Nashville Home Attack Faces Open Chicago Defense

Expert analysis

NAS Nashville SC ▲

INT Inter Miami

NEW New England Revolution

CHA Charlotte

CHI Chicago Fire ▲

ORL Orlando City SC

Nashville scores three goals per game on average at home while keeping concessions low overall. Chicago concedes more than two goals per match on the road and creates chances with nearly two goals scored away. Their recent sequences show both sides capable of finding the net regularly in open play. Head to head meetings have produced multiple high scoring encounters despite Nashville’s overall edge. Chicago’s injury list disrupts their back line stability and limits defensive organization. Nashville’s strong run of results at home often involves pushing forward and leaving spaces behind. These patterns point toward games that open up rather than stay tight.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

3–0 WON

Our pick “Over 2.5 Goals” at odds 1.53 won — final score 3–0.

Match timeline

First half
S. Surridge assist R. Baker-Whiting 33'
H. Mukhtar 35'
Second half
J. Elliott 57'
J. Bamba ↓ R. Lod 68'
P. Dithejane ↓ M. Haile-Selassie 68'
S. Mohammed ↓ E. Saad 69'
A. Mekvabishvili ↓ S. Oregel 75'
C. Espinoza assist A. Najar 78'
J. Gomez ↓ J. Dean 79'
M. Pineda ↓ D. D'Avilla 79'
E. Tagseth ↓ P. Yazbek 83'
D. Lovitz ↓ A. Najar 83'
H. Mukhtar assist C. Espinoza 87'
A. Muyl ↓ H. Mukhtar 90+1'
J. Bauer ↓ C. Espinoza 90+1'

This season

	Nashville SC	Chicago Fire
Over 2.5 goals	60%	75%
Clean sheet	44%	25%
Failed to score	20%	4%
Scored per game	2.0	1.9
Conceded per game	0.8	1.5
Scored home / away	3.0 / 1.1	1.8 / 1.9

Across 25 and 24 matches played this season.

League table position

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Nashville SC WWDLD

W vs Columbus Crew 3–2 Aug 23

W vs FC Cincinnati 4–0 Aug 30

D @ New York City FC 0–0 Sep 4

L @ Toronto FC 1–2 Sep 9

D @ Inter Miami 2–2 Sep 12

Chicago Fire LDDDL

L @ Monterrey 1–2 Aug 26

D @ Seattle Sounders 2–2 Aug 29

D @ Toronto FC 4–4 Sep 5

D vs Inter Miami 1–1 Sep 10

L vs New England Revolution 1–2 Sep 13

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Nashville SC

Scored 2.0 avg

3 4 0 1 2

Conceded 1.2 avg

2 0 0 2 2

Chicago Fire

Scored 1.8 avg

1 2 4 1 1

Conceded 2.2 avg

2 2 4 1 2

Head-to-head · last meetings

6 Nashville SC

2 Draws

2 Chicago Fire

Apr 2026 Chicago Fire 1–0 Nashville SC Chicago Fire

Jun 2025 Chicago Fire 0–2 Nashville SC Nashville SC

Apr 2025 Nashville SC 7–2 Chicago Fire Nashville SC

Oct 2024 Chicago Fire 0–3 Nashville SC Nashville SC

Sep 2024 Nashville SC 1–0 Chicago Fire Nashville SC

Over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

Nashville SC 4-2-3-1

99 Brian Schwake G
31 Andy Najar D
4 Jeisson Palacios D
3 Maxwell Woledzi D
27 Reed Baker-Whiting D
8 Patrick Yazbek M
16 Matthew Corcoran M
7 Cristian Espinoza M
10 Hany Mukhtar M
11 Elias Saad M
9 Sam Surridge F

Bench Joe Willis, Jack Maher, Josh Bauer, Daniel Lovitz, Alex Muyl, Shakur Mohammed, Ahmed Qasem, Edvard Tagseth, Bryan Acosta

Brian Callaghan

Chicago Fire 4-3-3

1 Chris Brady G
24 Jonathan Dean D
3 Jack Elliott D
32 Noah Allen D
15 Andrew Gutman D
35 Sergio Oregel M
42 Dje Tah D'Avilla M
17 Robin Lod M
11 Philip Zinckernagel F
9 Robert Lewandowski F
7 Maren Haile-Selassie F

Bench Josh Cohen, Samuel Rogers, Leonardo Barroso, Mauricio Pineda, David Poreba, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Puso Dithejane, Johan Gomez, Jonathan Bamba

Mario Barcena

Team news · injuries & suspensions

Nashville SC

OUT W. Madrigal Lower-Body Injury
OUT W. Madrigal Lower-Body Injury

Chicago Fire

OUT A. Franco Knee Injury
OUT M. Mbokazi Lower-Body Injury
OUT A. Saletros Lower-Body Injury
OUT A. Franco Knee Injury
OUT M. Mbokazi Lower-Body Injury
OUT A. Saletros Lower-Body Injury