Nashville SC are positioned 2nd, while DC United are lagging 12 points behind in the league table. Can they cut the gap?
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Nashville SC form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Major League Soccer games here at First Tennessee Park for Nashville SC. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Nashville has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at First Tennessee Park. We remember; it was Los Angeles FC.
Nashville SC haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 195 minutes ago. Mukhtar scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Smith led his Nashville to a defeat away at Columbus Crew. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at First Tennessee Park. Maher, defender, was given a rating of 7.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Maher won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Montreal Impact (0-1).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 15 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Some stats: A review of the 13 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Nashville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at First Tennessee Park with 19 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Nashville SC have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
DC United form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of DC United playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Dájome, Williams and Santos scored in DC United's previous match, the home game against Cincinnati that ended 3-0. It was a convincing performance from DC United when Cincinnati were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Dájome, Williams and Santos scored their goals. Attacker Klich got a player rating of 7.93 in the game. "Man of the match" Klich served one assist, hit five key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
A loss against Real Salt Lake was the result prior to that, in a home game.DC United 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, 1 draw and 12 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the DC United manager Rooney as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Dallas.
DC United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, DC United have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against DC United.These opponents have fought earlier this season: DC United - Nashville 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 13 goals |   C. Benteke Liolo 8 goals |  F. Picault 4 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
DC United missing players
| Nashville SC | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 90% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 85% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 65% |
| 15% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 13.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 26% | 33% |
| 12.5 | 11.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
- Nashville SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (14) 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 | Cincinnati | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 43 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | New England | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | DC United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | New York City | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | New York RB | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
