Nashville has won three of its four MLS matches against expansion teams (D1), including winning two of three against fellow newcomers Inter Miami in 2020. Nashville has never conceded a goal against an expansion side.
With Charlotte FC recording its first away win on Sunday, a 2-1 victory in Houston, the expansion side sits on 23 points after 19 games. Only four of the previous 17 expansion teams since 2005 have reached the 25-point mark within their first 20 MLS games.
Nashville’s up-and-down season continued with a 2-2 draw against Portland on Sunday. Nashville has not recorded the same result in consecutive matches in any of their last 13 games (W5 D5 L3).
Andre Shinyashiki scored his fourth goal since being traded to Charlotte in May, the match-winner, in Charlotte’s 2-1 victory over Houston on Sunday. Charlotte is unbeaten in matches in which Shinyashiki has scored (W3 D1), with two of his four goals being match-winning strikes (also vs. Miami on May 7).
With his goal against Portland on Sunday, Hany Mukhtar has been involved in eight goals in his last seven MLS matches, scoring seven times. Mukhtar’s seven goals are more than any other player in MLS since this run began in mid-May.
