Nashville SC hosts Orlando City at Nissan Stadium for their first round fixture of the Eastern Conference playoffs this week. Both sides had an impressive run in the regular season and they finished among the top seven. Match day schedules for 24th November 2021 at 04:00 EAT.
The home side qualified for the playoffs in their inaugural season and they reached the quarter-finals where they were subsequently eliminated by Columbus Crew while this is will be the second time Orlando City qualifies post season after they reached the quarter finals last year, we expect even a better finish this year.
Nashville SC shared spoils 1-1 versus New York Red Bulls in their recent MLS encounter. In that game, they had 60% possession, 11 shot with four of them on target and a goal scored by Mukhtar (37′. New York Red Bulls got 14 shots with five of them on target and a goal first minute goal by Neto.
Orlando City edged Montreal Impact to 0-2 MLS win in their most outing. In that match, Orlando City managed 45% possession, 10 attempts with three of them on target and goals scored by Méndez (55′) and Dike (86′). Montreal Impact on the other side fired 12 shots with three of them on target.
The most likely outcome for this match is a draw considering that all three of the times Nashville hosted a match against Orlando City, the matches ended with a tie and most of the recent matches for both Nashville and Orlando City ended in stalemates. Also, three of the last five matches for Nashville and Orlando City in Major League Soccer ended with a tie.
Nashville SC vs Orlando City head to head
Since 2020 there have been six matches between these two teams in which four of them ended in draws and each sides has one victory.
- Orlando 1-1 Nashville 31/10/21
- Nashville 2-2 Orlando 30/09/21
- Nashville 1-1 Orlando 19/08/21
- Orlando 2-3 Nashville 08/11/20
- Nashville 1-1 Orlando 03/09/20
Home
- Nashville 1-1 New York
- Orlando 1-1 Nashville
- Cincinnati 3-6 Nashville
- Philadelphia 1-0 Nashville
- Nashville 1-1 Columbus
Away
- Montreal 0-2 Orlando
- Orlando 1-1 Nashville
- Columbus 3-2 Orlando
- Orlando 2-2 New England
- Orlando 1-1 Montreal
Nashville team news
Daniel Rios is injured and will miss out this game. Taylor Washington is in self-isolation for COVID-19 while Anibal Godoy is suspended for accumulation of yellow cards.
Orlando City team news
Rio Hope-Gund, Adam Grinwis and Raul Aguilera Jr will not be available for this fixture’s selection due to injuries. Jhegson Mendez is on suspension and will miss out this game.
Prediction and odds
A tie is the highly probable outcome in this match as both teams has a good history of draws.
- Draw
- Double chance
- Both teams to score
