Nashville SC won the first ever meeting between the sides, a 1-0 victory at Lumen Field on February 27. The match was decided on an 80th minute goal scored by Aníbal Godoy.
Nashville conceded four times for the first time in club history in a 4-1 defeat in Charlotte on Saturday. Including playoffs, the loss to Charlotte was Nashville’s 81st MLS match. Only Houston (147 games) went longer before allowing four goals in an MLS match for the first time.
The Sounders have won two of their last three road games (L1) following a run of just one win in nine away from home (D3 L5) dating back to last October. Seattle has kept clean sheets in both wins in that time after failing to keep one in its previous 13 MLS road games.
Hany Mukhtar scored Nashville’s lone goal against Charlotte from the penalty spot, his third straight league match with a goal. Mukhtar has scored eight goals in his last eight MLS matches, two more than any other player since that run began in mid-May.
Seattle suffered its largest home defeat in nearly seven years on Saturday, falling, 3-0, to the Timbers. Including playoffs, Seattle had gone 124 straight home matches without losing by three or more goals, the third-longest such streak in MLS history.
