Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City

Nashville SC

4 - 0

Sporting Kansas City

🕒 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:30 Europe/London 📍 GEODIS Park 🧑‍⚖️ Joshua Encarnacion 🔁 Regular Season - 29 🏁 match finished

Season

2026-2027 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 29

Regular Season Table

Nashville SC 1 · Sporting Kansas City 30

Referee Stats

Joshua Encarnacion

4 matches · 4.25 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	4.25
Reds avg	0.25
Penalties avg	0.50
Over 4.5 cards	75%
Home wins	50%
Draws	25%
Away wins	25%

How the match was won

Nashville SC outshot their opponent (18-9).
Possession was balanced (49%-51%).
Nashville SC had the sharper finishing (11-1 shots on target).

Team Overview

Nashville SC (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 14-1-0

Goals For / Against

45 / 12

Avg: 3.00 / 0.80

Points

Avg: 2.87

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-0-12

Goals For / Against

14 / 43

Avg: 0.93 / 2.87

Points

Avg: 0.60

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.87

PPG

0.60

3.00

0.93

0.80

2.87

80%

O2.5

87%

53%

BTTS

47%

93%

Score 1st

27%

League-position context

Nashville SC rank1st

Sporting Kansas City rank30th

Nashville SC points67

Sporting Kansas City points22

Nashville SC: #1 · 67 pts · GD +41

Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 20 pts above the play-off edge. 36 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sporting Kansas City: #30 · 22 pts · GD -39

33 pts off the top 2. 26 pts off the play-off line. 11 pts from safety.

45-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Nashville SC last 5 home

W W W W W

Points15/15

Weighted index100

Goals16-2

Record5-0-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 away

L L W L L

Points3/15

Weighted index20

Goals7-12

Record1-0-4

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Nashville SC trend breakdown

Over 2.580%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.587%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 87% · Over 3.5 67% · 1H BTTS 33%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.587%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.587%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 100% · Over 3.5 47% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Nashville SC score at home100%

Nashville SC clean sheet at home47%

Sporting Kansas City score away53%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away7%

First-goal patterns

Nashville SC score first93%

Nashville SC win after scoring first100%

Sporting Kansas City score first27%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Nashville SC 100% · Sporting Kansas City 10%

Avg first goal minute: Nashville SC 26.9' · Sporting Kansas City 30.0'

Vs league average

Nashville SC score at home3.00 vs 1.84

Nashville SC concede at home0.80 vs 1.41

Sporting Kansas City score away0.93 vs 1.41

Sporting Kansas City concede away2.87 vs 1.84

Nashville SC score 63% above league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 34% below league average.

Defensive side: Nashville SC are 43% below league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are 56% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.20

BTTS60%

Over 2.5100%

At this venue setup: 3.50 goals on average across the last 2.

Nashville SC goal timing (home)

1H scored: 44% 2H scored: 56% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 16-30

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 12

76-90+ 12

46-60 9

61-75 6

31-45 5

0-15 4

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

16-30 4

31-45 4

61-75 3

46-60 2

0-15 0

76-90+ 0

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

1H scored: 57% 2H scored: 43% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 4

76-90+ 4

16-30 3

0-15 1

46-60 1

61-75 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 13

16-30 8

31-45 7

61-75 7

0-15 6

46-60 5

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

385

387

Passes Accurate

329

331

Passes %

—

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

10' ⚽

⚽

10' ⚽ Goal · 1-0

H. Mukhtar

Normal Goal · Assist: A. Najar

17' ⚽

⚽

17' ⚽ Goal · 2-0

S. Surridge

Normal Goal · Assist: H. Mukhtar

29' ⚽

⚽

29' ⚽ Goal · 3-0

A. Najar

Normal Goal · Assist: C. Espinoza

45' ↑↓

↑↓

45' ⇄ Z. Bassong

1st substitution · For: J. Bartlett

45' ↑↓

↑↓

45' ⇄ André Luiz

2nd substitution · For: C. Harris

53' ↑↓

↑↓

53' ⇄ S. Reid

3rd substitution · For: T. Calheira

65' ⚽

⚽

65' ⚽ VAR

S. Surridge

Goal cancelled

68' ↑↓

↑↓

68' ⇄ A. Najar

1st substitution · For: D. Lovitz

68' ↑↓

↑↓

68' ⇄ C. Espinoza

2nd substitution · For: S. Mohammed

69' ↑↓

↑↓

69' ⇄ I. James

4th substitution · For: J. Davis

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ M. Corcoran

3rd substitution · For: B. Acosta

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ H. Mukhtar

4th substitution · For: W. Madrigal

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ J. Reid

5th substitution · For: E. Karić

83' ↑↓

↑↓

83' ⇄ S. Surridge

5th substitution · For: A. Muyl

90+3' ⚽

⚽

90+3' ⚽ VAR

W. Madrigal

Penalty confirmed

90+5' ⚽

⚽

90+5' ⚽ Goal · 5-0

W. Madrigal

Penalty

Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City 4-0: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Nashville SC beat Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Thursday, 15 October 2026 in MLS. The match was refereed by Joshua Encarnacion. It was played at GEODIS Park.

First half: Nashville SC took an early lead at 10' when H. Mukhtar scored, with the assist credited to A. Najar, making the score 1-0. Nashville SC extended the lead at 17' when S. Surridge scored, with the assist credited to H. Mukhtar, making the score 2-0. Nashville SC extended the lead at 29' when A. Najar scored, with the assist credited to C. Espinoza, making the score 3-0. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 45', with Z. Bassong replacing J. Bartlett. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 45', with André Luiz replacing C. Harris.

Second half: Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 53', with S. Reid replacing T. Calheira. VAR intervened at 65' for Nashville SC (Goal cancelled). Nashville SC made their 1st substitution at 68', with A. Najar replacing D. Lovitz. Nashville SC made their 2nd substitution at 68', with C. Espinoza replacing S. Mohammed. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 69', with I. James replacing J. Davis. Nashville SC made their 3rd substitution at 76', with M. Corcoran replacing B. Acosta. Nashville SC made their 4th substitution at 76', with H. Mukhtar replacing W. Madrigal. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 81', with J. Reid replacing E. Karić. Nashville SC made their 5th substitution at 83', with S. Surridge replacing A. Muyl. VAR intervened at 90+3' for Nashville SC (Penalty confirmed). Nashville SC added a late goal to extend the lead at 90+5' when W. Madrigal scored (Penalty), making the score 5-0.

Nashville SC used 5 substitutions while Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions.