Major League Soccer preview: Can Nashville SC edge out victory against Orlando City?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 19.August
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)

Nashville SC and Orlando City are both high-flying in the Major League Soccer with their 3rd and 4th places respectively. This could be a great game!

Insights:
  • Nashville SC have the most clean sheets (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Orlando City have scored away.

Little time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Major League Soccer game only three days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Orlando City have had more rest.

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Nashville SC form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 12 Major League Soccer games here for Nashville SC. The data says 7 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. The Nashville SC fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Nashville SC has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Nashville's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 5-2 versus DC United (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Attacking player Charles Sapong bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.8 out of 10. Sapong scored two goals and hit three key passes. A goal frenzy last time out for Nashville, with a total of 7 goals in the match against DC United. Fun stuff to watch!

Heartbreak before that as Nashville lost 1-2 at Inter Miami's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nashville handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Nashville SC can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 27 times. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Orlando City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Orlando has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cincinnati for a Major League Soccer game that ended a draw (1-1). Kyle Smith, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.34. Smith won 2 of 4 duels. The draw against Cincinnati came from a losing position. The Orlando manager Ó. Pareja Gómez brought on Nani as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A draw for Orlando City before that, at their own venue hosting Inter Miami (1-1).

Orlando are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

A new game in only three days for Orlando City, the Major League Soccer home match versus Chicago Fire. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Orlando City have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. Orlando have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Nashville one win, one draw and Orlando City one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nashville SCH. Mukhtar
H. Mukhtar
8 goals
NashvilleC. Sapong
C. Sapong
8 goals
Orlando CityL. Almeida da Cunha
L. Almeida da Cunha
8 goals

Nashville SC missing players

Orlando City missing players

Nashville SC Orlando City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 12 1 Played P 1 9 18
7 7 1 Won W 0 3 8
10 5 0 Drew D 0 3 6
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
31 27 2 Scored S 0 11 28
19 12 0 Conceded C 5 16 23
79% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
68% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
47% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 56%
37% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 28%
16% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 22% 22%
53% 58% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 78% 67%
42% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
26% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 11% 11%
 
5.2 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.3
5.1 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 5
1.3 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.3 16.9 17 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10.8 11.9
5.4 6.9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.8
30% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 32%
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 scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Orlando City have scored away.
  • Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the most clean sheets (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the most points (26) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the most points from losing position (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the most scored goals (27) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 New England 20 13 4 3 37 23 9 7 1 1 16 9 11 6 3 2 21 14 14 43
2 New York City 18 9 4 5 34 18 10 7 1 2 24 8 8 2 3 3 10 10 16 31
3 Nashville SC 19 7 10 2 31 19 12 7 5 0 27 12 7 0 5 2 4 7 12 31
4 Orlando City 18 8 6 4 28 23 9 5 3 1 17 7 9 3 3 3 11 16 5 30
5 Philadelphia Union 19 7 7 5 25 19 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 2 5 3 12 12 6 28
6 DC United 19 8 3 8 29 26 8 6 0 2 14 5 11 2 3 6 15 21 3 27
7 Montreal Impact 19 7 5 7 26 25 9 5 3 1 17 12 10 2 2 6 9 13 1 26
8 Columbus Crew 19 6 6 7 21 24 9 4 3 2 15 12 10 2 3 5 6 12 -3 24
9 Atlanta United 19 4 9 6 22 25 8 3 3 2 9 7 11 1 6 4 13 18 -3 21
10 Chicago Fire 19 5 5 9 21 29 13 5 4 4 18 15 6 0 1 5 3 14 -8 20
11 New York RB 18 5 4 9 22 24 8 4 2 2 12 7 10 1 2 7 10 17 -2 19
12 Cincinnati 17 3 7 7 18 30 7 0 4 3 6 10 10 3 3 4 12 20 -12 16
13 Inter Miami 17 4 4 9 15 28 9 2 2 5 9 19 8 2 2 4 6 9 -13 16
14 Toronto 19 3 6 10 24 40 9 1 5 3 12 14 10 2 1 7 12 26 -16 15

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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.