Nashville SC - New York RB: Small difference between teams in Major League Soccer clash

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Nissan Stadium

Nashville SC are enjoying their 3rd, while New York RB are lagging 6 points behind in the league standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago.

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Nashville SC form and stats

Nashville SC are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Nissan Stadium. 8 wins, 8 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 16 games. The Nashville SC fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Nissan Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Nashville has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.

An away draw last time out for Nashville SC, facing Orlando City in a game that ended 1-1. The striker Hany Mukhtar outdid all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.71 out of 10. Mukhtar scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Cincinnati with a 6-3 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nashville perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nashville SC as a small favourite), we find six games. Nashville SC has won three of these, drawn three and lost zero.

Goals decide football matches and Nashville are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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New York RB form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

York have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Carlos Miguel Coronel. It's been 261 minutes since they last conceded in Major League Soccer.

There were no winners in York's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 0-0 vs Atlanta United (placed 5th). Defender John Tolkin was the best team player with a rating of 7.74. Tolkin hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Montreal Impact.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by York in our archives, and the results are: five wins for New York RB, two draws and five defeats.

York are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). York have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: New York RB - Nashville 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

NashvilleH. Mukhtar
H. Mukhtar
15 goals
Nashville SCC. Sapong
C. Sapong
12 goals
New York RBP. Klimala
P. Klimala
9 goals

Nashville SC missing players

New York RB missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nashville SC New York RB
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 16 33
12 8 1 Won W 1 5 13
17 8 5 Drew D 0 2 8
4 0 0 Lost L 3 9 12
54 34 13 Scored S 4 19 38
32 17 10 Conceded C 7 21 32
79% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
67% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 61%
42% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 36%
33% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 15%
15% 19% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 9%
55% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 48%
39% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 39%
27% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 21%
 
4.8 5.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5.9 5.2
4.5 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.1 4.3
1.6 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
13.6 16.4 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 14.7 14.1
5.4 6.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.3
30% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 27% 27%
 
11.5 10.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 10.5 9.4
3.9 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New York RB have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the most matches under the total-line (21) 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 33 22 7 4 65 40 16 12 3 1 31 17 17 10 4 3 34 23 25 73
2 Philadelphia Union 33 14 11 8 47 34 17 11 3 3 25 10 16 3 8 5 22 24 13 53
3 Nashville SC 33 12 17 4 54 32 16 8 8 0 34 17 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 53
4 New York City 33 14 8 11 55 35 16 10 3 3 36 12 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 50
5 Atlanta United 33 12 12 9 43 36 17 9 5 3 25 14 16 3 7 6 18 22 7 48
6 Orlando City 33 12 12 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 16 4 5 7 19 30 0 48
7 New York RB 33 13 8 12 38 32 17 8 6 3 19 11 16 5 2 9 19 21 6 47
8 Montreal Impact 33 12 10 11 46 42 16 9 4 3 29 21 17 3 6 8 17 21 4 46
9 DC United 33 13 5 15 53 53 17 11 1 5 32 17 16 2 4 10 21 36 0 44
10 Columbus Crew 33 12 8 13 44 45 16 9 3 4 31 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 -1 44
11 Inter Miami 33 11 5 17 35 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 16 4 3 9 9 18 -18 38
12 Chicago Fire 33 9 7 17 36 52 17 7 5 5 23 18 16 2 2 12 13 34 -16 34
13 Toronto 33 6 10 17 38 63 16 4 7 5 23 24 17 2 3 12 15 39 -25 28
14 Cincinnati 33 4 8 21 36 72 16 1 5 10 16 27 17 3 3 11 20 45 -36 20

Table
  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 33 22 7 4 65 40 16 12 3 1 31 17 17 10 4 3 34 23 25 73
2 Philadelphia Union 33 14 11 8 47 34 17 11 3 3 25 10 16 3 8 5 22 24 13 53
3 Nashville SC 33 12 17 4 54 32 16 8 8 0 34 17 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 53
4 New York City 33 14 8 11 55 35 16 10 3 3 36 12 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 50
5 Atlanta United 33 12 12 9 43 36 17 9 5 3 25 14 16 3 7 6 18 22 7 48
6 Orlando City 33 12 12 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 16 4 5 7 19 30 0 48
7 New York RB 33 13 8 12 38 32 17 8 6 3 19 11 16 5 2 9 19 21 6 47
8 Montreal Impact 33 12 10 11 46 42 16 9 4 3 29 21 17 3 6 8 17 21 4 46
9 DC United 33 13 5 15 53 53 17 11 1 5 32 17 16 2 4 10 21 36 0 44
10 Columbus Crew 33 12 8 13 44 45 16 9 3 4 31 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 -1 44
11 Inter Miami 33 11 5 17 35 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 16 4 3 9 9 18 -18 38
12 Chicago Fire 33 9 7 17 36 52 17 7 5 5 23 18 16 2 2 12 13 34 -16 34
13 Toronto 33 6 10 17 38 63 16 4 7 5 23 24 17 2 3 12 15 39 -25 28
14 Cincinnati 33 4 8 21 36 72 16 1 5 10 16 27 17 3 3 11 20 45 -36 20

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