The only previous meeting between Inter Miami FC and Austin FC was a 5-1 Austin FC win in March 2022. the five goals Austin FC scored equals its most in any match in club history and the most Inter Miami FC has allowed in any match in its club history.
Inter Miami FC has lost a club-record seven straight MLS matches and has lost 13 of its first 18 games this season, the fifth team in the post-shootout era (since 2000) to do so. There has been only one longer losing streak in MLS since the start of the 2020 season.: FC Cincinnati (14 straight) from 2021-2022.
Austin FC has recorded back-to-back 3-0 wins, the first set of consecutive clean sheets in club history. Both of those wins came at home as Austin FC has won only two of its last 13 away matches, (D1, L10, including playoffs), failing to keep clean sheets in any of those games.
Inter Miami FC held nearly 70% possession and completed 605 passes in its 4-1 defeat at the Philadelphia Union on Saturday but attempted just nine shots. Inter Miami FC is the first team to attempt 600 passes and have fewer than 10 shots in a match since Opta began detailed MLS data collection in 2010.
All three of Austin FC’s goals against Houston Dynamo FC on Saturday ere headers, the first time in club history that Austin FC has scored three headed goals in an MLS match. Austin FC lead MLS with nine headed goals this season and has a league-best 29 headed goals since the joining MLS in 2021.
