Major League Soccer MISSED 0–0
Sat, Sep 5 · 01:30 · Yankee Stadium
New York City FC Home
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Nashville SC Away
New York City FC vs Nashville SC — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.25 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs80%
Expert analysis

Goals Likely as Nashville Visit New York City

Nashville SC have shown strong attacking output in their recent matches that often creates multiple scoring chances. New York City FC have conceded regularly this season which opens up opportunities for the visitors. Past meetings between these sides feature frequent goals from both teams across various competitions. Nashville maintain a solid defensive record on the road yet still push forward with intent. New York City FC recent results include several games where they traded chances with opponents. The combination of Nashville forward pressure and New York City defensive vulnerabilities points toward an open contest. Both teams tend to avoid low scoring affairs based on their current patterns.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.6% win rate
Result
0–0 MISSED

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.25 didn’t land — final score 0–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Andy Najar 13'
  3. Second half
  4. Patrick Yazbek 49'
  5. Hany Mukhtar 53'
  6. matthew corcoran ↓ Patrick Yazbek 66'
  7. Kevin O'Toole 68'
  8. Aiden O'Neill ↓ James Sands 70'
  9. Malachi Jones ↓ Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos 76'
  10. Shakur Mohammed ↓ Cristian Espinoza 81'
  11. Ahmed Qasim ↓ Elias Saad 81'
  12. Bryan Acosta ↓ Edvard Sandvik Tagseth 89'
  13. Daniel Lovitz ↓ Andy Najar 89'
  14. Malachi Jones 90'
  15. Bryan Acosta 90+2'
This season
New York City FC Nashville SC
Over 2.5 goals 23% 41%
Clean sheet 14% 45%
Failed to score 14% 18%
Scored per game 1.6 2.1
Conceded per game 1.4 0.8
Scored home / away 2.3 / 1.0 3.0 / 1.1

Across 22 and 22 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 NAS Nashville SC 22 16 4 2 52
2 INT Inter Miami 22 12 6 4 42
3 CHI Chicago Fire 21 11 4 6 37
4 NEW New England Revolution 22 11 4 7 37
5 CHA Charlotte 22 10 5 7 35
6 FCC FC Cincinnati 22 8 7 7 31
7 NEW New York City FC 22 7 7 8 28
8 NEW New York Red Bulls 22 7 5 10 26
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
New York City FC LLLDD
L vs Necaxa 1–2 Aug 13
L vs Philadelphia Union 2–3 Aug 16
L @ FC Cincinnati 1–2 Aug 19
D @ New England Revolution 1–1 Aug 23
D @ Toronto FC 1–1 Aug 29
Nashville SC LWWWW
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
W vs FC Cincinnati 4–0 Aug 30
Goals trend · last 5 matches
New York City FC
Scored 1.2 avg
1 2 1 1 1
Conceded 1.8 avg
2 3 2 1 1
Nashville SC
Scored 2.6 avg
1 4 1 3 4
Conceded 1.0 avg
2 1 0 2 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 New York City FC
2 Draws
4 Nashville SC
May 2026 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC Nashville SC
Aug 2025 New York City FC 2–1 Nashville SC New York City FC
May 2025 Nashville SC 2–2 New York City FC Draw
Oct 2024 New York City FC 3–1 Nashville SC New York City FC
Jun 2024 Nashville SC 1–0 New York City FC Nashville SC

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
New York City FC 4-3-3
  • 49 M. Freese G
  • 24 T. Gray D
  • 13 Thiago Martins D
  • 34 Raul Gustavo D
  • 22 K. O'Toole D
  • 6 J. Sands M
  • 7 N. Fernández Mercau M
  • 8 A. Perea M
  • 26 A. Ojeda F
  • 20 Luighi Hanri F
  • 9 B. Traoré F
Bench Nico Cavallo, C. Flax, M. Ilenič, M. Jones, A. Martínez, Maxwell Murray, A. O'Neill, T. Romero, J. Shore

P. Jansen

Nashville SC 4-3-3
  • 99 B. Schwake G
  • 31 A. Najar D
  • 3 M. Woledzi D
  • 4 J. Palacios D
  • 27 R. Baker-Whiting D
  • 8 P. Yazbek M
  • 20 E. Tagseth M
  • 11 E. Saad M
  • 7 C. Espinoza F
  • 9 S. Surridge F
  • 10 H. Mukhtar F
Bench A. Muyl, S. Mohammed, J. Maher, D. Lovitz, M. Corcoran, J. Bauer, A. Qasem, B. Acosta, J. Willis

B.J. Callaghan

Team news · injuries & suspensions
New York City FC
  • OUT D. Baiera Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Farnos Injury
  • OUT A. Martinez Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Moralez Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Parks Injury
  • OUT Talles Magno Muscle Injury
  • OUT K. Trewin Ankle Injury
  • OUT H. Wolf Leg Injury
  • DOUBT A. O'Neill Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT Thiago Martins Injury
  • OUT D. Baiera Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Farnos Injury
  • OUT A. Martinez Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Moralez Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Parks Injury
  • OUT Talles Magno Muscle Injury
  • OUT K. Trewin Ankle Injury
  • OUT H. Wolf Leg Injury
  • DOUBT A. O'Neill Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT Thiago Martins Injury
Nashville SC
  • OUT W. Madrigal Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT W. Madrigal Lower-Body Injury