Charlotte FC vs Nashville SC Match Analysis and Prediction

Charlotte vs Nashville SC Match Analysis & Prediction

Charlotte

12/05/2024 2:30 am

Nashville SC

by Vincent

12 months ago 0 161

DISCLAIMER: All odds are quoted at time the prediction went live. Check the sports book for updated odds

Charlotte FC are set to welcome Nashville SC to the Bank of America Stadium on Sunday in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference.

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Sixth-placed Charlotte are just three points ahead of 12th-placed Nashville, and though both sides have struggled for consistency in the first third of the season, the teams are still in contention for a coveted spot in the MLS Cup playoffs.

Former Aston Villa manager Dean Smith currently holds the position of head coach at Charlotte, having replaced Christian Lattanzio for the 2024 campaign after he was sacked following his failure to take them beyond the wild card round of 2023’s edition of the MLS Cup playoffs.

This season Smith has overseen four wins, two draws and five losses in 11 regular season MLS matches, equaling to 1.27 points per game. For comparison, Charlotte had averaged 1.26 and 1.24 points per game in the last two seasons.

Smith is still relatively new to the job, and he will hope to substantially improve on this record in order to show that he was the right person to take the club forward.

Cementing a spot in the top seven of the Eastern Conference and guaranteeing his side a place in the MLS Cup playoffs would go a long way to proving this.

Charlotte’s recent form has been mixed, having lost three of their last five matches, including a defeat in early April to New England, who sit bottom of their table in 15th place.

The Crown have won two matches in this time, a hectic 3-2 victory over third-placed Toronto from the Western Conference on April 14, and a comfortable 2-0 win against the Portland Timbers last weekend.

Meanwhile, while Nashville won their most recent game against Montreal, they come into the contest with just two wins in their last 11 matches, and just one win from their last six MLS games.

Additionally, they have also failed to keep a clean sheet in nine of their 10 MLS matches this season, and have only kept the opposition from scoring in nine of their last 43 league games.

Although Nashville have played just three times away from home in MLS, they have conceded nine times, scoring just twice and are yet to win on the road.

Nashville are just three points behind Charlotte, and with a game in hand, victory on Sunday could help them to build momentum following their win last time out, and help put them in a promising position for the second half of the season as they aim to qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs.

Charlotte vs. Nashville SC Head to head

In the previous five meetings between these two teams, Charlotte have claimed one victory while Nashville have won three, and they have drawn once.

08/02/2022

Nashville SC

3

Charlotte

1

Club Friendlies
10/07/2022

Charlotte

4

Nashville SC

1

MLS
21/05/2023

Charlotte

1

Nashville SC

2

MLS
03/09/2023

Nashville SC

1

Charlotte

1

MLS
17/03/2024

Nashville SC

2

Charlotte

1

MLS

Charlotte Team News

Brandon Cambridge will be absent on Sunday as he recovers from an ankle issue, while forward Liel Abada and defender Bill Tuiloma are doubts for the game as they both nurse thigh injuries.

Charlotte striker Kerwin Calderon Vargas can be expected to return after missing out on his team’s win last weekend due to suspension.

Charlotte's Last 5 Matches

07/04/2024

New England

1

Charlotte

0

MLS
14/04/2024

Charlotte

3

Toronto

2

MLS
22/04/2024

Charlotte

0

Minnesota United

3

MLS
28/04/2024

New York City

2

Charlotte

1

MLS
05/05/2024

Charlotte

2

Portland Timbers

0

MLS

Nashville SC Team News

Nashville will once again be without the services of centre-back Lukas MacNaughton, who underwent ankle surgery in late April.

It remains to be seen whether centre-back and captain Walker Zimmerman will start for a second time in a row since returning from the knee issues he suffered in early March against Inter Miami.