Nashville SC have played good football this season, sitting at 2nd position in the table. Orlando City have a view both ways from the 5th place.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Orlando City have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nashville SC form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 14 Major League Soccer games here for Nashville SC. The data says 8 wins, 6 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Nashville tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Chicago Fire (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Major League Soccer game ended 0-0. Dax McCarty (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Inter Miami with a 5-1 scoreline.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nashville SC matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, three draws and zero defeats (from four games).
Nashville are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at New York City awaits in four days.
The Nashville SC manager B. Jacobs has got the team scoring with 31 from 14 home games in the league. On the other hand, Nashville have conceded 14 goals.
Orlando City form and stats
There's been little loot from Orlando City's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Major League Soccer. Orlando City only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. With the Orlando losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Two away games in a row for Orlando, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus New England in the Major League Soccer. The attacker Daryl Dike got a match rating of 7.25 in that game. Dike scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Philadelphia Union's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Orlando City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing three and winning one game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting DC United in just three days.
Orlando are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Orlando have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met before this season: Nashville - Orlando City 1-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Nashville SC wins - draws - Orlando City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 12 goals |  C. Sapong 10 goals |   L. Almeida da Cunha 8 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Nashville SC | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 44 | 31 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 37 |
| 24 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | 38 |
| 81% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 46% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 58% |
| 35% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 31% | 31% |
| 15% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 23% |
| 54% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 77% | 65% |
| 42% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 27% |
| 23% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 15% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.1 | 16.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| 5.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 29% | 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | 32% |
- Nashville SC have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Orlando City have scored away.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most scored goals (31) at home in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 62 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | New York City | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -1 | 38 |
| 6 | DC United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -15 | 32 |
| 11 | New York RB | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -17 | 24 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 35 | -22 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -23 | 19 |