Nashville SC manager Smith looking for three points in Dallas showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 22.August
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)

Major League Soccer: Two squads in decent form get together for this game. Dallas have a small advantage with their 3rd spot in the league table?

Insights:
  • Nashville SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dallas have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer.

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Nashville SC form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Nashville SC have to build on here in the Major League Soccer. Nashville are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

The Nashville SC club members got no joy from their last match, also played here: A 1-2 defeat against Minnesota United (placed 4th). Mukhtar, an attacker, was the top player for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.1 (out of 10). Mukhtar scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Toronto with the scoreline 3-4.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nashville SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Take note that 10 of the most recent 11 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

The Nashville fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. Nashville SC have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Dallas form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Dallas have produced an overall stat of 3-6-4 so far.

Impressive finishing from Ferreira secured the home win 1-0 against Philadelphia Union in their previous game. Attacker Ferreira got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Ferreira scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that, Dallas secured a home win against SJ Earthquakes with the score 4-1.

Dallas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Dallas find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Dallas have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Dallas - Nashville SC 2-0. Last five meetings with these teams: Nashville won two, Dallas triumphed in two and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
15 goals
Nashville SCH. Mukhtar
H. Mukhtar
14 goals
DallasP. Arriola
P. Arriola
9 goals

Nashville SC missing players

Dallas missing players

Nashville SC Dallas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 2 Played P 4 13 27
8 3 0 Won W 2 3 11
9 5 0 Drew D 1 6 9
9 4 2 Lost L 1 4 7
34 17 2 Scored S 6 16 39
36 17 4 Conceded C 4 16 28
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 93%
81% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 70%
50% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 44%
27% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 46% 33%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
69% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 59%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 26%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 22%
 
4.7 5.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.3 4.3
5 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4.6
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.6 14.9 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10 11.7
4.8 5.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 4
27% 25% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 37% 36%
 
12.8 12 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 14.9 11.4
4.4 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 3.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dallas have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nashville SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nashville SC have won significantly more corners at home than 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 25 18 3 4 54 24 14 11 2 1 34 13 11 7 1 3 20 11 30 57
2 Austin 25 14 6 5 54 34 12 6 4 2 32 18 13 8 2 3 22 16 20 48
3 Dallas 27 11 9 7 39 28 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 3 6 4 16 16 11 42
4 Minnesota United 25 11 5 9 40 35 12 5 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 5 38
5 Real Salt Lake 25 10 7 8 33 34 12 7 3 2 19 11 13 3 4 6 14 23 -1 37
6 LA Galaxy 24 10 3 11 37 34 13 7 1 5 25 18 11 3 2 6 12 16 3 33
7 Portland Timbers 26 7 12 7 42 40 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 2 6 5 20 25 2 33
8 Nashville SC 26 8 9 9 34 36 12 3 5 4 17 17 14 5 4 5 17 19 -2 33
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 9 6 11 31 45 13 7 3 3 18 16 13 2 3 8 13 29 -14 33
10 Seattle Sounders 25 10 2 13 32 31 13 7 1 5 21 15 12 3 1 8 11 16 1 32
11 Colorado Rapids 25 8 7 10 36 39 13 7 4 2 22 12 12 1 3 8 14 27 -3 31
12 Houston Dynamo 25 7 4 14 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 17 12 3 0 9 13 25 -11 25
13 SJ Earthquakes 25 5 9 11 40 53 12 4 5 3 22 22 13 1 4 8 18 31 -13 24
14 Sporting KC 26 6 5 15 26 48 12 4 2 6 12 15 14 2 3 9 14 33 -22 23

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.