Austin FC has won its last three matches against Sporting Kansas City after Sporting Kansas City earned a win and a draw in the first two encounters. Austin FC has never recorded a four-match winning streak against a single opponent in the club’s MLS history.
Sporting Kansas City has lost only on of its seven MLS matches (W4 D2)and has 14 points since the beginning of May, the most in the Western Conference and fourth-most in MLS. Sporting Kansas City has won all three home matches in that time after taking just one point from its first four at home this season.
Austin FC has lost nine of its last 12 road matches dating back to last August (W2 D1, including playoffs), conceding more than one goal in 10 of those 12 matches. This run comes after Austin FC had lost only two of its previous 12 road matches in league play (W8 D2) from April to July 2022.
Daniel Salloi has scored in each of his last three home matches after having scored in four-straight at home in June-July 2021. The only MLS Sporting Kansas City player to record multiple home scoring streaks of four or more games is Preki, who had streaks of d=seven and four games in 1996.
Julio Cascante scored a late headed goal in Austin FC’s 2-1 loss to Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Six of Austin FC’s nine goals since the beginning of May have been scored via headers while no other team in the league has more than three headed goals in that time.
