Match Report
54 points for Nashville SC (1st), 40 for Charlotte (4th): a 14-point gap. Nashville SC had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Nashville SC ran at 2 scored and 0.84 conceded, Charlotte at 1.8 and 1.44.
Nashville SC had won three straight.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Nashville SC wins, 3 for Charlotte, 1 draw, at 2.57 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 71% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
GEODIS Park, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Nashville SC led 2-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-2.
Goal scorers
Nashville SC: Hany Mukhtar (19'), Ahmed Qasem (25'), Sam Surridge (60'), Sam Surridge (74') · Charlotte: Agyemang Morrison (42'), Pep Biel (67')
Key stats
Possession: Nashville SC 61% · Charlotte 39% · Total shots: 13-8 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 6-4