Nashville SC vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Nashville SC

5 – 1

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Orlando City SC

Sun 24 Aug 2025 · 00:30 UTC Geodis Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 50' Kyle Smith

Joe Willis 72' Y

R 81' Luis Muriel

Ahmed Qasem 82' Y

Y 90' Rodrigo Schlegel

Overview

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Nashville SC vs Orlando City SC — MLS at Geodis Park.

Nashville SC 18 games · 40 pts (2026/26)
Orlando City SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

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

Nashville SC 14 games · Avg 3.2 goals Orlando City SC

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-24 Nashville SC 5–1 Orlando City SC 2024-08-31 Orlando City SC 3–0 Nashville SC 2024-07-18 Nashville SC 0–3 Orlando City SC 2023-10-05 Nashville SC 0–1 Orlando City SC 2023-04-01 Orlando City SC 0–2 Nashville SC

Recent Form

Nashville SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	5–1	W
17 Aug	New York City FC	A	1–2	L
10 Aug	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
26 Jul	San Diego FC	A	0–1	L
20 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–0	W
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–0	W

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	Nashville SC	A	1–5	L
17 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
11 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	4–1	W
25 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	3–1	W
19 Jul	New England Revolution	A	2–1	W
17 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Nashville SC		Orlando City SC
#1	Position	#11
40	Points	20
18	Played	18
12 / 4 / 2	W / D / L	6 / 2 / 10
35	Scored	30
14	Conceded	47
+21	GD	-17
2.22	PPG	1.11
67%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

16% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

Nashville SC are 1st (40 pts). Orlando City SC are 11th (20 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

Orlando City SC

0-15

2/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

–/6

46-60

6/3

61-75

5/2

76+

1/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nashville SC

Sam Surridge	10 G
Hany Mukhtar	6 G	4 A
Warren Madrigal	5 G	2 A

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda

11 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Nashville SC gets underway.
3' Sam Surridge is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
8' Over 8 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
13' A quiet spell here at Geodis Park. Orlando City SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
17' Assisted by Josh Bauer with the perfectly-timed delivery and Hany Mukhtar makes no mistake. 2-0!
22' Orlando City 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.
27' Nashville SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Orlando City SC's shape.
32' Nashville SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
37' Alex Muyl is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Orlando City SC so far.
40' A goal from the Germany international Hany Mukhtar! He fires home on 40 to make it 3-0!
43' Sam Surridge does the damage! The net is bulging and Nashville SC surge ahead!
48' Nashville SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
50' It’s gonna be a card for Kyle Smith.
55' The 33-year-old Gaston Brugman has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
58' Orlando City SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eduard Atuesta is hanging Cesar Araujo on the field on 58 minute.
63' Nashville SC ring the changes. Jacob Shaffelburg has done his job and it is now time for Ahmed Qasem to step up.
68' 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 Rodriguez suffering a number of foals already.
72' A meaty challenge results in booking for Joe Willis on 72.
74' The whistle greets Dagur THorhallsson as he departs to be replaced by Luis Muriel.
76' Magnificent from Luis Muriel! That is 93 goals in 418 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
76' The supporters are chanting for Bryan Acosta. He replaces Gaston Brugman on 76 minute.
81' Luis Muriel was booked on 81.
82' Ahmed Qasem picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
87' Nashville SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
88' Another substitution for Nashville SC to replace Alex Muyl by Jonathan Perez on 88 minute.
89' Zakaria Taifi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joran Gerbet on 89 minute.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Rodrigo Schlegel.
Game over. The scoreline of 5-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Bryan Acosta ↑ 76'
12
Teal Bunbury
11
Tyler Boyd
3
Tate Schmitt ↑ 76'
20
Edvard Tagseth ↑ 88'
5
Jack Maher
24
Jonathan Perez ↑ 88'
99
Brian Schwake
37
Ahmed Qasem ↑ 63'

Coach B.J. Callaghan

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Adrian Gomez
15
Rodrigo Schlegel
1
Pedro Gallese
6
Robin Jansson
24
Kyle Smith ↓ Alex Freeman 58'
7
Ramiro Enrique
5
Cesar Araujo ↓ Eduard Atuesta 58'
17
Dagur THorhallsson ↓ Luis Muriel 74'
14
Tyrese Spicer
11
Nicolas Rodriguez ↓ Marco Pasalic 58'
35
Joran Gerbet ↓ Zakaria Taifi 89'

Bench

9
Luis Muriel ↑ 74'
10
Martin Ojeda
20
Eduard Atuesta ↑ 58'
77
Ivan Angulo
30
Alex Freeman ↑ 58'
4
David Brekalo
87
Marco Pasalic ↑ 58'
12
Javier Otero
96
Zakaria Taifi ↑ 89'

Coach Óscar Pareja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hany Mukhtar	7
Daryl Dike	6
Facundo Torres Perez	2
Sam Surridge	2
Benji Michel	2
Martin Ojeda	2
Randall Leal	2
Duncan McGuire	2

Head to Head

Nashville SC Form

2025-08-24 Nashville SC 5–1 Orlando City SC W 2025-08-17 New York City FC 2–1 Nashville SC L 2025-08-10 St. Louis City 3–1 Nashville SC L 2025-07-26 San Diego FC 1–0 Nashville SC L 2025-07-20 Nashville SC 1–0 Toronto FC W 2025-07-17 Nashville SC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W

Orlando City SC Form

2025-08-24 Nashville SC 5–1 Orlando City SC L 2025-08-17 Orlando City SC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-08-11 Orlando City SC 4–1 Internacional CF Miami W 2025-07-25 Columbus Crew SC 1–3 Orlando City SC W 2025-07-19 New England Revolution 1–2 Orlando City SC W 2025-07-17 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.1 Nashville SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.08 Orlando City SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Nashville SC to win 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Nashville SC67% Draw18% Orlando City SC15%

Actual: Nashville SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 4.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Nashville SC or Draw

85%

Draw or Orlando City SC

33%

Nashville SC or Orlando City SC

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Nashville SC58% Draw32% Orlando City SC10%

Actual: Nashville SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 1

2 – 1

7.9%

2 – 0

7.6%

3 – 0

7.6%

4 – 1

6.2%

1 – 1

5.9%

4 – 0

5.8%

1 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

4.2%

5 – 1

Actual

5 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Nashville SC

Handicap	Nashville SC covers	Push	Orlando City SC covers
-2.5	37%	—	63%
-2	37%	20%	43%
-1.5	57%	—	43%
-1	57%	18%	24%
-0.5	76%	—	24%
+0.5	90%	—	10%
+1	90%	6%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

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