New York City FC vs Nashville SC Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th September 2026

New York City FC lost to 2-1 Nashville SC in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-1 win, which New York City FC dished out the match before that.
While New York City FC find themselves as number 7 table with 28 points after 22 matches, Nashville SC fought their way to 52 points. This puts them up as number 1 in the Eastern conference.
Although New York City FC are behind Nashville SC in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders in the Major League Soccer would be huge for the hosts.
New York City FC go into their next Major League Soccer match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 13. That amounts to an average of 1.3 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.
Nashville SC show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.1 times on average per game. They scored 21 goals and conceded nine, an average of 0.9 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in four of these.
New York City FC vs Nashville SC Prediction
New York City FC Form
New York City FC claimed two draws in their previous three matches, where they lost 2-1 against FC Cincinnati. Afterwards, they recorded a 1-1 draw with New England Revolution, before also drawing 1-1 with Toronto FC. New York City FC managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Major League Soccer. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 13 and conceded 11 goals.
Nashville SC Form
In their last three matches, Nashville SC first beat Red Bull New York 0-1, then Columbus Crew by 3-2 and finally FC Cincinnati by 4-0. Nashville SC managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Major League Soccer away matches, in which they scored eight while also conceding three times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.
New York City FC might be favourites, but their current form doesn't cut it for us, at least not compared with the prices on offer at the bookmakers. We would rather take a shot at Nashville SC to nick a point or perhaps even a win.
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New York City FC vs Nashville SC Stats
- In 14 of the last 16 New York City FC matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 New York City FC matches in the Major League Soccer, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 New York City FC home matches in the Major League Soccer, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 New York City FC home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 15 Nashville SC away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 10 Nashville SC away matches in the Major League Soccer, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Nashville SC matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Nashville SC have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Nashville SC have won 3 of the last 4 matches in the Major League Soccer while scoring more than 2.5 goals
New York City FC vs Nashville SC Team News
New York City FC vs Nashville SC H2H
New York City FC were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Nashville SC, but did win the reverse match 2-1, though. New York City FC won three matches and Nashville SC won four Matches of the latest nine encounters. Nashville SC came out 2-1 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 17/11.
New York City FC vs Nashville SC Results
Of the last nine encounters between New York City FC Nashville SC over 2.5 goals came out three times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 17/20 with bookies.
New York City FC vs Nashville SC Betting Tips
Nicolas Fernandez look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Major League Soccer matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Hany Mukhtar adds to his four Major League Soccer goals come this coming Saturday.
New York City FC claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing four. Nashville SC won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for New York City FC on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target three times in Nashville SC''s last 10 league games away from home.
Both teams scored six times in the last nine encounters between New York City FC and Nashville SC, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. New York City FC scored 1.21 goals on average, while Nashville SC pulled 1.43 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for New York City FC, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Nashville SC, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of two times goals per game.