The Austin & Nashville SC head coaches Wolff and Smith are both fearful of and feeling excited about this crucial match in the upper area of the Major League Soccer positions.
- Austin have the most scored goals (63) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Major League Soccer
Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Major League Soccer fixture only three days back. This match was also played here at Al Saqr Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nashville SC have had more rest.
Austin form and stats
8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Austin so far this season.
A nice win for Austin last time playing, versus Real Salt Lake. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Djitté scoring for the victors. Sweet to taste a league win after three fixtures without. Austin goalkeeper Stuver did an outstanding job against Real Salt Lake with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Stuver, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.83 out of 10 in that game. Stuver topped it up with a clean sheet.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Seattle Sounders.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.
Austin are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Al Saqr Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 40 goals in 15 matches. Austin have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Nashville SC form and stats
6-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nashville SC in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Nashville delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against LA Galaxy (placed 8th) in their previous fixture. Goalkeeper Willis made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against LA Galaxy. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Willis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.11. The agile goalkeeper Willis saved a penalty.
Before that, Nashville SC secured a home win against Austin with the score 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nashville SC playing away and similar expectations, we found 22 relevant matches. Results were 5 Nashville SC wins, 10 draws and 7 defeats.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 15 of this club's latest 20 league fixtures.
Nashville find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Nashville SC have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played earlier this season: Nashville SC - Austin 3-0. Austin-Nashville SC H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Austin zero wins, Nashville SC two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the profiles has been Mukhtar with 2 goals scored against Austin in these 2 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 22 goals |   S. Driussi 20 goals |  M. Urruti 9 goals |
Austin missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Austin | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 63 | 40 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 20 | 49 |
| 45 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 84% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 84% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 47% | 55% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 29% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 65% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 13% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 15.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10.5 | 12.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 45% | 50% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 31% |
| 13.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Austin have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most points from losing position (20) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most scored goals (40) at home in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most scored goals (63) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (19) away in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nashville SC 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 | Los Angeles FC | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 61 |
| 2 | Austin | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Dallas | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -9 | 39 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -18 | 37 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -15 | 34 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | -18 | 30 |
