This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, highs and lows giving mid-table places so far. Get ready for Nashville SC - Real Salt Lake!
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nashville SC form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Nashville SC have to build on here at First Tennessee Park in the Major League Soccer.
Nashville SC drew their last game, also a home match. Philadelphia Union was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Zimmerman, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Zimmerman hit two key passes and won 12 of 16 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting LA Galaxy (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 eight games) they have won eight times, drawn zero and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the US Open Cup game versus Atlanta United in only three days. This game is also played here at First Tennessee Park.
Early season league goal statistics from Nashville SC's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
There's been little loot from Real Salt Lake's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. Real Salt Lake only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
The Salt goalkeeper Zac MacMath is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Silva secured the home win 1-0 against LA Galaxy in their previous game. MacMath was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.14. The agile goalkeeper MacMath topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw at Portland Timbers's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Real Salt Lake have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were four victories, four draws and nine defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Salt have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended Real Salt Lake - Nashville SC 2-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Nashville zero wins, one draw and Real Salt Lake one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been from the last two encounters.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 2 goals |  C. Sapong 2 goals |   B. Wood 2 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Nashville SC | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 56% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 40% |
| 3.9 | 13 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.7 | 9.9 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | 30% |
| 14 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.3 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
- All of Nashville SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nashville SC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest points (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Nashville SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nashville SC have yet to win a game at home.
- Nashville SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Salt Lake have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Real Salt Lake have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nashville SC have scored home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Austin | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 12 | Seattle Sounders | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 4 |
