Austin 2-0 St. Louis City result, stats and report

Facundo Torres headed Austin level in the 79th minute to salvage a 1-1 draw against Colorado Rapids, but the stats tell a story Austin should not be comfortable with. Colorado had the better of this match and left Texas with a point they will feel was less than they deserved.

Portland Timbers dominated large spells of this MLS clash but Austin nicked a 2-1 win thanks to a 89th-minute Antony penalty and a stoppage-time strike from Oleksandr Svatok, cancelling out Facundo Torres's opener.

St. Louis City dismantled Vancouver Whitecaps with three first-half goals to claim a commanding 3-1 victory on the road. The Whitecaps were outclassed when it mattered and had no answer for a visiting side that was ruthless in front of goal.

Austin looked set to suffer a damaging home defeat after Beau Leroux's early goal for SJ Earthquakes, but Guilherme Biro fired home deep into stoppage time to earn Austin a 1-1 draw at home in MLS.

St. Louis City let a lead slip twice before Logan Farrington's stoppage-time equaliser rescued a point in a breathless 3-3 draw with Dallas at home in MLS.

New York Red Bulls have not kept a single clean sheet in their last ten MLS matches and are running out of road. St. Louis City arrive unbeaten in ten and in no mood to be charitable.

Dallas welcome a deeply out-of-form Austin side to town on Sunday, with the hosts looking to consolidate their position in the Western Conference's top five and Austin arriving with three major absentees and a catastrophic away record.

St. Louis City have built one of the most imposing home records in the Western Conference this season, but Toronto arrive having drawn three of their last five away matches. The structural contrast between these two sides makes this a genuinely interesting tactical exercise.