It's only the second game in the Major League Soccer for these teams. and fresh optimism here at Allianz Field as Minnesota United greet Nashville SC. Read this preview!
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous match. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!
Minnesota United form and stats
The season before, Minnesota United's league results were 13 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses, results that produced 5th position in the Major League Soccer. From these 34 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 44. Performing as the host team in the last season Minnesota United generated 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 14 conceded.
The Minnesota United coach Heath and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Philadelphia Union. Midfield player Lod got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Lod scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Portland Timbers.This is expected to be a close game, with Minnesota United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Minnesota United as a small favourite), we find eight games. Minnesota has won four of these, drawn two and lost two.
Nashville SC form and stats
Let's have a look at how Nashville SC performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 18 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 9 and lost 4 with 20/15 goals scored/conceded. The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
It's the second away game in a row for Nashville SC, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Seattle Sounders (placed 10th) last time out. Godoy got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Godoy scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Philadelphia Union (after extra-time, 2-0 on penalties).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Nashville SC in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Nashville SC, seven draws and three defeats.
1 goal so far away for Nashville SC, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lod 1 goals |   A. Godoy 1 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Minnesota United | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Minnesota United | Last season | Nashville SC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 10 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 59 | ||
| 47 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 81% | ||
| 71% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 69% | ||
| 49% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 42% | ||
| 31% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 33% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 51% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 58% | ||
| 31% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 36% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 25% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 12.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
