Sporting Kansas City vs Nashville SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Sporting Kansas City

0 – 3

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Nashville SC

Thu 21 Sep 2023 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 29' Fafa Picault

0–2 66' Hany Mukhtar

0–3 76' Jack Maher

Y 52' Alex Muyl

Y 82' Taylor Washington

Y 90' Shaq Moore

Dany Rosero 90' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Nashville SC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 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

Sporting Kansas City 4 games · Avg 3.0 goals Nashville SC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Nashville SC 2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC 2020-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Nashville SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–3	L
17 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
09 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–3	L
03 Sep	St. Louis City	H	2–1	W
27 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	W
16 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–2	L

Nashville SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–0	W
03 Sep	Charlotte FC	H	1–1	D
30 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	A	0–0	D
26 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	0–4	L
15 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	1–3	L
13 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Nashville SC
#30	Position	#1
21	Points	60
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	18 / 6 / 3
31	Scored	55
63	Conceded	21
-32	GD	+34
0.81	PPG	2.22
23%	Win %	67%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

48% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (60 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ 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)

Nashville SC

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

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Nashville SC for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nashville SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
15' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
20' Remi Walter has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
29' Brilliant from the ! Fafa Picault makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 29.
34' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
39' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
44' Nemanja Radoja needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 20 Yellow cards this season.
46' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja is replaced by Gadi Kinda.
51' 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.
52' The referee shows Nashville SC player a card on 52.
57' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
62' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Nashville SC's 4-3-1-2 shape.
66' A stunning finish from Hany Mukhtar — that came from absolutely nowhere!
69' Another substitution for Nashville SC to replace Walker Zimmerman by Josh Bauer on 69 minute.
70' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Anibal Godoy is withdrawn and Brian Anunga gets his opportunity.
71' The supporters are chanting for Willy Agada. He replaces Alan Pulido on 71 minute.
75' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Erik Thommy is replaced by Felipe Gutierrez on 75 minute.
76' Jack Maher does the damage! The net is bulging and Nashville SC surge ahead!
78' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 78 minute. Fontas leaves to be changed by Robert Voloder.
81' The Nashville SC manager makes a substitution. Sean Davis departs to be replaced by Sam Surridge.
82' That is a card for Nashville SC. Taylor Washington will be fuming at that decision.
87' Fafa Picault makes way for Jacob Shaffelburg at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from Nashville SC.
90' Shaq Moore catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
0-3 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Nashville SC Lineups

4-3-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

9
Sam Surridge ↑ 81'
11
Ethan Zubak
8
Randall Leal
14
Jacob Shaffelburg ↑ 87'
23
Taylor Washington ↑ 81'
27
Brian Anunga ↑ 70'
30
Elliot Panicco
26
Luke Haakenson
22
Josh Bauer ↑ 69'

Coach Gary Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Remi Walter	1
David Romney	1
Charles Sapong	1
Graham Zusi	1
Felipe Hernandez	1
Ake Arnaud Loba	1
Fafa Picault	1
Hany Mukhtar	1

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Nashville SC L 2023-09-17 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-09-09 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-09-03 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 St. Louis City W 2023-08-27 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-07-16 Austin FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Nashville SC Form

2023-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Nashville SC W 2023-09-03 Nashville SC 1–1 Charlotte FC D 2023-08-30 Internacional CF Miami 0–0 Nashville SC D 2023-08-26 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Nashville SC L 2023-07-15 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Nashville SC L 2023-07-13 Nashville SC 0–2 Philadelphia Union L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.02 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.28 Nashville SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw23% Nashville SC54%

Actual: Nashville SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.3

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

46%

Draw or Nashville SC

77%

Sporting Kansas City or Nashville SC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City14% Draw39% Nashville SC47%

Actual: Nashville SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

9.5%

1 – 2

9.4%

1 – 1

9.4%

0 – 1

7.9%

1 – 3

7.1%

0 – 3

Actual

0 – 0

5.1%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 1

4.3%

1 – 4

4.1%

0 – 4

2 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Nashville SC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	9%	85%
-0.5	15%	—	85%
+0.5	36%	—	64%
+1	36%	22%	42%
+1.5	58%	—	42%
+2	58%	19%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

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