United States - MLSQ2 StadiumData current as of 06 September 2026

Austin vs Colorado Rapids: match statistics

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Austin vs Colorado Rapids: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Austin play Colorado Rapids in MLS (United States). The match date is 10 September 2026. Venue: Q2 Stadium.

Current form

Austin: 2-1-2, 1.40 points/match. Colorado Rapids: 3-0-2, 1.80 points/match.

Goal statistics

Austin scores 1.27 and concedes 1.86 goals per match. Colorado Rapids scores 1.35 and concedes 1.35. League average: 3.19 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Austin 64%, Colorado Rapids 39%. Over 2.5: Austin 73%, Colorado Rapids 48%. League level: BTTS 62%, Over 2.5 61%.

xG, shots and style

Colorado Rapids has higher xG: 1.34 vs 1.25. Austin: 10.7 shots per match, Colorado Rapids: 11.9.

Match halves

Austin: half-time lead 27%, second-half goals 0.68. Colorado Rapids: half-time lead 26%, second-half goals 0.83.

Goals by minute

Austin: 76-90+ (11 goals). Colorado Rapids: 76-90+ (7 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

MLS: 3.19 goals per match, BTTS 62%, Over 2.5 61%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 1 previous H2H matches were available: 0-0-1. Average goals 1.00, BTTS 0%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(2.49)
(3.50)
(2.63)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

AustinColorado Rapids
1.27Goals scored / match1.35
AustinColorado Rapids
1.86Goals conceded / match1.35
AustinColorado Rapids
49%Average possession56%
AustinColorado Rapids
4.18Shots on target / match3.91
AustinColorado Rapids

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

10.68Shots per match11.87
AustinColorado Rapids
4.18Shots on target3.91
AustinColorado Rapids
11.9%Shot conversion11.4%
AustinColorado Rapids
49%Possession56%
AustinColorado Rapids
1.25xG for1.34
AustinColorado Rapids
1.9xG against1.26
AustinColorado Rapids

Shooting quality

Austin: BalancedColorado Rapids: Balanced
AustinColorado Rapids
Accuracy (shots on target)39%33%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.300.35

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Colorado Rapids is 29% better for: last-5 form.

1.4 pts / match - Austin · 1.8 pts / match - Colorado Rapids

Austin
LLWDW
Season result split
27% W27% R45% P
Season (W-D-L)
6-6-10
1.09 pts / match · goal difference -13
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-1-2
1.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
4-3-3
Last 5 at home
2-1-2
WLWLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.19Opponent xG: 1.79BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 60%
Colorado Rapids
WWLWL
Season result split
43% W4% R52% P
Season (W-D-L)
10-1-12
1.35 pts / match · goal difference 0
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-0-2
1.80 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
2-1-9
Last 5 away
1-0-4
WLLLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.48Opponent xG: 0.93BTTS: 0%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Colorado Rapids is 6% better for: goals scored per match.

1.27 goals / match - Austin · 1.35 goals / match - Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids is 38% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.86 goals / match - Austin · 1.35 goals / match - Colorado Rapids

Austin scoring profile: strong

Austin scores in 77% of matches (17 of 22 matches), while Colorado Rapids keeps a clean sheet in 35% (8 of 23 matches).

Colorado Rapids scoring profile: very strong

Colorado Rapids scores in 70% of matches (16 of 23 matches), while Austin keeps a clean sheet in 18% (4 of 22 matches).

28Goals scored (season)31
AustinColorado Rapids
41Goals conceded (season)31
AustinColorado Rapids
3.14Average goals in match2.7
AustinColorado Rapids
6Goals scored (last 5)4
AustinColorado Rapids
6Goals conceded (last 5)6
AustinColorado Rapids

How often they score at least...

77%1 goal70%
AustinColorado Rapids
41%2 goals30%
AustinColorado Rapids
9%3 goals13%
AustinColorado Rapids
0%4 goals13%
AustinColorado Rapids

How often they concede at least...

