Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nashville SC 1st with 53 points, Charlotte 5th with 35, 18 apart. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Nashville SC ran at 2.04 scored and 0.74 conceded, Charlotte at 1.82 and 1.45.
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