Philadelphia Union vs Nashville SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Philadelphia Union vs Nashville SC — MLS at Subaru Park.
- Philadelphia Union 15 games · 7 pts (2026/26)
- Nashville SC 14 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee
- Assistant 1 Andrew Bigelow
- Assistant 2 Brian Dunn (USA)
4 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 3.8 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Nashville SC H 0–0 D 25 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L 22 Apr Toronto FC A 3–3 D 18 Apr D.C. United SC H 0–0 D 11 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 2–1 W 04 Apr Charlotte FC A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Philadelphia Union A 0–0 D 26 Apr Charlotte FC H 4–2 W 18 Apr Atlanta United FC A 2–0 W 11 Apr Charlotte FC A 2–1 W 05 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–1 L 21 Mar Orlando City SC H 5–0 W Season Stats
Philadelphia Union Nashville SC #15 Position #1 7 Points 33 15 Played 14 1 / 4 / 10 W / D / L 10 / 3 / 1 18 Scored 31 30 Conceded 11 -12 GD +20 0.47 PPG 2.36 7% Win % 71% Key Stats
30% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season43% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this seasonPhiladelphia Union are 15th (7 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (33 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Philadelphia Union0-152/316-301/431-452/246-602/161-752/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNashville SC0-152/116-304/331-45–/146-603/–61-753/276+3/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Subaru Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Philadelphia Union is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Japhet Sery needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 15' 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 Olwethu Makhanya suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Philadelphia Union needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' Philadelphia Union seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 50' 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.
- 55' Nashville SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 60' The travelling Nashville SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 65' Warren Madrigal has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 70' It’s high time B.J. Callaghan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 80' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Ezekiel Alladoh has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brian Schwake, as he is very good at scoring at Subaru Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Philadelphia Union that had 286 games and scored 477 goals.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Philadelphia Union Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 18
- 5
- 19
- 10
- 26
- 21
- 29
- 6
- 39
- 4
- 23
Bench
- 11
- 16
- 14
- 9
- 28
- 20
- 76
- 2
- 51
Coach Bradley CarnellNashville SC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 99
- 8
- 22
- 14
- 17
- 41
- 37
Bench
- 19
- 1
- 31
- 7
- 10
- 27
- 23
- 4
- 16
Coach B.J. Callaghan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Daniel Gazdag 6 Sam Surridge 2 Hany Mukhtar 2 Charles Sapong 1 Kacper Przybylko 1 Mikael Uhre 1 Randall Leal 1 Julian Carranza 1 Head to Head
Philadelphia Union Form
2026-05-02 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Nashville SC D 2026-04-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2026-04-22 Toronto FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2026-04-18 Philadelphia Union 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2026-04-11 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Philadelphia Union W 2026-04-04 Charlotte FC 2–1 Philadelphia Union L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 30.63 Philadelphia Union xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.64 Nashville SC xGI would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 61% + Under 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.27Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Philadelphia Union or Draw 48%Draw or Nashville SC 79%Philadelphia Union or Nashville SC 73%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 120 – 1 16%0 – 2 13.4%0 – 0 Actual1 – 1 11.4%1 – 2 8.5%0 – 3 7.2%1 – 0 5.5%1 – 3 4.8%2 – 1 3.2%0 – 4 3%2 – 2 2.8%1 – 4 2%Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union
Handicap Philadelphia Union covers Push Nashville SC covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 3% 97% -1.5 3% — 97% -1 3% 9% 87% -0.5 13% — 87% +0.5 40% — 60% +1 40% 26% 34% +1.5 66% — 34% +2 66% 19% 15% +2.5 85% — 15% Clean Sheet
Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Nashville SC keeps clean sheet 53% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.