Nashville SCNashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City — Major League Soccer
4-0
Sporting Kansas CityGeodis Park, Nashville
Going into the match, Nashville SC had won 7, drawn 2, lost 1 in their previous 10, scoring 2.4 goals a game; Sporting Kansas City had won 2, drawn 2, lost 6 in 10, scoring 1.7.
Match report
Home form going in: Nashville SC
Last 10 completed: won 7, drawn 2, lost 1 (W W W D L). 2.4 scored per game, 0.8 conceded, 70% over 2.5 goals, 50% both teams scored, 50% clean sheets.
- W 1-4 at Austin · 11 Oct 2026
- W 2-0 vs Toronto FC · 27 Sept 2026
- W 3-0 vs Chicago Fire · 20 Sept 2026
- D 2-2 at Inter Miami · 12 Sept 2026
- L 2-1 at Toronto FC · 9 Sept 2026
- D 0-0 at New York City FC · 4 Sept 2026
Away form going in: Sporting Kansas City
Last 10 completed: won 2, drawn 2, lost 6 (D L W L W). 1.7 scored per game, 2.2 conceded, 70% over 2.5 goals, 70% both teams scored, 10% clean sheets.
- D 3-3 vs Portland Timbers · 11 Oct 2026
- L 2-1 at Seattle Sounders · 2 Oct 2026
- W 0-2 at Houston Dynamo · 27 Sept 2026
- L 3-4 vs Philadelphia Union · 20 Sept 2026
- W 3-1 vs Los Angeles FC · 13 Sept 2026
- L 4-3 at FC Dallas · 6 Sept 2026
How it unfolded
- 10' Normal Goal — Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC)
- 17' Normal Goal — Sam Surridge (Nashville SC)
- 29' Normal Goal — Andy Najar (Nashville SC)
- 95' Penalty — Warren Madrigal (Nashville SC)
Match statistics
| Nashville SC | Metric | Sporting Kansas City |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Goals | 0 |
| 49 | Ball possession | 51 |
| 4.23 | Expected goals (xG) | 0.63 |
| 18 | Total shots | 9 |
| 11 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 2 | Shots off target | 6 |
| 5 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 16 | Attempts inside box | 7 |
| 2 | Attempts outside box | 2 |
| 7 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 385 | Total passes | 387 |
| 329 | Accurate passes | 331 |
| 6 | Key passes | 14 |
| 78 | Duels | 78 |
| 36 | Duels won | 42 |
Major League Soccer table — 2026
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville SC | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 67 |
| 2 | Inter Miami | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | New England Revolution | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 52 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 47 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Orlando City SC | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 41 |
| 8 | New York Red Bulls | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Cincinnati | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 36 |
| 10 | Toronto FC | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | New York City FC | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | DC United | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Atlanta United FC | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 30 |
| 15 | CF Montreal | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -24 | 25 |