Major League Soccer WON 4–0
Sun, Aug 30 · 02:30 · Geodis Park
Nashville SC Home
VS
FC Cincinnati Away
Nashville SC vs FC Cincinnati — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Nashville or Draw
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate79%
This price needs82%
Expert analysis

Nashville Home Strength Challenges Cincinnati Away

Nashville SC shows strong recent form with a string of wins and draws that suggests consistency at home. Their defensive record stands out through frequent clean sheets and limited goals conceded overall. FC Cincinnati struggles to keep opponents out, recording clean sheets in just a small portion of matches. Head to head results include several Nashville wins or draws against this opponent. Cincinnati’s away scoring average sits lower than their overall output while Nashville posts higher goal tallies in home games. The visitors’ form includes mixed results with losses and draws that limit their edge on the road. These patterns point toward Nashville avoiding defeat in this matchup.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.8% win rate
Result
4–0 WON

Our pick “Nashville or Draw” at odds 1.22 won — final score 4–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. S. Surridge assist C. Espinoza 43'
  3. O. Nwobodo 44'
  4. Second half
  5. B. J. Ramirez Leon ↓ O. Nwobodo 46'
  6. A. Jabbari ↓ K. Mboma 46'
  7. A. Najar 49'
  8. H. Mukhtar assist E. Saad 53'
  9. M. Corcoran ↓ P. Yazbek 62'
  10. K. Smith ↓ S. Gidi 66'
  11. J. Palacios 70'
  12. T. Barlow ↓ G. Valenzuela 73'
  13. E. Tagseth 79'
  14. B. Acosta ↓ E. Tagseth 87'
  15. S. Mohammed ↓ C. Espinoza 87'
  16. A. Powell ↓ E. Echenique 87'
  17. D. Lovitz ↓ A. Najar 87'
  18. B. Acosta assist H. Mukhtar 89'
  19. B. J. Ramirez Leon 89'
  20. T. Anunga ↓ Evander 90+1'
  21. A. Muyl ↓ E. Saad 90+4'
  22. A. Qasem ↓ H. Mukhtar 90+5'
  23. A. Qasem assist R. Baker-Whiting 90+6'
This season
Nashville SC FC Cincinnati
Over 2.5 goals 38% 43%
Clean sheet 43% 10%
Failed to score 19% 10%
Scored per game 2.0 2.3
Conceded per game 0.8 2.2
Scored home / away 2.9 / 1.1 2.8 / 1.8

Across 21 and 21 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 NAS Nashville SC ▲ 21 15 4 2 49
2 INT Inter Miami 21 11 6 4 39
3 CHI Chicago Fire 20 11 3 6 36
4 NEW New England Revolution 21 10 4 7 34
5 CHA Charlotte 21 9 5 7 32
6 FCC FC Cincinnati ▲ 21 8 7 6 31
7 NEW New York City FC 21 7 6 8 27
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Nashville SC WLWWW
W vs Atletico San Luis 4–1 Aug 10
L @ Monterrey 1–2 Aug 13
W vs Inter Miami 4–1 Aug 16
W @ New York Red Bulls 1–0 Aug 19
W vs Columbus Crew 3–2 Aug 23
FC Cincinnati WLDWD
W vs U.N.A.M. - Pumas 2–0 Aug 8
L vs Atlas 1–2 Aug 12
D @ Orlando City SC 1–1 Aug 15
W vs New York City FC 2–1 Aug 19
D vs Seattle Sounders 1–1 Aug 22
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Nashville SC
Scored 2.6 avg
4 1 4 1 3
Conceded 1.2 avg
1 2 1 0 2
FC Cincinnati
Scored 1.4 avg
2 1 1 2 1
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 2 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Nashville SC
3 Draws
4 FC Cincinnati
Sep 2025 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Nashville SC FC Cincinnati
Mar 2025 Nashville SC 1–2 FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati
Sep 2024 Nashville SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati Draw
May 2024 FC Cincinnati 0–2 Nashville SC Nashville SC
Aug 2023 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Nashville SC Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Nashville SC 4-4-2
  • 99 Brian Schwake G
  • 31 Andy Najar D
  • 4 Jeisson Palacios D
  • 3 Maxwell Woledzi D
  • 27 Reed Baker-Whiting D
  • 7 Cristian Espinoza M
  • 8 Patrick Yazbek M
  • 20 Edvard Tagseth M
  • 11 Elias Saad M
  • 10 Hany Mukhtar F
  • 9 Sam Surridge F
Bench Joe Willis, Daniel Lovitz, Jack Maher, Josh Bauer, Matthew Corcoran, Alex Muyl, Shakur Mohammed, Ahmed Qasem, Bryan Acosta

Brian Callaghan

FC Cincinnati 3-4-1-2
  • 18 Roman Celentano G
  • 11 Samuel Gidi D
  • 21 Matt Miazga D
  • 12 Miles Robinson D
  • 20 Pavel Bucha M
  • 22 Gerardo Valenzuela M
  • 5 Obinna Nwobodo M
  • 66 Ender Echenique M
  • 10 Evander F
  • 17 Kenji Mboma Dem F
  • 9 Kévin Denkey F
Bench Evan Louro, Nick Hagglund, Teenage Hadebe, Kyle Smith, Alvas Powell, Tah Anunga, Bryan Ramirez, Ayoub Jabbari, Tom Barlow

Pat Noonan

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Nashville SC
  • OUT W. Madrigal Lower-Body Injury
  • DOUBT C. Applewhite Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT W. Madrigal Lower-Body Injury
  • DOUBT C. Applewhite Lower-Body Injury
FC Cincinnati

No reported absences