After collecting just one point from its first two matches against Sporting Kansas City, Austin has won the last two meetings, including a 2-0 win in Kansas City on July 30. Austin won the lone meeting between these sides at Q2 Stadium, a 3-1 victory last November.
Austin FC reached the 50-goal mark in its 24th game this season, a 3-3 draw with San Jose. Only one team in the last 20 years had more goals after 24 matches of a season: Los Angeles FC (65) in 2019.
Sporting Kansas City ended a three-match losing run with a 4-2 victory over the Galaxy on Saturday. Sporting had scored a total of three goals in its previous seven MLS matches, including failing to score in the previous three.
Sebastián Driussi scored his league-high 16th goal of the season in Austin’s draw with San Jose on Saturday. Driussi has contributed to a goal in seven straight MLS matches, equaling the longest streak in MLS this season (D. Rubio, L. Acosta).
Dániel Sallói ended a run of eight straight games without a goal contribution by scoring once and assisting twice on Saturday. The eight-match run equaled the second-longest streak without a goal contribution in Sallói’s MLS career after a 17-match run from March-July 2019.
