This will be the second meeting between Sporting Kansas City and Nashville SC, with Sporting winning the first one 2-1 in Kansas City in October 2020. Gerso and Erik Hurtado scored for Sporting after Walker Zimmerman had put Nashville ahead in the 15th minute.
Sporting Kansas City has lost four of its first six games of a season for the first time since 2011. Sporting’s six points through six games is also the worst for the club since 2011 when they had four points at this stage.
Nashville ended a two-match losing streak with a 1-0 win at Columbus on Saturday. Only matches involving the Chicago Fire have seen fewer total goals (6) than matches involving Nashville (9) in 2022.
Including last season’s playoffs, Sporting Kansas City has failed to score more than one goal in seven consecutive matches. It’s the longest streak without a multi-goal game for Sporting since a run of eight straight in June-August 2010, the first full season under Peter Vermes.
Hany Mukhtar recorded an assist on Alex Muyl’s goal against Columbus on Saturday, the only goal of the match. Dating back to the end of last season, including playoffs, Mukhtar has been involved in eight of Nashville’s last 10 goals (5 goals, 3 assists).
