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Kansas City
MLS
00:30
UTC, Sunday 25 October 2026
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Austin

Kansas City vs Austin: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Sporting Kansas City host Austin FC at Sporting Park on Sunday 25 October 2026, kick-off 00:30 UTC, in the MLS. Prediction markets make Kansas City the favourite at 43%, with the draw at 24% (Polymarket). Kansas City have had 7 days of rest since playing Salt Lake (MLS); Austin have had 7 after facing Vancouver and travel about 13,426 km. Kansas City are without 5 players (Justin Reynolds, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Owen Wolff and others); Austin are missing 1 (Žan Kolmanič). Ricardo Fierro is the referee, averaging 4.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2. The forecast at kick-off is 21°C, dry.

Win chances

Kansas City 43%Draw 24%Austin 33%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Kansas City 4-4-2

Coach: Raphael Wicky

  1. 30 Stefan Cleveland GK
  2. 16 Jacob Bartlett MID
  3. 15 Jansen Miller DEF
  4. 28 Wyatt Meyer DEF
  5. 18 Emir Karić DEF
  6. 11 André Luiz FWD
  7. 20 Kwaku Agyabeng MID
  8. 22 Zorhan Bassong MID
  9. 14 Calvin Harris MID
  10. 19 Taylor Calheira FWD
  11. 17 Stephen Afrifa FWD

Bench

  • 1 John Pulskamp GK
  • 23 Ethan Bartlow DEF
  • 2 Ian James DEF
  • 8 Jacob Davis DEF
  • 99 Jayden Reid DEF
  • 93 Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov MID
  • 24 Rubén Ramos MID
  • 7 Capita FWD
  • 29 Seymour Reid FWD

Austin 3-4-3

Coach: Davy Arnaud

  1. 1 Brad Stuver GK
  2. 4 Brendan Hines-Ike DEF
  3. 5 Oleksandr Svatok DEF
  4. 15 Jon Bell DEF
  5. 30 Joseph Rosales MID
  6. 38 Ervin Torres MID
  7. 14 Besard Šabović MID
  8. 17 Jon Gallagher MID
  9. 21 Christian Ramirez FWD
  10. 9 Brandon Vázquez FWD
  11. 10 Myrto Uzuni FWD

Bench

  • 12 Damian Las GK
  • 22 Christopher Applewhite DEF
  • 29 Guilherme Biro DEF
  • 35 Mateja Djordjević DEF
  • 3 Mikkel Desler DEF
  • 6 Ilie Sánchez MID
  • 24 Jorge Alastuey MID
  • 11 Facundo Torres FWD
  • 77 Przemysław Płacheta FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Kansas City

  • Justin Reynolds injury, back Mid November 2026
  • Lasse Berg Johnsen injury, back Mid November 2026
  • Owen Wolff injury, back Early November 2026
  • Moisés Mosquera injury, back Mid November 2026
  • Or Blorian injury, back Late October 2026

Austin

  • Žan Kolmanič injury, back Mid November 2026
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 17 May 2026: Austin FC 1-2 Sporting Kansas City
  • Sunday 7 September 2025: Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Austin FC
  • Sunday 23 February 2025: Austin FC 1-0 Sporting Kansas City
  • Sunday 30 June 2024: Sporting Kansas City 2-0 Austin FC
  • Sunday 19 May 2024: Austin FC 3-2 Sporting Kansas City