📏 Form Guide

Nashville

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Nashville, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-2 MLS success against Los Angeles FC.

In that game, Nashville managed 52% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Nashville was Hany Mukhtar (13', 21', 59'). Los Angeles FC had 21 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. David Martínez (22') and Denis Bouanga (68') scored for Los Angeles FC.

Over their prior six fixtures, B.J Callaghan's Nashville have celebrated scoring a combined total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.

New York City FC

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After a losing effort in their last game against Columbus Crew in US Open Cup action, New York City FC and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Max Arfsten (59') was the scorer for Columbus Crew.

A succession of resolute displays by the New York City FC defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their last 6 outings overall. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8. We will have to see if that trend will be sustained here.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 25/02/2023 tells us that Nashville have won 2 of them & New York City FC 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 8 of them for Nashville and 9 belonging to The Pigeons. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was MLS match day 40 on 17/08/2025 when it ended New York City FC 2-1 Nashville.

On that day, New York City FC managed 54% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Andrés Perea (40') and Alonso Martínez (77').

At the other end, Nashville got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Jacob Shaffelburg (10') was the scorer.

The referee was Filip Dujic.

📰 Team News: Nashville

It’s our opinion that Nashville will possibly make use of the 4-3-3 system for this game and select Brian Schwake, Reed Baker-Whiting, Maxwell Woledzi, Jeisson Palacios, Daniel Lovitz, Matthew Corcoran, Bryan Acosta, Hany Mukhtar, Cristian Espinoza, Ahmed Qasem and Warren Madrigal.

ℹ️ Team News: New York City FC

We’re of the thinking that The Pigeons will likely begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Thiago Martins, Raul Gustavo, Nico Cavallo, Keaton Parks, Máximo Carrizo, Kai Trewin, Agustin Ojeda, N. Fernandez Mercau and Hannes Wolf.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, Nashville will, in all likelihood, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, New York City FC could well struggle to score themselves - but, we do see them scoring as well.

We’re predicting a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Nashville when all’s said and done.

Andre Moura, 00:03 24/05/2026