Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Nashville's last twenty matches read eleven wins, four draws and just five losses, with 37 scored and only 20 conceded. That's a genuinely strong return, including recent wins over Chicago Fire and FC Cincinnati alongside tougher draws against Inter Miami and New York City FC.

Nashville SC: 20 completed matches; Sporting Kansas City: 20 completed matches.

Nashville SC

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

19

Difference

+20

Sporting Kansas City

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

65% 13 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

49

Difference

-25

Sporting Kansas City's equivalent run is the opposite story: four wins, two draws and fourteen losses, shipping 52 goals in the process. Their most recent outing saw them lose 4-3 at home to Philadelphia Union, and heavy defeats have been a regular feature of their year.

Nashville's defensive numbers and SKC's leaky record point to a wide gap in current form.

Comparative Team Statistics: Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City

Head-to-head

The last five meetings between these two stretch back to 2020 and mix MLS fixtures with a 2024 friendly, so it's not a clean read on current strength. Nashville won that most recent friendly 2-1, but Kansas City took a 3-0 MLS win in 2023 and the earlier results go either way.

Given how much both squads have changed since those games, and the gap in current league form, this history doesn't tell us much about how Wednesday's meeting might go.

League table

Nashville sit top of the pile with 57 points from 26 games, built on 17 wins against just three defeats. Sporting Kansas City are down in 15th with 18 points from 25 matches, having lost 17 times already.

That's a gap of nearly forty points between two teams meeting in the same competition, which lines up with what their recent form has been showing.

Team news

Nashville's attack has been carried by Sam Surridge, who has 16 goals in 20 matches, with Hany Mukhtar adding 11 and Christian Espinoza contributing 10 assists. Surridge is listed as a doubt with illness, and a handful of squad players are away on international duty or dealing with knocks.

Nashville SC:

Best scorers:

S. Surridge - 16

H. Mukhtar - 11

Best assist providers:

C. Espinoza - 10

Injury list:

S. Mohammed

X. Valdez

S. Surridge

R. Baker-Whiting

Sporting Kansas City:

Penalty cards:

M. Mosquera x 1 x 3

Injury list:

S. Afrifa

Z. Bassong

Sporting Kansas City have a longer list of concerns, with several players out through injury including a chest problem, a hamstring issue and a knee complaint, plus more marked as questionable. None of this confirms a final team sheet, but it's worth factoring in given how thin KC's away form already looks.