Saturday , 4 July 2026

Nashville SC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Nashville SC
2 – 1
Full Time
New York City FC
Sun 24 May 2026 · 00:30 UTC Fairgrounds Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Jeisson Palacios 16' 1–0
Maxwell Woledzi 49' 2–1
Y 25' Kai Trewin
Ahmed Qasem 65' Y
Cristian Espinoza 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Nashville SC vs New York City FC — MLS at Fairgrounds Stadium.

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

4
2
3
Nashville SC 9 games · Avg 2.7 goals New York City FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-05-24 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC 2025-08-17 New York City FC 2–1 Nashville SC 2025-05-31 Nashville SC 2–2 New York City FC 2024-10-06 New York City FC 3–1 Nashville SC 2024-06-23 Nashville SC 1–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 history
43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season
20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Nashville SC are 1st (33 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Nashville SC kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' It’s high time Pascal Jansen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' Nashville SC 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.
  • 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nashville SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 16' What a strike from Jeisson Palacios! The score is 1-0.
  • 21' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 25' Kai Trewin was booked on 25.
  • 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
  • 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Arnau Farnos made 286 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 40' Nashville SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Maxwell Woledzi scoring 1 goals.
  • 45' 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.
  • 49' GOAL! Maxwell Woledzi scores on 49.
  • 54' Supporters expect more eagerness from Raul Gustavo, as he is very good at scoring at Fairgrounds Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 59' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 64' Agustin Ojeda needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 65' The referee shows Nashville SC player a card on 65.
  • 70' It looks surprising Nashville SC does not make any changes. Tayvon Gray has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 80' 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.
  • 85' 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 Nicolas Fernandez Marcau suffering a number of foals already.
  • 86' The referee calls foul for Cristian Espinoza. He receives a card.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for New York City FC.

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hany Mukhtar 4
Santiago Rodriguez 2
Alonso Martinez 2
Hannes Wolf 2
Sam Surridge 2
Jacob Shaffelburg 2
Tyler Boyd 1
Valentin Castellanos 1

Head to Head

2026-05-24 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC 2025-08-17 New York City FC 2–1 Nashville SC 2025-05-31 Nashville SC 2–2 New York City FC 2024-10-06 New York City FC 3–1 Nashville SC 2024-06-23 Nashville SC 1–0 New York City FC

Nashville SC Form

2026-05-24 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC W 2026-05-18 Nashville SC 3–2 Los Angeles FC W 2026-05-13 New England Revolution 0–0 Nashville SC D 2026-05-10 Nashville SC 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2026-05-02 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Nashville SC D 2026-04-26 Nashville SC 4–2 Charlotte FC W

New York City FC Form

2026-05-24 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC L 2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-05-13 Charlotte FC 0–1 New York City FC W 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-03 New York City FC 0–2 D.C. United SC L 2026-04-25 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.95 Nashville SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.1 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nashville SC56% Draw24% New York City FC20%
Actual: Nashville SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 3.05
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
Nashville SC40% Draw43% New York City FC17%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 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.