📊 Form Guide

Nashville

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Nashville will be hoping for a better result following the 5-0 MLS losing effort in their last game against Los Angeles FC.

In that game, Nashville had 56% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Los Angeles FC got 27 shots on goal with 12 on target. Timothy Tillman (9'), Denis Bouanga (18', 48'), Cristian Olivera (74') and Eduard Atuesta (95') scored for Los Angeles FC.

Nashville have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they have also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Nashville have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those games. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.

Columbus Crew

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After tasting defeat last time out to Charlotte FC in MLS action, Columbus Crew and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Columbus Crew managed 54% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Charlotte FC had 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Ashley Westwood (83') and Patrick Agyemang (88') scored for Charlotte FC.

Wilfried Nancy's Columbus Crew have converted a total of 8 times in the course of their latest six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes adds up to 5.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 30/11/2020, both clubs have shared the honours with Nashville winning 2 of those games, Columbus Crew 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A sum of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 for Nashville and 6 netted by The Crew. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was MLS match day 28 on 24/06/2023 when the final score was Columbus Crew 2-0 Nashville.

In that game, Columbus Crew managed 52% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Christian Ramirez (20').

For their opponents, Nashville had 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. Jack Maher (95' Own goal) was the scorer.

The referee was Filip Dujic.

📋 Team News: Nashville

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Nashville manager Gary Smith to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Randall Leal (Longitudinal tendon tear) won’t play. Joe Willis is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We think that Nashville will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for the game with Elliot Panicco, Shaq Moore, Brent Kallman, Jack Maher, Taylor Washington, Dru Yearwood, Brian Anunga, Tyler Boyd, Hany Mukhtar, Alex Muyl and Sam Surridge.

🗞️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Due to a fully healthy group to pick from, the Columbus Crew manager Wilfried Nancy has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match. Derrick Jones cannot play in this game through suspension.

We reckon that The Crew might begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 system, starting Patrick Schulte, Steven Moreira, Rudy Camacho, Malte Amundsen, Mohamed Farsi, Sean Zawadzki, Darlington Nagbe, Yaw Yeboah, Christian Ramirez, Diego Rossi and Cucho Hernández.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Nashville will have a tough ask to score goals against this Columbus Crew lineup who we think might just have the edge.

We therefore see a very even match with a 0-1 advantage for Columbus Crew when the full-time whistle blows.

Let’s see.

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Lucas Pereira, 00:29 31/03/2024