Anibal Godoy insists that Nashville are already taking a look at their sport in opposition to San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday as a must-win.
Nashville have received simply as soon as within the MLS this season and sit in 14th place within the Japanese Convention after a run of 4 and not using a win.
The Earthquakes, in the meantime, are backside of the Western Convention having misplaced eight of their matches and recording only one win.
Godoy is conscious of how their poor begin to the season might have an effect on their playoff hopes later down the road however is assured that Nashville can flip issues round.
He mentioned: “For us, it’s an necessary week. It’s a day now we have to win, or we’ll begin to really feel the strain from different groups as they begin to separate within the desk.
“This league is lengthy but when we need to get to the playoff you need to win video games early on, particularly at residence.”
— Nashville SC (@NashvilleSC) April 25, 2024
The midfielder is aware of the Earthquakes will show a troublesome check regardless of their poor begin to the season, including: “The stats say one factor, however the workforce says totally different. The way in which they play exhibits that they create so many probabilities, however they aren’t having any luck within the final couple of video games.
“They managed the video games that they misplaced, and we want to pay attention to that risk. They play higher after they go away. We want to consider us – they’ve come to do one thing, however we have to have a look at the place we are able to enhance to get three factors.
“If we take three factors then every part adjustments for us.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Nashville – Hany Mukhtar
Mukhtar has been concerned in all three targets Nashville SC has scored in opposition to the Earthquakes, scoring twice in April 2022, and recording an help for Nashville’s lone objective in September 2023.
San Jose – Cristian Espinoza
Espinoza could solely have scored one objective thus far this season, however he at the moment leads the workforce in assists, establishing 5 targets thus far, together with Benjamin Kikanovic’s objective of their defeat to LA Galaxy final trip.
MATCH PREDICTION: NASHVILLE SC WIN
Going again to the top of final season, Nashville SC have received solely one among their final 11 MLS matches (D4 L6, incl. playoffs). They received six occasions of their seven matches from late April to early June final season however have received simply 5 occasions in 28 league matches since (D10 L13, incl. playoffs) since.
Nevertheless, the Earthquakes have misplaced eight of their first 9 matches of the season (W1), the third workforce in MLS historical past to take action (D.C. United in 2010, Toronto in 2012). Solely Toronto in 2012 misplaced 9 of their first 10 matches of a marketing campaign.
All three earlier conferences between Nashville SC and San Jose led to attracts, all with totally different scorelines (0-0, 1-1, 2-2).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Nashville – 54.1%
Draw – 26.4%
San Jose Earthquakes – 19.5%
