Thursday , 2 July 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 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

3
2
4
New York City FC 9 games · Avg 2.7 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
#8 Position #1
19 Points 33
15 Played 14
5 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 10 / 3 / 1
25 Scored 31
21 Conceded 11
+4 GD +20
1.27 PPG 2.36
33% Win % 71%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
2/–
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! New York City FC welcome Nashville SC for this crunch clash at Yankee Stadium.
  • 5' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 10' Jacob Shaffelburg doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 25' Nashville SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Maxwell Woledzi scoring 1 goals.
  • 30' Nashville SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 35' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 40' What an equalizer from Andres Perea!
  • 45' Kevin O'Toole has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 48' Edvard Tagseth catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 48.
  • 53' 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.
  • 58' It’s gonna be a card for Maxi Moralez.
  • 63' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 64' Agustin Ojeda is ready to make an impact after coming on for Hannes Wolf at the 64 minute mark.
  • 68' Another change for Nashville SC made on 68 minute. Jonathan Perez leaves to be changed by Ahmed Qasem.
  • 73' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 74' A tactical swap from Nashville SC — Gaston Brugman on, Edvard Tagseth off on 74 minutes.
  • 77' What composure from Alonso Martinez! The Costa Rica international strokes it home. 2-1.
  • 79' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Maxi Moralez is replaced by Julian Fernandez.
  • 80' Nashville SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Teal Bunbury is hanging Jacob Shaffelburg on the field on 80 minute.
  • 82' Sam Surridge picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 87' It’s high time B.J. Callaghan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 90' The referee shows New York City FC player a card on 90.
  • 90' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Alonso Martinez is replaced by Seymour Reid.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

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
Sam Surridge 2
Jacob Shaffelburg 2
Santiago Rodriguez 2
Alonso Martinez 2
Hannes Wolf 2
Walker Zimmerman 1
Andres Perea 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
1.51 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.42 Nashville SC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC46% Draw25% Nashville SC29%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 2.93
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
71%
Draw or Nashville SC
54%
New York City FC or Nashville SC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC29% Draw45% Nashville SC26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.3%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
7.8%
1 – 0
7.2%
0 – 0
7.1%
0 – 1
6.7%
2 – 0
6%
2 – 2
5.9%
0 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
4.2%
1 – 3
3.7%
3 – 2
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% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 19% 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
25% ✓
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

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