Major League Soccer

Mar 30, 2025 at 12.30am UK

Geodis Park

Nashville
1 - 2
Cincinnati

Bauer (39', 39')
Tagseth (90+2'), Tagseth (90+2')

FT(HT: 2-2)

Evander (43', 43'), Denkey (90+1' pen., 90+1' pen.)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's MLS Playoffs clash between Nashville SC and FC Cincinnati, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Nashville SC

All competitions

Last Game: Nashville 3-0 Montreal
Sunday, March 23 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

FC Cincinnati

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Cincinnati 2-2 Atlanta
Saturday, March 22 at 6.30pm in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Nashville SC win with a probability of 51.49%. A win for FC Cincinnati had a probability of 25.08% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Nashville SC win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.43%) and 2-0 (8.33%). The likeliest FC Cincinnati win was 1-2 (6.39%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.97%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood.

Result
Nashville SC	Draw	FC Cincinnati
51.49% ( -0.07)	23.42% ( 0.02)	25.08% ( 0.05)

Both teams to score 57.02% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.1% (

-0.06)

43.9% (

0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.71% (

-0.06)

66.28% (

0.06)

Nashville SC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.91% (

-0.05)

17.09% (

0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.71% (

-0.08)

47.29% (

0.09)

FC Cincinnati Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.77% (

0.01)

31.23% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.42% (

0.01)

67.58% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Nashville SC 51.49%

FC Cincinnati 25.08%

Draw 23.42%

Nashville SC	Draw	FC Cincinnati
2-1 @ 9.69% ( -0) 1-0 @ 9.43% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 8.33% ( -0) 3-1 @ 5.71% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 4.91% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 3.32% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 2.52% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.17% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.47% ( -0) Other @ 3.95% Total : 51.49%	1-1 @ 10.97% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 5.64% ( -0) 0-0 @ 5.34% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.29% ( -0) Other @ 0.18% Total : 23.42%	1-2 @ 6.39% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 6.21% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 3.62% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 2.48% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.19% 0-3 @ 1.4% ( 0) Other @ 2.8% Total : 25.08%