Most people believe in Nashville SC in this game vs Charlotte, but the visitors will battle to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the most conceded goals (42) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Nashville nor Charlotte as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nashville SC form and stats
Nashville SC have performed here at First Tennessee Park this season with 8 wins from 12 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 239 minutes without scoring a league goal. Zimmerman was the last player to find the net.
The Nashville SC coach Smith and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Inter Miami (placed 14th). Goalkeeper Panicco got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.01 out of ten. Panicco topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atlanta United (0-4).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Nashville's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 11 games, won 3 matches, drawn 6 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Nashville SC in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. Nashville SC have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Charlotte form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charlotte so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Charlotte delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Orlando City (placed 3rd) in their previous game. As mentioned above, Charlotte drew the match against Orlando City. Manager Lattanzio brought on Copetti to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Meram was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Meram hit two key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Los Angeles FC.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Charlotte playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Charlotte are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Charlotte have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H encounter ended Charlotte - Nashville SC 1-2, earlier this season. Previous two meetings with these participants: Nashville won one, Charlotte triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Mukhtar with 3 goals scored against Charlotte in these 2 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 13 goals |   K. Świderski 7 goals |  E. Copetti 5 goals |
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Charlotte missing players
| Nashville SC | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 31 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 26 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 42 |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 73% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 38% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 42% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 68% |
| 31% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 24% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8 | 9.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 41% | 41% |
| 12.7 | 12.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5 |
- Charlotte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the most conceded goals (42) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nashville SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 57 |
| 2 | New England | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 46 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 44 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -10 | 35 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 10 | DC United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | New York RB | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | New York City | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Toronto | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -16 | 22 |
