Nashville SC vs FC Cincinnati Prediction, 8/29/2026 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 8/24/2026

Game: Nashville SC vs FC Cincinnati

Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026

Location: GEODIS Park in Nashville, TN

TV: Apple TV

NSC (8-7-6) hosts FCC (15-4-2) at GEODIS Park in Nashville, TN on Saturday. Nashville is priced at -152 and FCC is at +126. The total has been set at 3. The starting goalies will be Brian Schwake for Nashville and Roman Celentano for Cincinnati.

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The Nashville Soccer Club rank 12th when it comes to xG with 21.9, and the squad's xGA are coming in at 19.9. Nashville has conceded 17 goals while giving up 0.81 goals per 90 min, and opponents have accounted for 69 shots on target on them. Their differential on goals is at 26 by means of 43 goals put in the net and 17 goals given up. They are sitting with 9 clean sheets, which has them at a % of 42.9% on the year. Nashville SC has earned 52 saves and have a SV rate of 75.4% this season. Nashville is sitting with 37 yellow cards this year and 1 red card. For the year, this club has put together an average of 2.33 points per match (49 pts) and they also rank 7th in the league with 29 assists.

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Over the course of the season, Cincinnati has a save percentage of 62.1% (124 SoT against), and also rank 12th in Major League Soccer with 31 pts. The Orange and Blue come in with an average of 1.5 points per match while amassing 34 assists and 6 red cards. FC Cincinnati has totaled 48 goals and the squad's expected goals this year sits at 20.1. Cincinnati has compiled a clean sheet percentage of 9.5% on the season in addition to 47 yellow card cautions. The club's goals against per 90 is at 2.24 with 77 saves, and they have accumulated 2 shut outs. FC Cincinnati has a ranking of 28th in regard to goals against having 47, and the difference in goals is sitting at 1.

The guy who will defend the goal for Nashville will be Brian Schwake. Schwake has played for 5,910 mins and has accumulated 76 stops during his career. The goalkeeper from the United States has had 103 shots tried at him in 65 starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 0.41 (27 total goals given up) and he has a save percentage of 73.8%. Schwake (37-16-12 mark during his career) has totaled 21 clean sheets, which gives him a 32.0%% shutout rate.

Roman Celentano will reside in front of the net for Cincinnati. So far in his career, Celentano has allowed 212 goals and has totaled 439 saves in 151 starts. He holds a save % of 68.6% and his shutout rate is 26.4%%. He has given up 1.40 goals per 90 mins and he has a mark of 75-40-36. Celentano has totaled 40 clean sheets while seeing 640 shots against him in 13,620 minutes in his career.

Sam Surridge is a guy who can be a force on the pitch for Nashville. Surridge has been a starter in 161 matchups during his pro soccer career while scoring 0.60 goals per 90 mins. The forward hailing from England has racked up 108 goals in 16,160 professional minutes played. He has accounted for 20 assists while tallying 236 points during his pro soccer career.

Cincinnati features Evander, who is a thorn in the side of defenses. He scores 0.43 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 251 matches so far in his career. The midfielder hailing from Brazil has 21,942 mins and has scored 104 goals. He has accounted for 291 pts so far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 83 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take FC Cincinnati (-152)

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