Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Major League Soccer

2026

Nashville SC

Surridge33'

Espinoza78'

Mukhtar 87'

-FT

Sep 20, 2026

GEODIS Park

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Cristian Espinoza

Nashville SC

Goals

Assists

8.0

90'+1Substitution

Josh Bauer· In

Cristian Espinoza· Out

Nashville SC

90'+1Substitution

Alex Muyl· In

Hany Mukhtar · Out

Nashville SC

Goal!

3-0

Hany Mukhtar

87'·Nashville SC

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83'Substitution

Daniel Lovitz· In

Andy Nájar· Out

Nashville SC

83'Substitution

Edvard Tagseth· In

Patrick Yazbek· Out

Nashville SC

79'Substitution

Johan Gómez· In

Jonathan Dean· Out

Chicago Fire

79'Substitution

Mauricio Pineda· In

Djé D'Avilla· Out

Chicago Fire

Goal!

2-0

Cristian Espinoza

78'·Nashville SC

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75'Substitution

Anzor Mekvabishvili· In

Sergio Oregel· Out

Chicago Fire

68'Substitution

Jonathan Bamba· In

Robin Lod· Out

Chicago Fire

68'Substitution

Puso Dithejane· In

Maren Haile-Selassie· Out

Chicago Fire

68'Substitution

Shak Mohammed· In

Elias Saad· Out

Nashville SC

57'Yellow Card

Jack Elliott

Chicago Fire

36'Yellow Card

Hany Mukhtar

Nashville SC

Goal!

1-0

Sam Surridge

33'·Nashville SC

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Statistics of the Game

Nashville SC

Chicago Fire

56%Ball Possession44%

13Shots Total9

5Shots On Target1

5Corners2

12Fouls9

1Yellow Cards1

4Offsides2

1Saves3

515Passes416

5Shots Off Target5

97Attacks75

66Dangerous Attacks44

9Shots Inside Box6

4Shots Outside Box3

3Goals0

9Free Kicks12

3Shots Blocked3

5Substitutions5

19Tackles11

3Assists0

456Accurate Passes353

18Total Crosses11

7Accurate Crosses5

7Interceptions6

41Duels Won43

3Big Chances Created2

2Big Chances Missed2

Nashville SC

Manager: Brian Joseph Callaghan II

Starting XI

6.7

7.3

7.5

7.2

7.6

7.3

7.4

8.0

7.4

6.7

7.7

Substitutes

6.4

Shak Mohammed

6.3

6.5

Manager: Gregg Berhalter

Starting XI

6.3

6.4

6.3

6.4

6.2

7.0

6.3

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.5

Substitutes

6.6

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.6

David Poreba

Josh Cohen

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Cristian Espinoza MF		90'	1	1	1/2	38(82%)	1	2/10
Sam Surridge FW		90'	1	0	2/3	11(100%)	2	4/9
Reed Baker-Whiting DF		90'	0	1	-	47(91%)	-	5/6
Jeison Palacios DF		90'	0	0	-	76(91%)	2	6/10
Matthew Corcoran MF		90'	0	0	1/1	86(86%)	6	6/13
Hany Mukhtar MF		90'	1	0	1/4	42(93%)	1	4/6
Andy Nájar DF		83'	0	1	0/1	45(91%)	1	2/3
Patrick Yazbek MF		83'	0	0	-	40(98%)	2	3/8
Maxwell Woledzi DF		90'	0	0	-	62(97%)	1	4/7
Brian Schwake GK		90'	0	0	-	27(67%)	-	0/1
Elias Saad MF		68'	0	0	0/2	20(86%)	3	3/6
Edvard Tagseth MF		7'	0	0	-	9(86%)	-	-
Daniel Lovitz DF		7'	0	0	-	4(25%)	-	1/2
Shak Mohammed MF		22'	0	0	-	7(100%)	-	0/2
Alex Muyl MF	-	1'	0	0	-	1	-	-
Josh Bauer DF	-	1'	0	0	-	-	-	1/1

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Nashville SC	15	D1	1	3	2	2	8/15	10-6
Chicago Fire	15	L1	0	5	15	11	4/15	9-10

Nashville SC — last 5 games

W3-2 vs Columbus Crew2026-08-23
W4-0 vs Cincinnati2026-08-30
D0-0 @ New York City2026-09-04
L1-2 @ Toronto2026-09-09
D2-2 @ Inter Miami2026-09-12

Chicago Fire — last 5 games

D1-1 @ New York RB2026-08-22
D2-2 @ Seattle Sounders2026-08-29
D4-4 @ Toronto2026-09-05
D1-1 vs Inter Miami2026-09-10
L1-2 vs New England2026-09-13

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Nashville SC	15	2.93	67%	67%	47%	53%	40%	13%
Chicago Fire	15	3.67	100%	80%	47%	93%	7%	0%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Nashville SC	Home	8	7	1	0	20-8	2.75	75%	38%
Chicago Fire	Away	8	3	3	2	17-15	1.5	75%	13%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Nashville SC	15	12-6	17-9	59%	67%	6-8-1
Chicago Fire	15	14-14	14-13	50%	100%	5-5-5

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 7
Period covered: 2021-09-26 – 2026-04-05
Nashville SC wins: 4
Draws: 1
Chicago Fire wins: 2
Avg goals per meeting: 3
Over 2.5 goals: 43%
Both teams scored: 29%
Home side won: 43%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 0D 2L (Nashville SC view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 4 vs 3

Most recent meetings (5 of 7)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-04-05	Chicago Fire	1-0	Nashville SC
2026-01-20	Nashville SC	1-4	Chicago Fire
2025-06-15	Chicago Fire	0-2	Nashville SC
2025-04-27	Nashville SC	7-2	Chicago Fire
2024-10-19	Chicago Fire	0-3	Nashville SC

