Nashville SC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nashville SC vs New York City FC — MLS at Fairgrounds Stadium.
- Nashville SC 14 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
- New York City FC 15 games · 19 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 24 May New York City FC H 2–1 W 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May Nashville SC A 1–2 L 16 May New York Red Bulls A 1–1 D 13 May Charlotte FC A 1–0 W 10 May Columbus Crew SC H 3–0 W 03 May D.C. United SC H 0–2 L 25 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 0–1 L Season Stats
Nashville SC New York City FC #1 Position #8 33 Points 19 14 Played 15 10 / 3 / 1 W / D / L 5 / 4 / 6 31 Scored 25 11 Conceded 21 +20 GD +4 2.36 PPG 1.27 71% Win % 33% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this seasonNashville SC are 1st (33 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nashville SC0-152/116-304/331-45–/146-603/–61-753/276+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York City FC0-152/–16-302/331-451/346-603/261-751/276+2/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Nashville SC and New York City FC is underway.
- 5' Nashville SC is showing some good football. However, Nashville SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' It looks surprising Nashville SC does not make any changes. Nicolas Fernandez Marcau has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 16' What a strike from Jeisson Palacios! The score is 1-0.
- 21' 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.
- 25' That looks like a foul for a card for Kai Trewin.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Bryan Acosta made 281 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 45' It’s high time B.J. Callaghan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 49' Goal! Maxwell Woledzi scores his 1 goal in 350 matches.
- 54' 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.
- 59' Ahmed Qasem has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 64' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 64.
- 65' The referee calls foul for Ahmed Qasem. He receives a card.
- 70' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 75' Nico Cavallo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 80' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kai Trewin suffering a number of foals already.
- 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andres Perea, as he is very good at scoring at Fairgrounds Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 86' That looks like a foul for a card for Cristian Espinoza.
- With this win, Nashville SC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Nashville SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 2
- 7
- 10
- 3
- 99
- 27
- 41
- 4
- 16
- 37
Bench
- 9
- 19
- 1
- 5
- 22
- 14
- 17
- 23
- 12
Coach B.J. CallaghanNew York City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 13
- 49
- 5
- 8
- 24
- 34
- 26
- 7
- 88
- 2
- 87
Bench
- 19
- 17
- 30
- 29
- 32
- 99
- 15
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hany Mukhtar 4 Santiago Rodriguez 2 Alonso Martinez 2 Hannes Wolf 2 Sam Surridge 2 Jacob Shaffelburg 2 Valentin Castellanos 1 Vuk Latinovich 1 Head to Head
Nashville SC Form
New York City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.95 Nashville SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.1 New York City FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nashville SC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.05Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Nashville SC or Draw 79%Draw or New York City FC 44%Nashville SC or New York City FC 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.9%1 – 0 8.5%0 – 0 6.4%3 – 1 6.2%3 – 0 5.7%1 – 2 5.4%2 – 2 5.2%0 – 1 4.4%3 – 2 3.5%4 – 1 3.1%Asian Handicap — Nashville SC
Handicap Nashville SC covers Push New York City FC covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 17% 67% -1.5 33% — 67% -1 33% 22% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 12% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet 34% ✓New York City FC keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.