{"id":49827,"date":"2026-09-14T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/?post_type=news&p=49827"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:30:53","slug":"match-preview-fc-dallas-vs-austin-fc-09-19-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/news\/mls\/match-preview-fc-dallas-vs-austin-fc-09-19-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Dallas vs Austin FC: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

FC Dallas<\/a> host Austin FC<\/a> at Toyota Stadium on Saturday, September 19 (8:30 PM ET \/ 7:30 PM CT \/ 5:30 PM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

FC Dallas have a clean bill of health and will again build around Petar Musa<\/a>, whose eighteen goals and forty shots on target make him the focal point of this attack, with Logan Farrington’s nine goals offering a reliable second threat inside the box. Austin FC also have everyone available, with Christian Ramirez’s seven goals leading the way and Facundo Torres pulling the strings from deep, his fifty-seven chances created the highest tally of any player involved at Toyota Stadium.<\/p>\n

This one shapes up tight rather than open, exactly the kind of game FC Dallas have made a habit of controlling as they sit third in the Western Conference<\/a> and firmly in the playoff picture<\/a>. Austin FC, thirteenth and further back in that same conference, have been hard to beat without doing much winning \u2014 draws have been a theme in their recent matches \u2014 but a defense sitting at minus twelve on goal difference will find Musa a persistent problem to handle.<\/p>\n

US viewers can watch FC Dallas vs Austin FC on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n