Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nashville SC & Atlanta United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Nashville SC nor Atlanta United 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.
Nashville SC form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Nashville SC's two home games in the Major League Soccer so far this season, having collected 4 points here at First Tennessee Park.
Nashville SC's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Real Salt Lake. The home side are looking to build on that result. The striker Sapong was announced as "man of the match" for Nashville with the rating of 8.01/10. Sapong scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Philadelphia Union that ended 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nashville SC handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Nashville SC are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Houston Dynamo awaits in three days.
At First Tennessee Park, Nashville SC has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Atlanta United form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Atlanta, as they won the US Open Cup.Atlanta United won their last game, 4-1 versus Chicago Fire played at home. It's hard not to mention Cisneros's lethal finishing against Chicago Fire. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Cisneros, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.24. Cisneros scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Montreal Impact before that.Atlanta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and eight defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
A new game in only four days for Atlanta United, the Major League Soccer home match versus New England. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC-Atlanta United H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Nashville two wins, Atlanta United two wins, two draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Sapong 3 goals |  D. Romney 2 goals |  H. Mukhtar 2 goals |
Nashville SC missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| Nashville SC | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 88% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 30% | ||
| 12.7 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Austin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
