Sporting Kansas City host Austin in MLS matchday 31

The matchday 31 fixture of the 2026 MLS season between Sporting Kansas City and visitors Austin takes place on 25 October at 03:30 Saudi time (same as Damascus time), and will be broadcast on Apple TV.

Sporting Kansas City enter the match after a series of negative results, having lost 1-3 at home to Real Salt Lake, and before that lost away 0-4 to Nashville, drew 3-3 with Portland Timbers, lost 1-2 to Seattle Sounders, and won their last positive match 2-0 against Houston Dynamo.

For their part, Austin have only managed modest results in their recent rounds, losing 1-2 at home to Vancouver Whitecaps, losing 1-3 to Los Angeles FC, suffering a heavy 1-4 defeat to Nashville, drawing 3-3 with San Diego, and drawing goalless 0-0 with Dallas.

In the two sides previous meetings, Sporting Kansas City beat Austin 2-1 on 17 May 2026 when Austin were hosts, and Sporting Kansas City also won 2-0 at home on 14 February 2026, while they lost 1-2 to Austin on 8 September 2025, and also lost 0-1 to Austin on 23 February 2025, and Sporting Kansas City won 2-0 on 30 June 2024.

Sporting Kansas City are missing A. Blorian, Diego Borges, Lasse Berg Johnsen, M. Mosquera, Justin Reynolds and A. Wolf through injury, while Austin are missing Zan Kolmanic for the same reason.

In the Western Conference table, Austin sit in 14th place with 31 points from 30 matches after 7 wins, 10 draws and 13 defeats, with a goal difference of 38 for and 56 against, while Sporting Kansas City sit in 15th place with 22 points from 30 matches after 6 wins, 4 draws and 20 defeats, with a goal difference of 36 for and 75 against.