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 382 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Nashville SC	1	25	54	29	WWDLD	5	-4
Chicago Fire	5	24	39	10	DDDDL	13	-8

Table context

Points gap: 15 ptsNashville SC 54 · Chicago Fire 39
Positions: #1 vs #5
Goals per game: 2/0.84 vs 1.88/1.46scored/conceded per game · league average 1.67

How we calculate this

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Verified regulation-time goal windows (scored vs conceded)

Nashville SC

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 76-90+'76-90+' goal in 45% of games

Minutes	Scored (35)	Conceded (19)
1-15'	3 (9%)	0 (0%)
16-30'	6 (17%)	5 (26%)
31-45+'	5 (14%)	3 (16%)
46-60'	6 (17%)	2 (11%)
61-75'	5 (14%)	7 (37%)
76-90+'	10 (29%)	2 (11%)

Chicago Fire

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 61-75'76-90+' goal in 60% of games

Minutes	Scored (40)	Conceded (33)
1-15'	7 (18%)	2 (6%)
16-30'	7 (18%)	5 (15%)
31-45+'	5 (13%)	8 (24%)
46-60'	4 (10%)	7 (21%)
61-75'	12 (30%)	1 (3%)
76-90+'	5 (13%)	10 (30%)

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — Corners & Cards Trends

Nashville SCLast 15 games

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 5.9 / 4.5
Match total corners/g: 10.4
Over 8.5 corners: 73%
Over 9.5 corners: 53%
Over 10.5 corners: 47%
Won corner count: 73%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 1.93
Opponent cards / game: 1.8
Match total cards / game: 3.73
Over 3.5 match cards: 53%
Over 4.5 match cards: 47%

Chicago FireLast 15 games

3 straight games with 4+ total cards≤2 team cards in 7 straight games

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 4.9 / 4.7
Match total corners/g: 9.7
Over 8.5 corners: 60%
Over 9.5 corners: 47%
Over 10.5 corners: 47%
Won corner count: 47%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 2.2
Opponent cards / game: 2
Match total cards / game: 4.2
Over 3.5 match cards: 73%
Over 4.5 match cards: 33%

Major League Soccer Standings

Major League Soccer · 2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	18	7	8	+38	61	WLWWW
···
14	Austin	33	8	10	15	-21	34	LWLLD
15	Sporting KC	33	6	5	22	-42	23	LLLDL
1	Nashville SCH	33	22	8	3	+44	74	DWDWW
2	Inter Miami	33	16	11	6	+21	59	WLDWL
3	New England	33	18	4	11	+9	58	WWWLL
4	Chicago FireA	33	16	7	10	+11	55	LWDWL
5	Charlotte	33	15	8	10	+15	53	DLWWD
6	Philadelphia Union	33	13	8	12	+11	47	DLDLL
···
15	CF Montréal	33	6	8	19	-30	26	DLLDL

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Statistical Comparison

Major League Soccer

Nashville SC33 matches

Chicago Fire

33 matches

#1Position#4

74Points55

22Wins16

8Draws7

3Losses10

69Goals61

2.09Goals per game1.85

25Goals conceded50

0.76Goals per game conceded1.52

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (33 vs 33 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityNashville SC 52% · X · Draw 23% · Chicago Fire 25%

1 · Home Win

52%

X · Draw

23%

2 · Away Win

25%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.88 vs 1.23

Projected Total: 3.11

Over 1.5 Goals

82%

Over 2.5 Goals

60%

Over 3.5 Goals

38%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

60%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

29% / 15%

Nashville SC / Chicago Fire

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(10.3%)2 - 1(9.7%)1 - 0(8.4%)

Recent matches

Sep 9

1-2

@ Toronto

Away

Aug 30

4-0

vs Cincinnati

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All Nashville SC fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 7 matches

Won 57%

(4/7)

Draw 14%

(1/7)

Won 29%

(2/7)

Goals

14-7

Total matches

Recent matches (5/7)

Major League Soccer•Apr 5, 2026

Chicago Fire

1-0

Nashville SC

Club Friendlies 3•Jan 20, 2026

Nashville SC

1-4

Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer•Jun 15, 2025

Chicago Fire

0-2

Nashville SC

Major League Soccer•Apr 27, 2025

Nashville SC

7-2

Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer•Oct 19, 2024

Chicago Fire

0-3

Nashville SC

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — Head to Head

Last 7 matches

Nashville SC wins

Draws

Chicago Fire wins

Goals Scored

14 - 7

Apr 5, 2026 • Major League Soccer

Chicago Fire

1-0

Nashville SC

Jan 20, 2026 • Club Friendlies 3

Nashville SC

1-4

Chicago Fire

Jun 15, 2025 • Major League Soccer

Chicago Fire

0-2

Nashville SC

Match summary

Nashville SC beat Chicago Fire 3-0 in the Major League Soccer (United States), Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Nashville SC (1st, 54 pts) were 15 points ahead of Chicago Fire (5th, 39 pts). Before kickoff, Chicago Fire were 5th in the table but 13th on points from the last five league games. Across 7 previous meetings on record, Nashville SC won 4 and Chicago Fire won 2, with 1 draw (3 goals per game).

Sam Surridge (33'), Cristian Espinoza (78') and Hany Mukhtar (87') scored the goals for Nashville SC.

More details:

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Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire H2H, Form & Key Stats

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — Corners & Cards Trends

Major League Soccer Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/7)

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire — Head to Head

Last 7 matches

Match summary