatean 4-0 by Columbus Crew away from home last week. They were 2-goals down by the end of the first half and in the second half, they concded 2 more goals to end the game in a 4-0 defeat

According to stats, Sporting Kansas City had: - 30% possession, 0 big chances, 4 goalkeeper saves, 1 corner kick and 0 shot on target.

Austin FC are not anywhere near a decent team and they are still far away from their very best despite winning their last game against Minnesota. Austin FC are hoping to pick up another win against Sporting Kansas City, who appear to be in a more disastrous situation than they are.

Austin’s win over Minnesota United last week was their first win in 6 straight league games. During that period they had 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats (DLLLDW). And in their last 10 games they had just 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Austin FC were able to beat 10-men Minnesota United by a single goal in their last match. Minnesota United had their player sent off in the 26th minute and then 5 minutes later Diego Rubio scored Austin’s opening goal. The second half stayed scoreless until the end and Austi took all 3 points.

According to stat, Austin FC had: - 53% possession, 1 big chance, 1 goalkeeper save, 4 corner kicks and 3 shots on target.

According to the h2h, both clubs have played 8 games against each other in the past. Austin FC won 5 games while Sporting Kansas City won 2 game and 1 game ended as a draw.

Match Facts: -

Sporting Kansas City is without a clean sheet in the last 8 meetings

Austin FC is without a clean sheet in the last 4 meetings

5/6 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals

Both teams scored in 7/8 meetings

Austin FC won the first half in 6/8 meetings

5/6 meetings ended with less than 10.5 corners

Besides poor results and form, both clubs are consistently playing badly and their stats per game is a proof. Despite Austin’s win, its still a huge risk to pick them as outright winners in this game. A low scoring affair is also a huge consideration for this game because of the form of both squads.

Our main pick is: Less than 11 corners

• Under 11 Corners at 1.6 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals at 2.09 Odds
• Both Teams to Score No at 2.10 Odds