It's looking great for Nashville SC at this point, with their 2nd position in the Major League Soccer table and eagerly waiting for Philadelphia Union (who are placed 6th).
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nashville SC form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 11 Major League Soccer games here at First Tennessee Park for Nashville SC. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Los Angeles FC here at First Tennessee Park, Nashville SC has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Nashville SC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chicago Fire (0-1). Midfielder McCarty was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. McCarty hit three key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).
Before that, Nashville had a home game versus DC United which ended with a victory 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nashville SC handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The manager Smith will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cincinnati in only three days.
Nashville SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at First Tennessee Park with 21 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Nashville have conceded only 6 goals.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Philadelphia Union so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Philadelphia Union has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Philadelphia, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus LA Galaxy. Carranza, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.21. Carranza had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Atlanta United's place.Philadelphia Union are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Philadelphia are hosting New York City in the Major League Soccer only three days away.
Philadelphia Union have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Philadelphia Union have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC-Philadelphia Union H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Nashville one win, Philadelphia Union one win, two draws. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 13 goals |   J. Carranza 10 goals |  D. Gazdag 7 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Nashville SC | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 30 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 25 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 71% |
| 36% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 64% | 62% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 45% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 45% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 52% |
| 32% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 33% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 27% | 24% |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 13.4 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.7 | 14 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 38% |
| 12.4 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.6 | 11.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- 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 (17) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union 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 | Cincinnati | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 45 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | New England | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | DC United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | New York RB | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | New York City | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -9 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 18 |
