{"id":32142,"date":"2026-08-14T19:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/?post_type=news&p=32142"},"modified":"2026-08-14T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:31:11","slug":"match-preview-new-york-red-bulls-vs-nashville-sc-08-19-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/us\/news\/mls\/match-preview-new-york-red-bulls-vs-nashville-sc-08-19-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Red Bulls vs Nashville SC: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Red Bulls<\/a> host Nashville SC<\/a> at Sports Illustrated Stadium on Wednesday, August 19 (7:30 PM ET \/ 6:30 PM CT \/ 4:30 PM PT).<\/p>\n

There are no fresh absences flagged for either side ahead of this one, so expect New York Red Bulls to lean on Julian Hall and Jorge Ruvalcaba up top, the pair responsible for nine and seven goals respectively this season, while Emil Forsberg’s 30 chances created remains their main source of creativity. Nashville SC should again build around Samuel Surridge<\/a>, who has 11 goals in 819 minutes, and Hany Mukhtar, who leads the visitors with 22 chances created and 6 goals of his own.<\/p>\n

Expect a cagey, low-scoring affair rather than a shootout. Nashville arrive top of the East on 40 points from 18 games with a league-best +21 goal difference, the look of a team that controls games without needing to flood the scoresheet, while New York Red Bulls, eighth in the East, have shown home vulnerability that will worry their coaching staff \u2014 a 3-2 escape past Orlando City sandwiched by a 0-2 home defeat to Charlotte FC and a 3-1 loss at Philadelphia Union. Signal’s model has this finishing 0-1 to Nashville SC, with Surridge or Mukhtar the most probable source of the game’s only goal.<\/p>\n

US viewers can watch New York Red Bulls vs Nashville SC on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n