New York City FC vs Nashville SC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

New York City FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Nashville SC

Sun 17 Aug 2025 · 21:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 48' Edvard Tagseth

Maxi Moralez 58' Y

Y 82' Sam Surridge

Alonso Martinez 82' Y

Andres Perea 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Nashville SC 27 games · 60 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 10 games · Avg 2.4 goals Nashville SC

Last 5 meetings

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 2023-04-15 New York City FC 2–1 Nashville SC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Aug	Nashville SC	H	2–1	W
26 Jul	FC Dallas	A	4–3	W
20 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
17 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W
12 Jul	Charlotte FC	A	0–2	L
03 Jul	Toronto FC	H	3–1	W

Nashville SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
12 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		Nashville SC
#8	Position	#1
33	Points	60
27	Played	27
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	18 / 6 / 3
41	Scored	55
36	Conceded	21
+5	GD	+34
1.22	PPG	2.22
30%	Win %	67%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

48% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (60 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Nashville SC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/3

31-45

5/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

5/6

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Nashville SC

Sam Surridge	16 G	1 A
Hany Mukhtar	13 G	6 A
Warren Madrigal	5 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' New York City FC have kicked off against Nashville SC. 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 1 times this season with Nashville SC winning 100% of all matches.
10' Jacob Shaffelburg adds to his 0 season tally! Nashville SC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
20' Nashville SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matt Freese, as he is very good at scoring at Yankee Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Nashville SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
40' GOAL! Andres Perea fires home to make it 1-1!
45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Strahinja Tanasijevic made 190 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
48' It’s a booking for Nashville SC player. Edvard Tagseth gets a card.
53' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and Nashville SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
58' New York City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 58.
63' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
64' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Hannes Wolf departs to be replaced by Agustin Ojeda.
68' Nashville SC ring the changes. Jonathan Perez has done his job and it is now time for Ahmed Qasem to step up.
73' 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 Jack Maher suffering a number of foals already.
74' Gaston Brugman gets the nod from Nashville SC. He replaces Edvard Tagseth and will look to change the dynamic.
77' Assisted by Agustin Ojeda with the perfectly-timed delivery and Alonso Martinez makes no mistake. 2-1!
79' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Maxi Moralez departs to be replaced by Julian Fernandez.
80' Nashville SC make a change. Jacob Shaffelburg trudges off to be replaced by Teal Bunbury on 80 minutes.
82' Sam Surridge was booked on 82.
87' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
90' New York City FC player sees a card in front of him.
90' Seymour Reid has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alonso Martinez on 90 minute.
The referee brings this contest to a close. New York City FC take all three points.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach B.J. Callaghan

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

New York City FC Form

2025-08-17 New York City FC 2–1 Nashville SC W 2025-07-26 FC Dallas 3–4 New York City FC W 2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC D 2025-07-17 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York City FC W 2025-07-12 Charlotte FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2025-07-03 New York City FC 3–1 Toronto FC W

Nashville SC Form

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 2025-07-12 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Nashville SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.48 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Nashville SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC46% Draw26% Nashville SC28%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Nashville SC

54%

New York City FC or Nashville SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC29% Draw46% Nashville SC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

0 – 0

7.9%

1 – 2

7.6%

0 – 1

7.1%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.6%

0 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.2%

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Nashville SC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	20%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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