Austin vs Nashville SC 1-4

Nashville SC left Austin with a 4-1 win after turning a close game into a clear one with three second-half goals. Austin had levelled the pressure for a spell after the break, but Nashville SC pulled away once the goals started to come.

Reed Baker-Whiting opened the scoring in the 30th minute, and Austin went into the interval a goal down after Guilherme Biro was booked in the 37th minute and Jon Bell was replaced by Brendan Hines-Ike on 45 minutes. The half-time score was Austin 0-1 Nashville SC.

Nashville SC went 2-0 up in the 67th minute when Elias Saad scored, before Austin made two changes on 69 minutes, with Mikkel Desler and Myrto Uzuni among those replaced in that period. Austin got back into it on 76 minutes as Brandon Vazquez, assisted by Facundo Daniel Torres Perez, made it 1-2, but Nashville SC had already made two changes in that same minute and answered late through substitutes. Shakur Mohammed, who came on in the 69th minute, made it 3-1 on 88 minutes from Hany Mukhtar's assist, and Mukhtar then sealed it three minutes into stoppage time, with Mohammed providing the assist after coming on in the 69th minute.

The numbers backed Nashville SC's win. They had 58% of the ball, 504 passes to Austin's 345, 24 shots to 11, and 11 shots on target to 5. Their 4.96 xG was far above Austin's 1.16, and they also led corners 6-4, while Austin's goalkeeper made 7 saves compared with 4 for Nashville SC.

Austin had one booking, for Guilherme Biro on 37 minutes. Nashville SC had two yellow cards, for Shakur Mohammed on 78 minutes and Brian Schwake on 83 minutes. There was no red card.