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B.J. Callaghan is determined for Nashville SC to construct on his first win on the helm after they host the Chicago Hearth in MLS on Wednesday.
Nashville misplaced 9 of 10 video games – taking place in a penalty shoot-out after drawing the opposite – both facet of Callaghan’s appointment, however they lastly turned the nook on Saturday.
Targets from Alexandre Muyl and Hany Mukhtar fired them to a 2-0 win over Atlanta United, and Callaghan sees Wednesday’s conflict with Chicago – who’re degree with
Nashville within the Jap Convention standings – as a possibility to construct some momentum.
“We had been happy with the efficiency we had, we’ve talked about having constant performances and stacking them up,” Callaghan mentioned.
“It’s a fast turnaround, so all the pieces we’ve been doing main into Chicago has been about specializing in ourselves and ensuring the blokes get well.
“Then we’ll simply concentrate on the issues we’re good at, attempt to get higher at these issues, and we’ll apply a few of these concepts to the problem that Chicago will deliver.
“They’re in all probability taking a look at us the identical method as we’re taking a look at them, as a sport the place they wish to earn three factors.”
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— Nashville SC (@NashvilleSC) September 17, 2024
Chicago additionally halted a depressing run of six video games with out a win (one draw, 5 defats) by beating the New York Purple Bulls 2-1 final day out, transferring inside 4 factors of the wild-card locations.
“It’s about time! It feels nice, as a result of I believe we confronted some adversity,” Klopas mentioned.
“Folks confronted adversity and stepped up, so large credit score to the crew as a complete. It’s vital that we’re nonetheless on this factor, now now we have to go on the highway and hold combating.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Nashville SC – Hany Mukhtar
Mukhtar has scored two hat-tricks in opposition to the Hearth in his MLS profession, one among seven gamers to document a number of hat-tricks in opposition to a single opponent.
No participant in MLS historical past has recorded three hat-tricks in opposition to a single opponent.
Chicago Hearth – Georgios Koutsias
Koutsias has scored on every of his final two appearances. Two Hearth gamers (Maren Haile-Selassie and Hugo Cuypers) have already scored in at the very least three straight video games this yr.
The one earlier seasons wherein three completely different Hearth gamers had streaks of three or extra video games with a purpose had been 2018 and 1998.
MATCH PREDICTION – NASHVILLE SC
The Hearth’s 1-0 residence win over Nashville on July 8 was their first win within the groups’ head-to-head sequence, after Nashville had gone unbeaten by means of the primary 4 encounters (two wins, two attracts).
Nashville ended an eight-match dropping streak in MLS motion on Saturday, beating Atlanta United 2-0 to additionally finish a run of permitting a number of targets in eight successive video games.
They may be assured of repeating the trick, with Chicago solely profitable three of their final 21 highway video games in all competitions (six attracts, 12 defeats).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Nashville SC – 46.3%
Chicago Hearth – 27.1%
Draw – 26.6%
