Nashville SC 0-0 Philadelphia Union: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How the match unfolded

No goals at GEODIS Park: Nashville SC and Philadelphia Union cancelled each other out over ninety minutes.

The referee, P. Luce Lauziere, showed 3 yellow cards: 1 to Nashville SC and 2 to Philadelphia Union.

Nashville SC: B. Callaghan II, 4-4-2 · Philadelphia Union: R. Richter, 4-4-2.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball's Match Board pick, Philadelphia Union +0.50, was right: 0-0 bears it out.

The estimate's most likely result was a Nashville SC win at 48%; a draw, at 23%, is what happened. Its single most likely score was 1-1 (10%).

The goals dried up: the estimate expected about 3.4 and the match produced none.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 64%; with 0 goals the under came in, against the way the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 66%; they did not both score, against the estimate.

The pre-match consensus had a Nashville SC win at 46%, the same lean as Moneyball.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-10-28, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.91 for Nashville SC and 1.08 for Philadelphia Union.

Philadelphia Union left about 1.1 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Nashville SC had 1 shot on target, Philadelphia Union 2.

Nashville SC had 63% of the ball.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Nashville SC came into it with 34 MLS matches played, scoring 2.1 and conceding 0.7 a match, with 1.67 expected goals for and 1.27 against, and had won 68% of their matches.

Philadelphia Union came into it with 34 MLS matches played, scoring 1.9 and conceding 1.5 a match, with 2.06 expected goals for and 1.31 against, and had won 41% of their matches.

Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Jeison Palacios (Nashville SC), rated 7.8 by Sportmonks.

Nashville SC

• Jeison Palacios 7.8
• Maxwell Woledzi 7.7
• Reed Baker-Whiting 7.6
• Bryan Acosta 7.2
• Patrick Yazbek 7.0

Philadelphia Union

• Neil Pierre 7.3
• Nathan Harriel 7.3
• Kai Wagner 7.0
• Indiana Vassilev 7.0
• Andre Blake 6.9

The lowest-rated starter was Ezekiel Alladoh at 6.2. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Nashville SC: Nashville SC vs TBC Sunday 22 November 2026 · MLS
• Philadelphia Union: New England vs Philadelphia Union Saturday 21 November 2026 · MLS

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union

What was the score in Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union?

Nashville SC 0-0 Philadelphia Union (half-time 0-0), MLS, Thursday 29 October 2026.

Who scored in Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union?

Nobody: the match finished 0-0.

Did Moneyball predict Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union correctly?

Moneyball's Match Board pick, Philadelphia Union +0.50, was right: 0-0 bears it out.

Who was man of the match in Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union?

Jeison Palacios, rated 7.8 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Nashville SC vs Philadelphia Union?

P. Luce Lauziere.