Nashville SC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nashville SC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Fairgrounds Stadium.
- Nashville SC 14 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
- Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 May Los Angeles FC H 3–2 W 13 May New England Revolution A 0–0 D 10 May D.C. United SC H 2–2 D 02 May Philadelphia Union A 0–0 D 26 Apr Charlotte FC H 4–2 W 18 Apr Atlanta United FC A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 May Nashville SC A 2–3 L 14 May St. Louis City A 1–2 L 11 May Houston Dynamo H 1–4 L 03 May San Diego FC A 2–2 D 25 Apr Minnesota United FC A 1–0 W 23 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 0–0 D Season Stats
Nashville SC Los Angeles FC #1 Position #20 33 Points 24 14 Played 15 10 / 3 / 1 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 5 31 Scored 24 11 Conceded 17 +20 GD +7 2.36 PPG 1.60 71% Win % 47% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this seasonNashville SC are 1st (33 pts). Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nashville SC0-152/116-304/331-45–/146-603/–61-753/276+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededLos Angeles FC0-151/316-304/231-452/246-601/561-753/276+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Nashville SC and Los Angeles FC is underway.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' Los Angeles FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 13' GOAL! Hany Mukhtar scores on 13. Assisted by Warren Madrigal
- 18' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Nashville SC winning 100% of all matches.
- 21' What a strike from Hany Mukhtar! The score is 2-0.
- 22' What a strike from Esteban David Martinez! The score is 2-1.
- 27' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nkosi Burgess made 281 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 37' The travelling Los Angeles FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 42' 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.
- 47' Nashville SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Hany Mukhtar scoring 3 goals.
- 52' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 57' It looks surprising Nashville SC does not make any changes. Thomas Hasal has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 58' That looks like a foul for a card for Ryan Porteous.
- 59' Hany Mukhtar makes a hat-trick on 59.
- 64' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ryan Porteous, as he is very good at scoring at Fairgrounds Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 66' The referee calls foul for Ahmed Qasem. He receives a card.
- 68' What a strike from Denis Bouanga! The score is 3-2.
- 73' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 76' Eddie Segura is having his name booked by the referee on 76.
- 81' It’s high time Marc Dos Santos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nashville SC that had 211 games and scored 305 goals.
- 88' The referee shows Nashville SC player a card on 88.
- 90' Nashville SC player sees a card in front of him.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Nashville SC players.
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Lineups
Nashville SC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 6
- 2
- 7
- 10
- 3
- 99
- 27
- 41
- 4
- 16
- 37
Bench
- 19
- 1
- 21
- 5
- 22
- 14
- 17
- 23
- 12
Coach B.J. CallaghanLos Angeles FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 99
- 11
- 46
- 24
- 5
- 66
- 4
- 12
- 91
- 7
- 30
Bench
- 33
- 17
- 8
- 19
- 21
- 27
- 29
- 22
- 31
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hany Mukhtar 5 Denis Bouanga 4 Jose Cifuentes 1 Teal Bunbury 1 Esteban David Martinez 1 Timothy Tillman 1 Eduard Atuesta 1 Cristian Olivera 1 Head to Head
Nashville SC Form
Los Angeles FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.9 Nashville SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.33 Los Angeles FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 62%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nashville SC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.23Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 62% 38% ± 3.5 40% 60% ± 4.5 23% 77% Double Chance
Nashville SC or Draw 76%Draw or Los Angeles FC 48%Nashville SC or Los Angeles FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Nashville SC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.9%2 – 1 9.1%2 – 0 7.1%1 – 0 6.8%1 – 2 6.4%2 – 2 6.1%3 – 1 5.8%0 – 0 5.5%0 – 1 4.5%3 – 0 4.4%3 – 2 Actual0 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — Nashville SC
Handicap Nashville SC covers Push Los Angeles FC covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 15% 72% -1.5 28% — 72% -1 28% 21% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 14% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.