Sunday , 15 November 2026

Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
Nashville SC
1 – 2
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sun 19 Jun 2022 · 22:00 UTC Nissan Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Anibal Godoy 40' Y
Y 81' Tim Melia
Y 86' Johnny Russell
Y 89' Roger Espinoza

Overview

Match Preview

Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Nissan Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

3
2
Nashville SC 5 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC 2020-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Nashville SC

Recent Form

Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Jun Sporting Kansas City H 1–2 L
12 Jun San Jose Earthquakes H 0–0 D
29 May Colorado Rapids SC A 3–1 W
21 May Atlanta United FC H 2–2 D
19 May Montreal Impact FC H 2–1 W
15 May Houston Dynamo A 0–2 L
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Jun Nashville SC A 2–1 W
12 Jun New England Revolution H 1–2 L
29 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 0–1 L
22 May San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D
19 May Colorado Rapids SC H 2–1 W
15 May Portland Timbers A 2–7 L

Season Stats

Nashville SC Sporting Kansas City
#1 Position #30
77 Points 26
34 Played 34
23 / 8 / 3 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 22
71 Scored 40
25 Conceded 81
+46 GD -41
2.26 PPG 0.76
68% Win % 21%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Nashville SC are 1st (77 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nashville SC
0-15
4/1
16-30
10/3
31-45
6/4
46-60
7/2
61-75
7/7
76+
16/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/12
16-30
8/10
31-45
9/9
46-60
3/7
61-75
6/15
76+
5/14
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 21 G 1 A
Hany Mukhtar 16 G 8 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A
Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Nissan Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Nashville SC and Sporting Kansas City.
  • 5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 10' Sporting Kansas City have won 461 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 15' Eric Miller has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Randall Leal made 7 appearances and scored 18 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 35' Nashville SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 40' Controversy at the stadium! Anibal Godoy argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 41' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Felipe Hernandez makes no mistake. 0-1!
  • 46' The Nashville SC manager makes a substitution. Brian Anunga departs to be replaced by Ake Arnaud Loba.
  • 51' Graham Zusi adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 56' Nashville SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
  • 61' 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.
  • 63' The deadlock is broken! Ake Arnaud Loba gets on the scoresheet on 63 minutes.
  • 64' Time for substitution for Nashville SC. Anibal Godoy is replaced by Dax McCarty.
  • 69' David Romney has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 74' Roger Espinoza has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cameron Duke on 74 minute.
  • 76' Eric Miller makes way for Randall Leal at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Nashville SC.
  • 80' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Kortne Ford on, Remi Walter off on 80 minutes.
  • 81' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tim Melia.
  • 86' Johnny Russell is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
  • 89' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Roger Espinoza.
  • 90' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Johnny Russell is withdrawn and Kayden Pierre gets his opportunity.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Kansas City to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Smith

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hany Mukhtar 2
Felipe Hernandez 1
Ake Arnaud Loba 1
Sam Surridge 1
Andy Najar 1
Gerso Fernandes 1
Erik Hurtado 1
Warren Madrigal 1

Head to Head

2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC 2020-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Nashville SC

Nashville SC Form

2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-06-12 Nashville SC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-05-29 Colorado Rapids SC 1–3 Nashville SC W 2022-05-21 Nashville SC 2–2 Atlanta United FC D 2022-05-19 Nashville SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2022-05-15 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Nashville SC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New England Revolution L 2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.58 Nashville SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.06 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Nashville SC60% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City19%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.64
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

Nashville SC or Draw
81%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
40%
Nashville SC or Sporting Kansas City
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Nashville SC51% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City13%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9%
2 – 0
8.8%
1 – 1
7.9%
3 – 1
7.6%
3 – 0
7.3%
1 – 0
6.5%
4 – 1
5%
2 – 2
4.7%
4 – 0
4.7%
3 – 2
4.1%
0 – 0
3.8%
1 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — Nashville SC

Handicap Nashville SC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 28% — 72%
-2 28% 20% 52%
-1.5 48% — 52%
-1 48% 21% 31%
-0.5 69% — 31%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 8% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

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