The league table in Major League Soccer tells a story about these teams so far, with Nashville SC leading Atlanta United by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
- Nashville SC have the most points (16) at home in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nashville SC form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Nashville SC have scored 12 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 4-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Nashville's last game was hosting Philadelphia Union (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0. Attacking player Charles Sapong bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Sapong scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Montreal Impact.Nashville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Nashville SC are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Atlanta United form and stats
There's been little loot from Atlanta United's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. Atlanta United only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Atlanta has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The attacking players of Atlanta United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 277 minutes.
Atlanta lost away at Chicago Fire (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Brooks Lennon, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.84. Lennon hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs New York RB.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Atlanta's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Atlanta United in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC and Atlanta United have met before this season: Atlanta United - Nashville 2-2. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Nashville wins - draws - Atlanta United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 3 goals |   D. Moreno 3 goals | R. Leal Arley 2 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| Nashville SC | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 82% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 82% |
| 64% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 36% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 45% |
| 36% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 9% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 27% |
| 27% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.2 | 16.8 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 12.5 |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 23% | 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 18% | 26% |
- Atlanta United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Atlanta United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Atlanta United have yet to win a game away.
- 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 at home as Atlanta United have scored away.
- Nashville SC have the most points (16) at home 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 | New England | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | New York City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | DC United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | New York RB | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Toronto | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 5 |