SJ Earthquakes are up for a new task after their 1-2 versus Portland Timbers in the previous match. Nashville SC are coming to visit!
- Nashville SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Earthquakes nor Nashville SC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, SJ Earthquakes have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 15 games.
SJ Earthquakes lost their last game at Portland Timbers (placed 8th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through three league matches. The gifted forward Espinoza edged out all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Espinoza hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Salt Lake in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A decent goal production from SJ Earthquakes in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 league matches. From these home matches, SJ Earthquakes have conceded only 14 goals.
Nashville SC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Nashville, whose manager Smith could celebrate last time after the win against Sporting KC. Eureka; their first victory in the league after six rounds not winning. Mukhtar, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Mukhtar scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).
A draw for Nashville SC before that, at their own venue hosting Charlotte (1-1).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, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Stats flash: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nashville as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Nashville SC in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings between these squads: SJ Earthquakes won zero, Nashville SC triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Ebobisse with 2 goals scored against Nashville SC in these 2 games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 15 goals |   C. Espinoza 12 goals |  J. Ebobisse 9 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 15 | 28 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 35 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 35 |
| 39 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 87% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 89% |
| 77% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 39% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 18% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 20% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 47% | 36% |
| 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.6 | 13.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.7 | 11.5 |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 32% | 34% |
| 14.5 | 11.9 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Nashville SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | St. Louis City | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 40 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 40 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -8 | 39 |
| 9 | Dallas | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Austin | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -9 | 33 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -23 | 22 |
