Kansas City v Austin

Sporting Kansas City vs Austin Preview

Next up is an all-Western Conference clash between Sporting Kansas City and Austin at the Children's Mercy Park with both teams jostling for places in the top nine of the table although Sporting Kansas sit in 12th place and two points adrift of the Final Series play-off positions prior to this upcoming encounter.

Despite Sporting Kansas' lowly position in the Western Conference with the hosts sitting third from bottom in the ladder, the hosts nevertheless bring an encouraging sequence of results into Saturday night's tussle as they are unbeaten in their last three games overall, picking up two wins in the process by way of victories over Portland Timbers and Dallas.

After making a miserable start to this MLS season with Kansas failing to win any of their opening 10 games of the campaign and being dealt no fewer than seven defeats in the process, Kansas have managed to stage an important recovery by losing just one further game in their subsequent seven matches overall.

Kansas have won four of these last seven games and the hosts will feel confident about their chances of picking up all three points here.

Austin already occupy one of the Final Series play-off positions as the visitors sit in eighth place on the Western Conference ladder but although they have picked up recent wins against Seattle Sounders, Toronto and Minnesota United, Austin have for the majority of this season been struggling for positive results.

Indeed, Austin have managed to capture just three wins out of their last 13 matches overall and includes six defeats as well, four of which have been dealt out to Austin on their travels with losses incurred at Houston Dynamo (twice), Los Angeles and LA Galaxy - the latter being a 2-0 defeat against the side sitting bottom of the Conference.

Positive results away from home have indeed been in short supply for Austin who have registered just two wins from their last 12 outings on the road whilst also losing nine of these games, so the odds look to be stacked against the visitors for this trip.

Sporting Kansas City v Austin Verdict

Sporting Kansas have enjoyed an improvement in form lately in the MLS, particularly at home where they've won their last three home games on the trot, scoring nine goals in the process and conceding just two in reply.

Austin have previously held the upper hand over Sporting Kansas in the past, winning the last three encounters on the trot but given their poor results away from home lately, the visitors may well come up short against a rejuvenated Sporting Kansas outfit here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Sporting Kansas win @ 1.90

Other side bets worth considering:

Sporting Kansas win & Under 2.5 goals @ 5.00

Correct score: Sporting Kansas 2-0 @ 10.00