82%1 goal65%
AustinColorado Rapids
59%2 goals43%
AustinColorado Rapids
27%3 goals26%
AustinColorado Rapids
9%4 goals0%
AustinColorado Rapids

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

62%
League average

Goal patterns

27%BTTS at half-time22%
AustinColorado Rapids
9%BTTS in both halves0%
AustinColorado Rapids
27%Scored in both halves17%
AustinColorado Rapids

BTTS and goal count

59%Min. 3 goals and BTTS39%
AustinColorado Rapids
14%Min. 3 goals without BTTS9%
AustinColorado Rapids
80%BTTS - last 50%
AustinColorado Rapids

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

77%Min. 1 goal before half-time65%
AustinColorado Rapids
41%Min. 2 goals before half-time35%
AustinColorado Rapids
5%Min. 3 goals before half-time17%
AustinColorado Rapids

2nd half

82%Min. 1 goal after half-time78%
AustinColorado Rapids
68%Min. 2 goals after half-time30%
AustinColorado Rapids
23%Min. 3 goals after half-time17%
AustinColorado Rapids

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Austin is 13% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.32 pts / match - Austin · 1.17 pts / match - Colorado Rapids

Austin - half-time state
27% leading50% draw23% trailing
Colorado Rapids - half-time state
26% leading39% draw35% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.32Points per match (1st half)1.17
AustinColorado Rapids
0.59Goals scored (1st half)0.52
AustinColorado Rapids
0.64Goals conceded (1st half)0.65
AustinColorado Rapids
1.23Average goals (1st half)1.17
AustinColorado Rapids
50%Clean sheet before half-time57%
AustinColorado Rapids
45%No goal before half-time57%
AustinColorado Rapids

After half-time (2nd half)

0.95Points per match (2nd half)1.39
AustinColorado Rapids
0.68Goals scored (2nd half)0.83
AustinColorado Rapids
1.23Goals conceded (2nd half)0.7
AustinColorado Rapids
1.91Average goals (2nd half)1.52
AustinColorado Rapids
32%Clean sheet after half-time48%
AustinColorado Rapids
50%No goal after half-time57%
AustinColorado Rapids

Austin - second-half results

18% W41% R41% P
29
Half-time points
13
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
21
Second-half points
-12
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.32
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 27% of matches and wins 27%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.6

Concedes 0.6 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Colorado Rapids - second-half results

39% W22% R39% P
27
Half-time points
12
Half-time goals
-3
Goal difference (1st half)
32
Second-half points
+3
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.17
PPG before half-time
Lead holding165%

Leads at half-time in 26% of matches and wins 43%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Austin - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.201.20
Goals scored / match0.40.8
Goals conceded / match0.40.8
Average goals in match0.81.6
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%60%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference00
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 60% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2
Colorado Rapids - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.40
Goals scored / match0.20.6
Goals conceded / match0.60.6
Average goals in match0.81.2
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal80%60%
Goal difference-20
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Austin
ScoredConceded
6
3
0-15
4
6
16-30
3
5
31-45
2
4
46-60
2
4
61-75
11
19
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (11 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (19). Late-goal balance (76-90): -8 - late phases are a weakness.

Colorado Rapids
ScoredConceded
5
3
0-15
4
6
16-30
3
6
31-45
6
1
46-60
6
6
61-75
7
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (7 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -2 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.92
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.3 : 1.6
Estimated goal split
home : away
91%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
52%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-66%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
54%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
7%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 14 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Austin

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.65
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.06
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+3.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.02
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.04
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
69%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
137%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.31
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
39% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 21% come in the first quarter-hour.
39%

Colorado Rapids

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.08
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.08
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-3.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.01
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.09
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
99%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
74%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.45
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
23% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 16% come in the first quarter-hour.
23%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (MLS).

Teams vs league

AustinLigaColorado Rapids
Average goals in match 3.143.19 2.70
Both teams scored 64%62% 39%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 73%61% 48%
Clean sheets 18%21% 35%
Goal before half-time 77%76% 65%
Goal after half-time 82%81% 78%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.19
Average goals per match
62%
Both teams scored
61%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
21%
Clean sheets
1.83
Home goals / match
1.36
Away goals / match
+35%
Home attack advantage
+26%
Home defence advantage
+19%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
76%
1 goal
44%
2 goals
19%
3 goals
5%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
51%
2 goals
23%
3 goals
10%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Austin 0 - 0 - 1 Colorado Rapids. Average goals 1.00, both teams scored in 0% matches.

FAQ

When do Austin and Colorado Rapids play?

Austin face Colorado Rapids on 10 September 2026 in MLS at Q2 Stadium. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What do the goal statistics show before Austin vs Colorado Rapids?

Austin score 1.27 goals per game on average and Colorado Rapids 1.35. The MLS average is 3.19 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 61% of games. Both teams score in 64% of Austin's matches and 39% of Colorado Rapids's.

What form are Austin and Colorado Rapids in?

Over the last 5 games Austin have a 2-1-2 record (1.40 points per game) and Colorado Rapids 3-0-2 (1.80 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Austin vs Colorado Rapids?

The statistical background for Austin vs Colorado Rapids — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.