Thursday , 2 July 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 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

2
2
Nashville SC 4 games · Avg 3.0 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
33 Points 11
14 Played 14
10 / 3 / 1 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9
31 Scored 14
11 Conceded 36
+20 GD -22
2.36 PPG 0.79
71% Win % 21%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Nashville SC are 1st (33 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 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
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Nashville SC have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 10' Daniel Lovitz is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 20' Nashville SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
  • 25' Felipe Hernandez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 281 appearances.
  • 30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 35' Jack Maher, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 40' Poor challenge from Anibal Godoy. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 41' The USA Felipe Hernandez breaks the deadlock on 41 minutes. 0-1!
  • 46' Nashville SC ring the changes. Brian Anunga has done his job and it is now time for Ake Arnaud Loba to step up.
  • 51' Graham Zusi doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 56' Nashville SC have won 305 goals from 211 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 61' It’s high time Gary Smith made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 63' Ake Arnaud Loba is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 64' Another change for Nashville SC made on 64 minute. Anibal Godoy leaves to be changed by Dax McCarty.
  • 69' 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.
  • 74' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Roger Espinoza on, Cameron Duke off on 74 minutes.
  • 76' The Nashville SC manager makes a substitution. Eric Miller departs to be replaced by Randall Leal.
  • 80' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Remi Walter has done his job and it is now time for Kortne Ford to step up.
  • 81' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tim Melia.
  • 86' Johnny Russell has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 86.
  • 89' Roger Espinoza is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
  • 90' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Johnny Russell exits the field as Kayden Pierre enters on 90.
  • With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Erik Hurtado 1
Walker Zimmerman 1
Remi Walter 1
David Romney 1
Charles Sapong 1
Graham Zusi 1
Felipe Hernandez 1
Ake Arnaud Loba 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
2.8 Nashville SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.03 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Nashville SC to win 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Nashville SC63% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City17%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.83
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 52%
48%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

Nashville SC or Draw
83%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
37%
Nashville SC or Sporting Kansas City
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Nashville SC54% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City12%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
8.6%
2 – 1
8.6%
3 – 1
7.9%
3 – 0
7.8%
1 – 1
7%
1 – 0
5.9%
4 – 1
5.5%
4 – 0
5.4%
2 – 2
4.4%
3 – 2
4.1%
0 – 0
3.3%
1 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — Nashville SC

Handicap Nashville SC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 33% — 67%
-2 33% 20% 47%
-1.5 53% — 47%
-1 53% 20% 27%
-0.5 73% — 27%
+0.5 89% — 11%
+1 89% 7% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
36% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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