Sunday , 16 August 2026

Nashville SC vs Charlotte FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Nashville SC
4 – 2
Full Time
Charlotte FC
Sun 26 Apr 2026 · 00:30 UTC Fairgrounds Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Alex Muyl 77' Y
Y 84' David Schnegg
Brian Schwake 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Nashville SC vs Charlotte FC — MLS at Fairgrounds Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Joe Dickerson
7 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 15.9 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

5
1
3
Nashville SC 9 games · Avg 3.2 goals Charlotte FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-26 Nashville SC 4–2 Charlotte FC 2026-04-11 Charlotte FC 1–2 Nashville SC 2025-05-11 Nashville SC 2–1 Charlotte FC 2025-04-05 Charlotte FC 2–1 Nashville SC 2024-05-11 Charlotte FC 1–0 Nashville SC

Recent Form

Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Charlotte FC H 4–2 W
18 Apr Atlanta United FC A 2–0 W
11 Apr Charlotte FC A 2–1 W
05 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–1 L
21 Mar Orlando City SC H 5–0 W
14 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 1–0 W
Charlotte FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Nashville SC A 2–4 L
22 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–4 L
18 Apr New York City FC A 2–1 W
11 Apr Nashville SC H 1–2 L
04 Apr Philadelphia Union H 2–1 W
21 Mar New York Red Bulls H 6–1 W

Season Stats

Nashville SC Charlotte FC
#1 Position #7
40 Points 25
18 Played 18
12 / 4 / 2 W / D / L 7 / 4 / 7
35 Scored 29
14 Conceded 27
+21 GD +2
2.22 PPG 1.39
67% Win % 39%

Key Stats

89% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
78% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
42% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season
26% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season

Nashville SC are 1st (40 pts). Charlotte FC are 7th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nashville SC
0-15
2/1
16-30
5/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
5/1
61-75
5/3
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Charlotte FC
0-15
4/2
16-30
4/5
31-45
4/1
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/4
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 10 G
Hany Mukhtar 6 G 4 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A
Charlotte FC
Pep Biel 8 G 5 A
Idan Gorno 4 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Nashville SC to score. At the same time, Charlotte FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Tyger Smalls has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 19' A goal from the Germany international Hany Mukhtar! He fires home on 19 to make it 1-0!
  • 24' Patrick Yazbek has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 25' The Iraq Ahmed Qasem breaks the deadlock on 25 minutes. 2-0!
  • 30' Nashville SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Charlotte FC's shape.
  • 35' It is a substitution in Charlotte FC team. Harry Toffolo is replaced by David Schnegg on 35 minute.
  • 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Charlotte FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 42' What composure from Morrison Agyemang! The Ghana international strokes it home. 2-1.
  • 46' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Warren Madrigal is withdrawn and Sam Surridge gets his opportunity.
  • 51' It looks surprising Nashville SC does not make any changes. Kristijan Kahlina has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 57' Charlotte FC ring the changes. Archie Goodwin has done his job and it is now time for Idan Gorno to step up.
  • 60' GOAL! Sam Surridge fires home to make it 3-1!
  • 65' The home supporters are growing impatient. Nashville SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 67' What composure from Pep Biel! The Spain international strokes it home. 3-2.
  • 69' Another substitution for Nashville SC to replace Ahmed Qasem by Alex Muyl on 69 minute.
  • 74' Sam Surridge with the second goal in the match!
  • 75' Time for substitution for Nashville SC. Andy Najar is replaced by Reed Baker-Whiting.
  • 76' Another substitution for Charlotte FC to replace Kerwin Vargas by Tyger Smalls on 76 minute.
  • 77' Nashville SC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Charlotte FC that had 151 games and scored 221 goals.
  • 84' David Schnegg catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 84.
  • 86' A change in the Nashville SC ranks — Cristian Espinoza exits the field as Shak Mohammed enters on 86.
  • 87' It’s a booking for Nashville SC player. Brian Schwake gets a card.
  • It finishes all square. Nashville SC and Charlotte FC share the spoils 4-2.

Lineups

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach B.J. Callaghan

Charlotte FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dean Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hany Mukhtar 7
Sam Surridge 3
Christian Fuchs 2
Alex Muyl 1
Andre Shinyashiki 1
Brecht Dejaegere 1
Sergio Ruiz 1
Patrick Agyemang 1

Head to Head

2026-04-26 Nashville SC 4–2 Charlotte FC 2026-04-11 Charlotte FC 1–2 Nashville SC 2025-05-11 Nashville SC 2–1 Charlotte FC 2025-04-05 Charlotte FC 2–1 Nashville SC 2024-05-11 Charlotte FC 1–0 Nashville SC

Nashville SC Form

2026-04-26 Nashville SC 4–2 Charlotte FC W 2026-04-18 Atlanta United FC 0–2 Nashville SC W 2026-04-11 Charlotte FC 1–2 Nashville SC W 2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC L 2026-03-21 Nashville SC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2026-03-14 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Nashville SC W

Charlotte FC Form

2026-04-26 Nashville SC 4–2 Charlotte FC L 2026-04-22 Orlando City SC 4–1 Charlotte FC L 2026-04-18 New York City FC 1–2 Charlotte FC W 2026-04-11 Charlotte FC 1–2 Nashville SC L 2026-04-04 Charlotte FC 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2026-03-21 Charlotte FC 6–1 New York Red Bulls W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.6 Nashville SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.13 Charlotte FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Nashville SC to win 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nashville SC67% Draw19% Charlotte FC14%
Actual: Nashville SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.73
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 71%
29%
± 3.5 50%
50%
± 4.5 32%
68%

Double Chance

Nashville SC or Draw
86%
Draw or Charlotte FC
33%
Nashville SC or Charlotte FC
81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nashville SC50% Draw36% Charlotte FC14%
Actual: Nashville SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted
4 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
2 – 0
8.2%
1 – 1
7.8%
3 – 1
7.6%
3 – 0
6.9%
1 – 0
6%
4 – 1
5%
2 – 2
5%
4 – 0
4.5%
3 – 2
4.3%
1 – 2
3.9%
0 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Nashville SC

Handicap Nashville SC covers Push Charlotte FC covers
-2.5 28% — 72%
-2 28% 19% 53%
-1.5 47% — 53%
-1 47% 21% 32%
-0.5 68% — 32%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 9% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓
Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.