Both previous meetings between the San Jose Earthquakes and Nashville SC ended in draws, a 2-2 in San Jose in April 2022 and a scoreless match in Nashville in June 2022. Jeremy Ebobisse and Hany Mukhtar each scored a brace in the April 2022 meeting at San Jose.
The San Jose Earthquakes have lost only two of its 15 regular-season home matches this year (W8 D5) but has only two wins in its last seven at home. The San Jose Earthquakes, who defeated Real Salt Lake, 2-1, in their last home match, have not recorded the same result in consecutive since a three-match winning streak in April-May.
Nashville SC snapped an eight-match away winless run in all competitions (D3 L5) with a 3-0 victory at Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday after totaling just three goals over the previous eight away games. Nashville SC hasn’t won consecutive away matches since a run of three straight wins in May-June 2022.
Matthew Hoppe scored in his first career MLS start for the San Jose Earthquakes, becoming just the third San Jose Earthquakes player in the last six seasons to score in his first start in the league and the first in over three years since Cade Cowell did so in August 2020.
Hany Mukhtar has scored in each of his last two games for Nashville SC, the 10th time since the start of the 2021 season that Mukhtar has scored in at least two straight games. No player has more runs of two or more straight games with a goal over the last three MLS seasons.
