Nashville SC are considered as favourites to win this home fixture against Chicago Fire, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
This promises to be an exciting game with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Nashville SC form and stats
Nashville SC have played 6 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Nashville followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Atlanta United and win 3-1. Sweet to taste a league victory after three matches without. Defender Zimmerman got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.32/10. Zimmerman served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that result, a home win against San Antonio in the US Open Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nashville SC handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dallas are coming to town in four days.
Nashville are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Nashville SC are not conceding a lot of goals here at First Tennessee Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Things could have gone better for Chicago Fire in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Chicago delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against New York RB (placed 13th) in their previous match. Souquet was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Souquet served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
A home win as predicted against Chicago House preceding that, in the US Open Cup. We have checked recent matches where Chicago Fire have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Saint Louis City in just three days.
Chicago Fire find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Chicago Fire struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC-Chicago Fire H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Nashville one win, Chicago Fire zero wins, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the players to grab the headlines has been Mukhtar with 3 goals scored against Chicago Fire in these 3 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Kamara 4 goals |   H. Mukhtar 3 goals |  J. Shaffelburg 3 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Nashville SC | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 10.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | 12.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 48% |
| 12.8 | 13 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.3 | 11.9 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (6) 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | New York City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | DC United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Toronto | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
