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- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (32) in Major League Soccer
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic match!
Nashville SC form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Nashville SC, who have the fewest points (8) at home in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (First Tennessee Park) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Happy days for Nashville SC in their previous game, a fixture away at Colorado Rapids (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Mukhtar, having bagged a goal in four games in a row. Mukhtar, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 8.5 (out of 10). Mukhtar scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nashville matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 5 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
The Nashville SC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SJ Earthquakes so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Earthquakes lost away at Los Angeles FC (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It is a bit worrying for SJ Earthquakes that their goalkeeper Marcinkowski made six saves in the Los Angeles FC game, but still couldn't prevent a loss. Attacker Ebobisse got a player rating of 8.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Ebobisse scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Earthquakes playing away, we found 9 games. Results were 3 away wins, 0 draws and 6 home wins.
SJ Earthquakes find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Earthquakes's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 16 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head game ended SJ Earthquakes - Nashville SC 2-2, earlier this season. One of the stars has been Ebobisse with 2 goals scored against Nashville in these 1 meetings.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 9 goals |   H. Mukhtar 6 goals |  C. Sapong 5 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Nashville SC | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 21% |
| 4.3 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.7 | 13.8 |
| 4.4 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 40% |
| 12.8 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 16.2 | 13.6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
- 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nashville SC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest points (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nashville SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (32) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have yet to win a game away.
- SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Dallas | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 4 | Austin | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 13 |
