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Nashville SC

1st · 18-6-3 · 60 pts · +34
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Nashville SC beat Chicago Fire FC
Chicago Fire FC11-6-8 0 – 3 Nashville SC17-6-3
FT · Sat, Sep 19

Match Details

GEODIS Park (Nashville, Tennessee) · Apple TV

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Nashville SC 3, Chicago Fire FC 0.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, Nashville SC 3, Chicago Fire FC 0.
  • 90'+5'Attempt blocked. Jonathan Bamba (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anzor Mekvabishvili.
  • 90'+5'Reed Baker-Whiting (Nashville SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5'Foul by Andrew Gutman (Chicago Fire FC).
  • 90'+2'Foul by Daniel Lovitz (Nashville SC).
  • 90'+2'Philip Zinckernagel (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+1'Substitution, Nashville SC. Josh Bauer replaces Cristian Espinoza.
  • 90'+1'Substitution, Nashville SC. Alex Muyl replaces Hany Mukhtar.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 87'Goal! Nashville SC 3, Chicago Fire FC 0. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza following a fast break.
  • 85'Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Line Score

12T
CHI 00 0
NSH 12 3

Match Leaders

Chicago Fire FC
Nashville SC

League Table · 2026 MLS
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Nashville 27 18 6 3 +34 60
2 New England 27 14 4 9 +9 46
3 Miami 27 12 10 5 +14 46
4 Charlotte 27 12 7 8 +9 43
5 Chicago 26 12 6 8 +8 42
6 Philadelphia 27 11 6 10 +10 39
7 Orlando 27 10 4 13 -16 34
8 Red Bull NY 27 9 6 12 -17 33
9 NYCFC 27 8 9 10 +5 33
10 Cincinnati 26 8 9 9 -9 33
11 D.C. United 26 6 12 8 -8 30
12 Columbus 27 8 5 14 -4 29
13 Toronto 27 6 11 10 -12 29
14 Atlanta 27 7 6 14 -13 27
15 CF Montréal 27 6 6 15 -20 24
Qualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Round One Best-of-3 seriesQualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Wild Card Matches

Key Events

90'+1'Substitution, Nashville SC. Josh Bauer replaces Cristian Espinoza.
90'+1'Substitution, Nashville SC. Alex Muyl replaces Hany Mukhtar.
87'Goal! Nashville SC 3, Chicago Fire FC 0. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza following a fast break.
83'Substitution, Nashville SC. Daniel Lovitz replaces Andy Nájar.
83'Substitution, Nashville SC. Edvard Tagseth replaces Patrick Yazbek.
79'Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Johan Gómez replaces Jonathan Dean.
79'Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Mauricio Pineda replaces Djé D'Avilla.
78'Goal! Nashville SC 2, Chicago Fire FC 0. Cristian Espinoza (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Nájar.
75'Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Anzor Mekvabishvili replaces Sergio Oregel Jr..
68'Substitution, Nashville SC. Shak Mohammed replaces Elias Saad.
68'Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Puso Dithejane replaces Maren Haile-Selassie.
68'Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Bamba replaces Robin Lod.
57'Jack Elliott (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36'Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33'Goal! Nashville SC 1, Chicago Fire FC 0. Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reed Baker-Whiting with a headed pass.

Team Stats

Chicago Fire FCNashville SC
General
44.3 Possession % 55.7
9 Shots 13
1 On Target 5
2 Offsides 4
2 Corners 5
9 Fouls 12
Passing & Defense
351 Passes Completed 456
5 Crosses Won 6
6 Tackles Won 11
6 Interceptions 8
23 Clearances 15
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 0

Recent Form

Nashville SC W D L D W
Chicago Fire FC D D D L L

Starting Lineups

Chicago Fire FC4-2-3-1
1 Brady
24 Dean 3 Elliott 32 Allen 15 Gutman
35 Oregel 42 Dje Tah
11 Zinckernagel 17 Lod 7 Haile-Selassie
9 Lewandowski
9 Surridge 33'
11 Saad 10 Mukhtar 87' 7 Espinoza 78'A
16 Corcoran 8 Yazbek
27 Baker-Whiting A 3 Woledzi 4 Palacios 31 Nájar A
99 Schwake
Nashville SC4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Nashville SC

  1. BS #99 Brian SchwakeG
  2. MW #3 Maxwell WoledziCD-L
  3. JP #4 Jeisson PalaciosCD-R
  4. #27 Reed Baker-WhitingLB
  5. #31 Andy NájarRB
  6. #10 Hany MukhtarAM87'
  7. MC #16 Matthew CorcoranLM
  8. PY #8 Patrick YazbekRM
  9. SS #9 Sam SurridgeF33'
  10. ES #11 Elias SaadAM-L
  11. #7 Cristian EspinozaAM-R78'
Substitutes · 5 used

Chicago Fire FC

  1. #1 Chris BradyG
  2. #32 Noah AllenCD-L
  3. #3 Jack ElliottCD-R
  4. #15 Andrew GutmanLB
  5. #24 Jonathan DeanRB
  6. #17 Robin LodAM
  7. DD #42 D'Avilla Dje TahLM
  8. #35 Sergio OregelRM
  9. RL #9 Robert LewandowskiF
  10. #7 Maren Haile-SelassieAM-L
  11. PZ #11 Philip ZinckernagelAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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