San Jose Earthquakes vs Nashville SC Prediction & Betting Tips

Nashville's travelling form holds up

Nashville's away sample from the last 20 fixtures across competitions reads 11 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, with 37 scored and only 20 conceded. That's a side that travels well and doesn't leak goals easily.

San Jose Earthquakes: 20 completed matches; Nashville SC: 20 completed matches.

San Jose Earthquakes

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

40

Difference

-11

Nashville SC

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

19

Difference

+20

San Jose's home sample over the same length of time is a different story: 5 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, with 29 scored but 40 conceded. That points to a defence that's been breached regularly on its own patch.

Nashville arrive with the better recent numbers, especially defensively, while San Jose's home form has been shaky.

Comparative Team Statistics: San Jose Earthquakes vs Nashville SC

A history of stalemates

The last four meetings between these two have gone 1-1, 1-1, 0-0 and 2-2, split fairly evenly between venues. Nobody's really been able to find a breakthrough in this fixture recently.

Those games stretch back to 2022, though, so they're more a curiosity than a guide to current form.

Table gap says plenty

Nashville sit top of the standings with 57 points from 26 games, built on 17 wins and just 3 losses. San Jose are fifth with 42 points from the same number of matches, with 8 defeats already on the board.

That's a 15-point gap between two teams meeting on the same weekend, which lines up with the form numbers above.

Key men and question marks

Nashville's attack has been carried by Surridge, who has 16 goals in 20 appearances, with Mukhtar chipping in 11 from 26 and Espinoza setting up 10. There are a few fitness notes floating around their squad, including some listed as questionable with illness or injury, though the game is still a few weeks out so it's too early to treat any of that as confirmed absence.

San Jose Earthquakes:

Best scorers:

P. Judd - 13

Best assist providers:

N. Tsakiris - 7

Penalty cards:

P. Judd x 7

R. Roberts x 7

B. Kikanovic x 7

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

San Jose's own scoring load falls mainly on Judd, with 13 goals in 24 games, and Tsakiris has provided 7 assists. They've also got some names down as missing or doubtful, again with plenty of time left before kickoff for things to change.