Nashville SC manager Smith looking for three points in Montreal Impact showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: First Tennessee Park

Montreal Impact have travelled here for an action-packed battle versus the home team Nashville SC. Read up on the fixture with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!

This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Nashville SC form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Nashville SC have to build on here at First Tennessee Park in the Major League Soccer.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joe Willis not having conceded a league goal in 210 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Nashville, facing New York RB in a game that ended 0-0. Lovitz, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Lovitz won 9 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against New York City.

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 12 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Nashville SC has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

No Major League Soccer points yet away for Montreal Impact, from their first 2 matches.

Montreal Impact aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 185 league minutes without a goal. Mihailovic was the last player to find the net.

Montreal Impact lost away at Austin (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Inter Miami's place.

We have checked recent matches where Montreal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Montreal Impact has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Nashville SC have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Montreal Impact.

Top Goalscorers

Nashville SCW. Zimmerman
W. Zimmerman
1 goals
Nashville SCJ. Shaffelburg
J. Shaffelburg
1 goals

Nashville SC missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Nashville SC Montreal Impact
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 2 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 2 3 3
50% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
6.5 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.5
3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.5
2.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.5 11.5
2 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 4
50% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16 16
2.5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6 6
Nashville SC Last season Montreal Impact
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 36
13 6   Won W   11 21
11 6   Drew D   2 5
11 5   Lost L   4 10
52 30   Scored S   33 66
42 21   Conceded C   29 53
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
80% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 83%
51% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 69%
26% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 39%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 22%
63% 71%   BTTS BTTS   71% 67%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 22%
14% 6%   Failed to Score F T   12% 14%
 
4.7 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.4
4.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.9
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.3
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13.1
4.8 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.9
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 38%
 
12.9 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 9.8
4.4 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 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 Inter Miami 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
2 New England 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Nashville SC 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
4 Atlanta United 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
5 Cincinnati 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Orlando City 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
7 Philadelphia Union 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
8 Columbus Crew 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
9 DC United 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Toronto 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
12 New York RB 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 New York City 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
14 Charlotte 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
15 Montreal Impact 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0

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