Nashville SC vs Atlanta United Prediction: A game of narrow margin

Nashville SC’s struggles continued in the previous round and they are once again back in action searching for a win after going 3 games without one. Their opponents here are Atlanta United, who are in a much better position than they are. Atlanta have not tasted defeat in their last 4 games and have the opportunity of extending that run to 5 games. Morale is low right now for Nashville SC, who are coming into this match after playing a 1-1 draw against Los Angeles FC at home. And the visitors have nothing but confidence as they go into this game after beating Chicago Fire 2-1 at home in their last match. 

Nashville SC have not been able to maintain consistency so far in the season and their last 3 matches have been poor. They come into this match without a win in their last 3 matches. During those games they recorded 2 draws and 1 defeat. Overall, Nashville SC have 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats this season. This puts them in 6th in the eastern conference table, with 12 points and their goal ratio is 8:5.

Nashville SC played a 1-1 draw against Los Angeles FC last week. They were the first to get in front with an opening goal by Hany Mukhtar in the 35th minute, but the visitors leveled the scoreline in the 59th minute through Denis Bouanga and the two settled for a point. Nashville SC managed 55% possession, 3 shots on target and 6 corner kicks.

Team streak: no wins (3), less than 2.5 goals (8/9), less than 4.5 cards (6/8).

Atlanta United are playing on the road once again and their last 3 matches on the road have ended in either a defeat or a draw. However, they come into this match with a good result in their last match, as they beat Chicago Fire 2-1 at home. They were ahead in the 13th minute with the first goal by Giorgos Giakoumakis. The game remained that way until the 90th minute, when Kacper Przbylko equalized for Chicago Fire. Atlanta United were not ready to settle for a draw as they mounted pressure on the visitors and got rewarded with an own goal scored by Maren Haile-Selassie in the 99th minute. Atlanta United had 57% possession, 4 shots on target and 4 corner kicks in that game.

Atlanta United are 3rd on the eastern conference table, with 18 points from 9 matches played. Overall they have 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat and their goal ratio is 18:13.

Team streak: no losses (4), without a clean sheet (3), more than 2.5 goals (5/7), both teams scoring (5/6), first to score (6/7), less than 10.5 corners (8/8).

Nashville and Atlanta United have faced each other about 8 times before this meeting. Nashville have 3 wins, while Atlanta United have 2 wins and 3 matches ended in a draw.

• Nashville have not lost in the last 6 meetings,
• Atlanta have not kept a clean sheet in the last 6 meetings.
• There were more than 2.5 goals scored in 5/6 meetings.
• Both teams scored in 5/6 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners in 8/8 meetings.

• Nashville SC (4-4-2): Joe Willis, Shaq Moore, Walker Zimmerman, Jack Maher, Daniel Lovitz, Alex Muyi, Dax McCarty, Anibal Godoy, Fafa Picault, Hany Mukhtar, Teal Bunbury.
• Atlanta United (4-2-3-1): Quentin Westberg, Brooks Lennon, Miles Robinson, Juan Sanchez Purata, Andrew Gutman, Matheus Rossetto, Santiago Sosa, Luiz Araujo, Thiago Almada, Derrick Etienne Junior, Giorgos Giakoumakis.

Analysis of Nashville SC shows they have scored 8 goals and conceded 5 and their average goal per game is 0.9, with an 8% conversion rate. On an average, they create 0.7 chances per game and miss 0.3 per game. Their total shots in 10.8 per game and on average they manage 3.2 shots on target and 4.2 shots off target. Their average corners per game is 5.6 and they have managed 5 clean sheets.

Atlanta United’s analysis shows they have scored 18 goals and conceded 13 and their average goals per game is 2.0, with 17% conversion rate. They also create an average of 1.8 chances per game and miss an average of 1.0 chances per game. Their total shots per game is 11.7 and their average shot on target per game is 4.6 and off target is 4.8. They also play an average corner of 4.6 per game and they have kept 2 clean sheets.

After careful analysis, we say:

• Bet on Under 3.5 Goals at 1.74 Odds
• Bet on 1st Half Under 1.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 0-1 at 5.9 Odds