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Nashville SC — FC Cincinnati: 4:0, Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer
Nashville SC W23 Aug · Home Columbus Crew · 3:2W30 Aug · Home FC Cincinnati · 4:0D5 Sep · Away New York City FC · 0:0L10 Sep · Away Toronto FC · 1:2D13 Sep · Away Inter Miami · 2:2W20 Sep · Home Chicago Fire · 3:0
4:0
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FC Cincinnati W20 Aug · Home New York City FC · 2:1D23 Aug · Home Seattle Sounders · 1:1L30 Aug · Away Nashville SC · 0:4L10 Sep · Away Philadelphia Union · 0:5D13 Sep · Home Charlotte · 3:3D20 Sep · Away Houston Dynamo · 2:2
Venue: GEODIS Park City: Nashville

In the Major League Soccer game on 30 August 2026, Nashville SC beat FC Cincinnati 4:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:8, corners 6:4.

Match report

Nashville hosted Cincinnati at GEODIS Park in the Major League Soccer regular season and saw out a comfortable 4-0 victory. The hosts moved clear at the top of the table after two hours and twenty minutes of control. And here's the thing, the result was never really in doubt after the opening goal.

S. Surridge broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute, finishing a well-worked move. The visitors had just brought on K. Mboma for O. Nwobodo and looked unsettled. Nashville pressed forward and doubled their advantage five minutes later when H. Mukhtar made no mistake from close range.

Cincinnati tried to respond but found themselves chasing shadows. The hosts switched off at a set piece in the first half, but came out with more purpose after the interval. By then the scoreboard told the real story.

B. Acosta added a third in the 89th minute before A. Qasem sealed the win in stoppage time. Nashville made four changes on the hour mark and still had enough energy to punish their visitors. The old head settled them down when it mattered.

The statistics do not tell the full picture. Nashville registered 79 attacks compared to Cincinnati's 85, yet created more clear-cut opportunities. Expected goals favoured the visitors 1.93 to 1.8, but Nashville's shots on target found the net while Cincinnati's 8 attempts on goal came up empty.

The result moves Nashville further clear in first place with 52 points from 22 games. Cincinnati sit sixth with 31 points and now face a difficult run-in. To be fair, the visitors have been inconsistent all season and this result exposes that reality.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48
Shots on target 7 – 8
Shots off target 5 – 5
Expected goals 1.80 – 1.93

Match events

  1. 43' 1:0 Nashville SC Goal S. Surridge assist: C. Espinoza
  2. 44' 1:0 FC Cincinnati Yellow card O. Nwobodo
  3. 46' 1:0 FC Cincinnati Substitution K. Mboma off: A. Jabbari
  4. 46' 1:0 FC Cincinnati Substitution O. Nwobodo off: B. J. Ramirez Leon
  5. 49' 1:0 Nashville SC Yellow card A. Najar
  6. 53' 2:0 Nashville SC Goal H. Mukhtar assist: E. Saad
  7. 62' 2:0 Nashville SC Substitution P. Yazbek off: M. Corcoran
  8. 66' 2:0 FC Cincinnati Substitution S. Gidi off: K. Smith
  9. 70' 2:0 Nashville SC Yellow card J. Palacios
  10. 73' 2:0 FC Cincinnati Substitution G. Valenzuela off: T. Barlow
  11. 79' 2:0 Nashville SC Yellow card E. Tagseth
  12. 87' 2:0 Nashville SC Substitution C. Espinoza off: S. Mohammed
  13. 87' 2:0 Nashville SC Substitution E. Tagseth off: B. Acosta
  14. 87' 2:0 Nashville SC Substitution A. Najar off: D. Lovitz
  15. 87' 2:0 FC Cincinnati Substitution E. Echenique off: A. Powell
  16. 89' 2:0 FC Cincinnati Yellow card B. J. Ramirez Leon
  17. 89' 3:0 Nashville SC Goal B. Acosta assist: H. Mukhtar
  18. 90+1' 3:0 FC Cincinnati Substitution Evander off: T. Anunga
  19. 90+4' 3:0 Nashville SC Substitution E. Saad off: A. Muyl
  20. 90+5' 3:0 Nashville SC Substitution H. Mukhtar off: A. Qasem
  21. 90+6' 4:0 Nashville SC Goal A. Qasem assist: R. Baker-Whiting

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48
7 Shots on target 8
5 Shots off target 5
1.80 Expected goals 1.93
5 Big chances 5
79 Attacks 85
6 Corners 4
14 Fouls 9
9 Free kicks 13
4 Offsides 0
3 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
6 Goal kicks 7
13 Throw-ins 15
All statistics
8/1457% Aerial duels 6/1443%
64 Backward passes 59
7 Blocked shots 2
10 Clearances 16
3/1619% Crosses 5/1533%
15/2463% Dribbles 4/1331%
1.22 Expected assists 1.16
50 Failed passes 50
6 Goalkeeper saves 4
8 Interceptions 5
17 Key passes 12
30/4764% Long passes 39/5670%
98 Passes into the final third 78
239 Passes in the opposition half 186
185 Passes in own half 212
0.37 Shot accuracy 0.53
7 Shots from outside the box 6
12 Shots inside the box 9
8/1362% Tackles 9/1753%
408 Total passes 383

Line-ups

Nashville SC

Starting XI
# Player number
99 Brian Schwake 99
3 Maxwell Woledzi 3
4 Jeisson Andrés Palacios Murillo 4
27 Reed Vanarthur Baker-Whiting 27
31 Andy Aryel Najar Rodríguez 31
7 Cristian Omar Espinoza 7
8 Patrick Yazbek 8
11 Elias Saad 11
20 Edvard Sandvik Tagseth 20
9 Samuel William Surridge 9
10 Hany Abubakr Mukhtar 10
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Joe Willis 1
2 Daniel Harry Lovitz 2
5 Jack Maher 5
22 Josh Bauer 22
6 Bryan Josué Acosta Ramos 6
14 Shakur Mohammed 14
16 Matthew Corcoran 16
19 Alexandre Muyl 19
37 Ahmed Qasem 37
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FC Cincinnati

Starting XI
# Player number
18 Roman Celentano 18
11 Samuel Gidi 11
12 Miles Robinson 12
21 Matthew Miazga 21
5 Obinna Nwobodo 5
20 Pavel Bucha 20
22 G. Valenzuela 22
66 Ender Jesús Echenique Peña 66
9 Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey 9
10 Evander 10
17 K. Mboma 17
Substitutes
# Player number
13 Evan Louro 13
2 Alvas Powell 2
4 Nick Hagglund 4
15 Teenage Lingani Hadebe 15
24 Kyle Smith 24
29 Bryan Josías Ramírez León 29
27 Tah Anunga 27
16 Tom Barlow 16
99 Ayoub Jabbari 99
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