This could be an intriguing game as New York City have their supposed home advantage, while Nashville SC lead them by 2 points in the Major League Soccer table.
- New York City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Major League Soccer
This should be an action-packed game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
New York City form and stats
Seven points from three Major League Soccer home games is a great start for New York City, who are hoping to build on that form here at Citi Field.
New York City drew their last game, also a home match. Atlanta United (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Pereira was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Atlanta United after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Chanot was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Chanot won 3 of 6 duels.
Before that, York played out a draw 1-1 when visiting New England.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New York City handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
New York City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Citi Field with 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Nashville SC form and stats
Things could have gone better for Nashville SC in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Nashville SC have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Joe Willis. It's been 222 minutes since they last conceded in Major League Soccer.
Nashville delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Toronto (placed 8th) in their previous match. Lovitz was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Lovitz hit three key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
Prior to that result Nashville SC won their away game at Orlando City. The scoreline was 2-0.Nashville SC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Few goals? 7 league games in a row with this team have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Nashville are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met earlier this season: Nashville SC - New York City 2-0. Data for the previous three meetings between these two squads are: zero wins for New York City, one draw and two wins for Nashville SC. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Bacelar Martins 2 goals |  G. Pereira dos Santos 2 goals |   J. Shaffelburg 2 goals |
New York City missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| New York City | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 12.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.3 | 10.6 |
| 3.7 | 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 27% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 30% |
| 9 | 8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12 | 11.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
- Nashville SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have not yet lost a game at home.
- New York City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- New York City 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 | Cincinnati | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | New England | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | New York City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Toronto | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | New York RB | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | DC United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -13 | 3 |
