New York Red Bulls vs Austin FC Prediction: Don’t Expect Fireworks

Both the New York Red Bulls and Austin FC are in very poor form at the moment and now they face each other hoping to pick up a vital win to end their poor run in the league. New York Red Bulls have failed to win any of their last 4 league games in a row and their most recent game against New York City ended in a goalless draw at full time.

Austin FC’s winless streak stretches to their last 5 games in a row. A win here would really help boost the confidence of the team.

This will be their first meeting this season and the last time they met, The Red Bulls won 4-3.

New York Red Bulls are fighting hard to end their very poor run in the league and they are hoping this is the match they can achieve that, considering the poor form of the visiting team. New York Red Bulls are winless in their last 4 matches in a row and their last 5 matches ended in 1 win, 3 defeats and 1 draw. They won against DC United, then lost against Inter Miami CF, New England Revolution and Philadelphia Union before playing a goalless draw against New York City in their last game.

In their match against New York City, they had 42% possession, 9 shots on target and 6 corner kicks.

New York Red Bulls have won 3 of their last 5 home league games, losing the remaining 2. They lost their last home league game against Inter Miami CF (2-0).

• New York Red Bulls have not won the last 4 matches.
• 6/7 of their matches ended in less than 2.5 goals.
• 6/8 of their matches ended with more than 4.5 cards.
• 5/7 of their matches ended with less than 10.5 corners.

Austin’s form has also been poor since the end of the Leagues Cup tournament. Since then they were involved in 5 league games and 4 of those games ended in a defeat and they got a draw in just 1 game. They lost against St. Louis City and then to FC Dallas and Seattle Sounders before playing a 2-2 draw with New England Revolution. Then they lost their last match against Portland Timbers.

In their match against the Timbers, Felipe Mora put the Timber ahead in the 39th minute. And then in the 64th minute, Evander doubled their lead with the second goal before Sebastian Driussi got one goal back for Austin FC in the 75th minute. The game ended in a 2-1 defeat for Austin FC at full time.

Austin FC have also failed to win their last 4 away games and they won only 1 of their last 5. Their last away game was the 2-2 draw against New England Revolution.

• Austin FC have no wins in 6 matches.
• Austin FC are without a clean sheet in 10 matches.
• 8/9 of their matches ended with more than 2.5 goals.
• Both teams scored in 9/10 of their matches.
• 6/7 of their matches ended with less than 4.5 cards.
• 4/5 of their matches ended with less than 10.5 corners.

Austin FC and New York Red Bulls have met only once in the past and New York Red Bulls won that game 4-3.

Analysis of New York Red Bulls shows they have scored 24 goals and conceded 33 goals in the MLS. They scored an average of 0.9 goals per game, with a 6% conversion rate. They created an average of 1.6 chances per game and missed an average of 1.2. They also played an average of 4.2 shots on target per game and an average of 5.1 corners per game. They conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game and they kept 7 clean sheets.

Analysis of Austin FC shows they have scored 39 goals and conceded 45 goals in the MLS. They scored an average of 1.4 goals per game, with a 11% conversion rate. They created an average of 2.3 chances per game and missed an average of 1.4. They also played an average of 4.4 shots on target per game and an average of 5.1 corners per game. They conceded an average of 1.6 goals per game and they kept 5 clean sheets.

• Austin to Play Over 3.5 Corners at 1.833 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.63 Odds
• FT Draw at 3.60 Odds