📏 Form Guide

Austin FC

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Austin FC will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-0 MLS defeat last time out to Houston Dynamo.

In that match, Austin FC had 49% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Houston Dynamo got 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. Ondřej Lingr (61') and Ezequiel Ponce (79') scored for Houston Dynamo.

Over their preceding six games, Nico Estévez's Austin FC have hit the target a combined total of 5 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 0.83.

Minnesota United

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS competition, Minnesota United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Minnesota United managed 42% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Minnesota United was Wil Trapp (80'). For their opponents, Vancouver Whitecaps had 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Sebastian Berhalter (55') and Pedro Vite (66', 70') scored for Vancouver Whitecaps.

In the course of their six most recent matches, Eric Ramsay's Minnesota United have found the net 7 times, yielding them the goals per game average of 1.17.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 10/04/2022 tells us that Austin FC have won 4 of them and Minnesota United 2, with the tally of draws being 0.

A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 from Austin and 6 coming from Loons. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league match featuring the two was MLS match day 28 on 23/06/2024 which ended up with the score at Minnesota United 0-1 Austin FC.

In that game, Minnesota United had 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

On the other side, Austin FC had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Diego Rubio (31') was the scorer.

The referee was Drew Fischer.

🗞️ Team News: Austin FC

Mikkel Desler (Muscle injury), Micah Burton (Leg injury), Diego Rubio (Muscle injury) and Ilie Sánchez (Muscle injury) will not be able to play for Austin FC gaffer Nico Estévez.

It’s our opinion that Austin FC may well kick off with a 4-3-3 formation this time, beginning the first half with Brad Stuver, Jon Gallagher, Oleksandr Svatok, Brendan Hines-Ike, Guilherme Biro, Besard Sabovic, Ilie Sanchez, Owen Wolff, Osman Bukari, Myrto Uzuni and Jáder Obrian.

📰 Team News: Minnesota United

Minnesota United manager Eric Ramsay has to choose a team with limited availability. Owen Gene (Ankle injury), Kipp Keller (Hamstring injury) and Hassani Dotson (Meniscus injury) won’t be making appearances.

It’s our belief that Loons seem most likely to elect for a 5-3-2 formation, settling for Dayne St. Clair, Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Carlos Harvey, Michael Boxall, Nicolás Romero, Joseph Rosales, Robin Lod, Wil Trapp, Joaquin Pereyra, Loïc Mesanvi and Tani Oluwaseyi.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Minnesota United and Austin FC won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

We’re therefore seeing a very close game with a 0-0 score at the end of the 90.

Peter Guest, 00:01 04/05/2025