Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Orlando City SC vs Nashville SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Orlando City SC
1 – 1
Full Time
Nashville SC
Sun 31 Oct 2021 · 20:00 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 40' Walker Zimmerman
Jhegson Mendez 49' Y
Y 55' Alistair Johnston
Y 56' Alistair Johnston
Junior Urso 57' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Orlando City SC vs Nashville SC — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

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

6
4
4
Orlando City SC 14 games · Avg 3.2 goals Nashville SC
Last 5 meetings
2021-10-31 Orlando City SC 1–1 Nashville SC 2021-09-30 Nashville SC 2–2 Orlando City SC 2021-08-19 Nashville SC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2020-11-08 Orlando City SC 2–3 Nashville SC 2020-09-03 Nashville SC 1–1 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

Orlando City SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Oct Nashville SC H 1–1 D
27 Oct Columbus Crew SC A 2–3 L
24 Oct New England Revolution H 2–2 D
20 Oct Montreal Impact FC H 1–1 D
16 Oct FC Cincinnati A 1–0 W
02 Oct D.C. United SC H 2–1 W
Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Oct Orlando City SC A 1–1 D
27 Oct FC Cincinnati A 6–3 W
23 Oct Philadelphia Union A 0–1 L
21 Oct Columbus Crew SC H 1–1 D
16 Oct D.C. United SC A 0–0 D
03 Oct New York City FC A 0–0 D

Season Stats

Orlando City SC Nashville SC
#7 Position #1
34 Points 60
27 Played 27
10 / 4 / 13 W / D / L 18 / 6 / 3
48 Scored 55
64 Conceded 21
-16 GD +34
1.26 PPG 2.22
37% Win % 67%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
19% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season
48% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

Orlando City SC are 7th (34 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (60 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Orlando City SC
0-15
2/3
16-30
8/8
31-45
1/7
46-60
8/6
61-75
7/4
76+
9/11
■ 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)

Orlando City SC
Martin Ojeda 13 G 1 A
Antoine Griezmann 8 G 4 A
Tyrese Spicer 6 G
Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 16 G 1 A
Hany Mukhtar 13 G 6 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Exploria Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Orlando City SC and Nashville SC.
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Orlando City SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Nashville SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 18' What composure from Daryl Dike! The USA international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 23' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 28' It looks surprising Nashville SC does not make any changes. Eric Miller has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 33' Antonio Carlos has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 393 appearances.
  • 38' Orlando City SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
  • 40' Nashville SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Óscar Pareja will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 49' Poor challenge from Jhegson Mendez. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 53' Hany Mukhtar has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 53 minutes.
  • 55' A moment of madness from Alistair Johnston on 55 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Nashville SC will be frustrated.
  • 56' Alistair Johnston picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 57' Controversy at the stadium! Junior Urso argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 62' Charles Sapong needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 67' Joe Willis, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 72' A change in the Nashville SC ranks — Charles Sapong exits the field as Ake Arnaud Loba enters on 72.
  • 74' Benji Michel is replacing Chris Mueller for the Orlando City SC side.
  • 79' It’s high time Óscar Pareja made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 80' Brian Anunga is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alex Muyl at the 80 minute mark.
  • 81' Brian Anunga is replacing Alex Muyl for the Nashville SC side.
  • 85' Another change for Orlando City SC made on 85 minute. Jhegson Mendez leaves to be changed by Alexandre Pato.
  • 86' Alexandre Pato is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jhegson Mendez at the 86 minute mark.
  • 90' Orlando City SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Silvester van der Water is hanging Nani on the field on 90 minute.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Óscar Pareja

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hany Mukhtar 7
Daryl Dike 6
Martin Ojeda 2
Randall Leal 2
Duncan McGuire 2
Facundo Torres Perez 2
Sam Surridge 2
Benji Michel 2

Head to Head

2021-10-31 Orlando City SC 1–1 Nashville SC 2021-09-30 Nashville SC 2–2 Orlando City SC 2021-08-19 Nashville SC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2020-11-08 Orlando City SC 2–3 Nashville SC 2020-09-03 Nashville SC 1–1 Orlando City SC

Orlando City SC Form

2021-10-31 Orlando City SC 1–1 Nashville SC D 2021-10-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Orlando City SC L 2021-10-24 Orlando City SC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2021-10-20 Orlando City SC 1–1 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-10-16 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Orlando City SC W 2021-10-02 Orlando City SC 2–1 D.C. United SC W

Nashville SC Form

2021-10-31 Orlando City SC 1–1 Nashville SC D 2021-10-27 FC Cincinnati 3–6 Nashville SC W 2021-10-23 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Nashville SC L 2021-10-21 Nashville SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-10-16 D.C. United SC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-10-03 New York City FC 0–0 Nashville SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.19 Orlando City SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.23 Nashville SC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Orlando City SC26% Draw23% Nashville SC51%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.42
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw
49%
Draw or Nashville SC
74%
Orlando City SC or Nashville SC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Orlando City SC17% Draw39% Nashville SC44%
Actual: Orlando City SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
9.3%
0 – 2
8.1%
1 – 3
6.9%
0 – 1
6.8%
0 – 3
5.9%
2 – 2
5.5%
2 – 1
5%
0 – 0
4.7%
2 – 3
4.1%
1 – 4
3.9%
1 – 0
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC

Handicap Orlando City SC covers Push Nashville SC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 11% 81%
-0.5 19% — 81%
+0.5 41% — 59%
+1 41% 21% 38%
+1.5 62% — 38%
+2 62% 18% 20%
+2.5 80% — 20%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
31% ✓

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