Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City · MLS
Nashville SC beat Sporting Kansas City 4-0 in the MLS. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Nashville SC and Sporting Kansas City met in the MLS at Geodis Park in Nashville on Thursday, 15 October 2026.
Goalscorers
Nashville SC: H. Mukhtar 10'; S. Surridge 17'; A. Najar 29'; W. Madrigal 90'. Sporting Kansas City did not score.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 49% to 51%. Nashville SC had 18 shots with 11 on target, Sporting Kansas City 9 with 1 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 7 to Nashville SC and 4 to Sporting Kansas City. Nashville SC conceded 14 fouls, Sporting Kansas City 10.
Line-ups
Nashville SC started in a 4-2-3-1: Brian Schwake, Andy Najar, Jeisson Palacios, Maxwell Woledzi, Reed Baker-Whiting, Edvard Tagseth, Matthew Corcoran, Cristian Espinoza, Hany Mukhtar, Elias Saad, Sam Surridge.
Sporting Kansas City started in a 4-4-2: Stefan Cleveland, Ian James, Jansen Miller, Wyatt Meyer, Jayden Reid, André Luiz, Zorhan Bassong, Kwaku Agyabeng, Shapi Suleymanov, Ruben Ramos, Seymour Garfield-Reid.
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Minute by minute
- 10'Goal! Nashville SC 1-0 Sporting Kansas City. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC) scores, assisted by A. Najar.
- 17'Goal! Nashville SC 2-0 Sporting Kansas City. S. Surridge (Nashville SC) scores, assisted by H. Mukhtar.
- 29'Goal! Nashville SC 3-0 Sporting Kansas City. A. Najar (Nashville SC) scores, assisted by C. Espinoza.
- 45'Half-time. Nashville SC 3-0 Sporting Kansas City.
- 65'VAR check complete: the goal for Nashville SC stands.
- 90+3'VAR: no penalty for Nashville SC.
- 90+5'Goal! Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City. W. Madrigal (Nashville SC) converts the penalty.
- 90'Full-time. Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City.
Full commentary (61 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City.
- 6'Attempt missed. Z. Bassong (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot. xG 0.15.
- 10'Goal! Nashville SC 1-0 Sporting Kansas City. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC) scores, assisted by A. Najar.
- 12'Attempt missed. André Luiz (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 17'Goal! Nashville SC 2-0 Sporting Kansas City. S. Surridge (Nashville SC) scores, assisted by H. Mukhtar.
- 19'Attempt saved. S. Surridge (Nashville SC), header. xG 0.11.
- 19'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 20'Attempt saved. C. Espinoza (Nashville SC), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 24'Attempt saved. S. Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 25'Attempt saved. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
- 25'Attempt saved. S. Surridge (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.52.
- 28'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 29'Goal! Nashville SC 3-0 Sporting Kansas City. A. Najar (Nashville SC) scores, assisted by C. Espinoza.
- 32'Attempt blocked. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.39.
- 32'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 36'Attempt saved. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.40.
- 40'Attempt missed. C. Espinoza (Nashville SC), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.15.
- 43'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 44'Attempt missed. M. Woledzi (Nashville SC), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 45'3 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Attempt blocked. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 45'Half-time. Nashville SC 3-0 Sporting Kansas City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: C. Harris comes on for André Luiz.
- 46'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: J. Bartlett comes on for Z. Bassong.
- 49'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 49'Attempt blocked. S. Surridge (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.30.
- 52'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 53'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: T. Calheira comes on for S. Garfield-Reid.
- 56'Attempt blocked. R. Ramos (Sporting Kansas City), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
- 58'Offside, Nashville SC.
- 59'Offside, Nashville SC.
- 59'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 60'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 60'Attempt missed. T. Calheira (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 60'Attempt blocked. T. Calheira (Sporting Kansas City), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 65'VAR check complete: the goal for Nashville SC stands.
- 67'Attempt saved. H. Mukhtar (Nashville SC), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.03.
- 68'Substitution, Nashville SC: S. Mohammed comes on for C. Espinoza.
- 68'Substitution, Nashville SC: D. Lovitz comes on for A. Najar.
- 69'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: J. Davis comes on for I. James.
- 72'Cleared off the line! S. Surridge (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 73'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 75'Attempt missed. T. Calheira (Sporting Kansas City), shot from a throw-in. xG 0.08.
- 75'Attempt missed. K. Agyabeng (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
- 76'Substitution, Nashville SC: W. Madrigal comes on for H. Mukhtar.
- 76'Substitution, Nashville SC: B. Acosta comes on for M. Corcoran.
- 77'Offside, Sporting Kansas City.
- 78'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 79'Offside, Sporting Kansas City.
- 81'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: E. Karić comes on for J. Reid.
- 83'Substitution, Nashville SC: A. Muyl comes on for S. Surridge.
- 87'Attempt blocked. B. Acosta (Nashville SC), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 89'Attempt blocked. E. Saad (Nashville SC), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 89'Corner, Nashville SC.
- 90'4 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 90+1'Attempt missed. W. Meyer (Sporting Kansas City), header. xG 0.05.
- 90+3'VAR: no penalty for Nashville SC.
- 90+5'Goal! Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City. W. Madrigal (Nashville SC) converts the penalty.
- 90'Full-time. Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City.