Saturday , 14 November 2026

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

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.

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
3
4
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#10 Position #1
42 Points 77
34 Played 34
10 / 12 / 12 W / D / L 23 / 8 / 3
49 Scored 71
45 Conceded 25
+4 GD +46
1.24 PPG 2.26
29% Win % 68%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
50% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (77 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
5/2
16-30
6/5
31-45
6/8
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/6
76+
5/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 16 G 6 A
Agustin Ojeda 5 G 5 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 21 G 1 A
Hany Mukhtar 16 G 8 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. New York City FC get us underway at Yankee Stadium.
  • 5' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Andres Perea has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' Jacob Shaffelburg puts Nashville SC on the lead.
  • 15' Nashville SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Maxwell Woledzi scoring 1 goals.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 25' A quiet spell here at Yankee Stadium. Nashville SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' The deadlock is broken! Andres Perea gets on the scoresheet on 40 minutes.
  • 45' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pascal Jansen might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 48' A meaty challenge results in booking for Edvard Tagseth on 48.
  • 53' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Edvard Tagseth made 176 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 58' Maxi Moralez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 58.
  • 63' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Nashville SC winning 50% of all matches.
  • 64' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Hannes Wolf is withdrawn and Agustin Ojeda gets his opportunity.
  • 68' Ahmed Qasem is replacing Jonathan Perez for the Nashville SC side.
  • 73' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 74' The Nashville SC manager makes a substitution. Edvard Tagseth departs to be replaced by Gaston Brugman.
  • 77' Alonso Martinez doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 79' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Maxi Moralez is withdrawn and Julian Fernandez gets his opportunity.
  • 80' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Jacob Shaffelburg is withdrawn and Teal Bunbury gets his opportunity.
  • 82' That is a card for Nashville SC. Sam Surridge will be fuming at that decision.
  • 87' Over 87 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 90' New York City FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 90' Another substitution for New York City FC to replace Alonso Martinez by Seymour Reid on 90 minute.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from New York City FC to claim maximum 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

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

Head to Head

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

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
1.43 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.34 Nashville SC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC45% Draw26% Nashville SC29%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.77
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 52%
48%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
71%
Draw or Nashville SC
55%
New York City FC or Nashville SC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC28% Draw46% Nashville SC26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.2%
1 – 0
8%
1 – 2
7.7%
0 – 1
7.4%
2 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
5.6%
0 – 2
5.5%
3 – 1
4%
1 – 3
3.5%
3 – 0
3%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Nashville SC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 11% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 20% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 66% — 34%
+1 66% 18% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
27% ✓
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

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