Nashville SC Key Passes Stats 2026

Nashville SC Key Passes Stats 2026 - season overview

Nashville SC are averaging 12.2 key passes per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 20.6 total key passes on average. That puts them 24th of 30 for chances created per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find every Nashville SC player's key-pass rate and create-shots hit percentage, the upcoming fixture against CF Montréal, and a full match-by-match log.

Nashville SC Key Passes Questions

What counts as a created shot in the Player to Create Shots market?

A key pass or an assist. A key pass is the final pass to a teammate who attempts a shot without scoring; if that teammate scores, the pass is recorded as an assist instead. Bookmakers settle create-shots lines on Opta data as the sum of both, so every chance created counts once.

Does this table include assists in the key pass numbers?

No - the table shows key passes only. Because a create-shots line settles on key passes plus assists, a Nashville SC player's true market number is equal to or higher than what you see here. The hit rates are a conservative floor for the create-shots market.

Which bookmakers offer the create shots market?

Bet365 lists it as Player To Create Shots in its bet builder, and Sky Bet and Paddy Power carry the same market family in theirs. Lines and player coverage vary by fixture - creative midfielders and attacking full-backs are priced most often.

How does Super Sub affect create shots settlement?

At Sky Bet and Paddy Power, if the player you backed is substituted off, the player who replaces him continues the line and the substitute's chances created count towards your bet. Bet365 instead runs Sub On Play On - a player who enters as a substitute has his own bet stand, with his output counting from the moment he comes on.

Which Nashville SC players create the most shots?

Cristian Espinoza leads with 30 key passes across 10 qualifying appearances (3/g, 90% hit rate). The table ranks every Nashville SC player by key passes per qualifying appearance (20+ minutes) with hit rates at the 1+, 2+ and 3+ lines and six-game form.

Where do these key passes stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Nashville SC fixtures in the active window for 2026. Bookmakers settle the create-shots market on Opta's count, which can differ by the odd marginal touch, so always treat the bookmaker's feed as final for settlement.

What is the create shots market?

Player to Create Shots is a bet builder market where you back a player to set up a number of shots for his teammates - typically 1+, 2+ or 3+ across the 90 minutes. Bookmakers settle it on Opta data as the cumulative total of a player's key passes plus his assists. A key pass is the final pass to a teammate who then attempts a shot without scoring; if the teammate scores, that pass upgrades from a key pass to an assist. Both count towards a create-shots line, so the market is effectively a bet on chances created. One honest note on this table: it shows key passes only. A player's create-shots number at the bookmaker is his key passes PLUS his assists, so for Nashville SC players who register assists the table slightly understates the market line. Treat the hit rates here as a conservative floor - a player hitting 2+ key passes regularly clears a 2+ create-shots line at least as often.

Bet365 player to create shots

Bet365 lists the market as Player To Create Shots inside its bet builder, usually at 1+, 2+ and 3+ lines for the creative midfielders and full-backs in each side. Bet365's player markets run Sub On Play On rules: if your player comes on as a substitute, his bet stands and his output from the moment he enters counts in full. Use the Lineup only toggle above the table to focus the Nashville SC numbers on players expected to start.

Sky Bet create shots

Sky Bet carries create shots selections in its bet builder and applies its Super Sub rule to player markets: if the player you backed is substituted off, the player who replaces him continues the line, and the substitute's key passes and assists count towards your bet. That makes team-level creativity - how many chances Nashville SC generate as a side - matter as much as the individual you pick, because the line survives a substitution.

Paddy Power create shots

Paddy Power offers the same create-shots market family in its bet builder, also with Super Sub settlement - a replaced starter's line is continued by the player who comes on for him. As with any player market, settlement follows the bookmaker's official data feed (Opta), so a marginal touch that our data logs as a key pass will almost always match, but the bookmaker's count is the one that settles the bet.

How to use this table for create shots bets

Start with the hit percentage at your line: step the table between 1+, 2+ and 3+ key passes and read how often each Nashville SC player has cleared that number per qualifying appearance (20+ minutes). The Match grid view shows the raw counts game by game - green cells mark matches where the player hit the active line - and the form dots track his last six. The Super Sub toggle folds substitutes' key passes into each starter's fixture cells, mirroring how Sky Bet and Paddy Power settle. It also points at a structural edge: books price a starter's line on his per-90 output, while Super Sub rules quietly add his replacement's output on top - so at those books, lines on players in high-rotation positions are slightly better than they look. Pair the hit rates with the chances created per game number and the over/under dials below before building the leg.

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Nashville SC player key passes rates

Player	Position	Apps	Key passes	Per game	1+ hit rate
Andy Nájar	defender	9	16	1.78	100%
Cristian Espinoza	attacker	10	30	3	90%
Hany Mukhtar	midfielder	10	19	1.9	90%
Daniel Lovitz	defender	4	3	0.75	75%
Patrick Yazbek	midfielder	7	5	0.71	71%
Elias Saad	attacker	10	15	1.5	70%
Reed Baker-Whiting	defender	9	9	1	67%
Sam Surridge	attacker	10	8	0.8	50%
Edvard Tagseth	midfielder	6	6	1	50%
Alex Muyl	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Jeison Palacios	defender	9	4	0.44	44%
Shak Mohammed	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Matthew Corcoran	midfielder	10	5	0.5	30%
Maxwell Woledzi	defender	10	0	0	0%
Brian Schwake	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Jack Maher	defender	1	0	0	0%
Ahmed Qasem	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Shakur Mohammed	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Joe Willis	goalkeeper	1	0	0	0%

Nashville SC key passes match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team key passes	Opposition key passes	Match total	Top player
18 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	SJ Earthquakes	Away	1-1	4	11	15	Daniel Lovitz (1)
15 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Sporting KC	Home	4-0	14	5	19	Cristian Espinoza (5)
11 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Austin	Away	1-4	19	9	28	Cristian Espinoza (5)
27 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Toronto	Home	2-0	20	8	28	Cristian Espinoza (5)
20 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire	Home	3-0	12	8	20	Cristian Espinoza (4)
12 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Inter Miami	Away	2-2	11	10	21	Cristian Espinoza (2)
9 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Toronto	Away	2-1	7	15	22	Hany Mukhtar (2)
4 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	New York City	Away	0-0	9	5	14	Andy Nájar (3)
30 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati	Home	4-0	16	11	27	Cristian Espinoza (3)
23 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Columbus Crew	Home	3-2	10	2	12	Cristian Espinoza (4)

Nashville SC key passes 2026: last 10 games

Key passes for per game: 12.2
Key passes against per game: 8.4
Match total key passes per game: 20.6
Games: 10
League rank for match key passes: 29 of 30

Nashville SC Key passes for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %
Home	5	14.4	100%	100%	80%	60%	40%
Away	5	10	80%	60%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	10	12.2	90%	80%	60%	40%	30%

Nashville SC Key passes against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %
Home	5	6.8	60%	20%	20%	0%	0%
Away	5	10	80%	80%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	10	8.4	70%	50%	30%	10%	10%

Nashville SC Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %
Home	5	21.2	80%	80%	80%	40%	40%
Away	5	20	80%	60%	60%	60%	20%
Overall	10	20.6	80%	70%	70%	50%	30%

Nashville SC Team key passes 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team key passes	Overall	Home	Away
Key passes / match	12.2	14.4	10
Key passes over 6.5	90%	100%	80%
Key passes over 8.5	80%	100%	60%
Key passes over 10.5	60%	80%	40%
Key passes over 12.5	40%	60%	20%
Key passes over 14.5	30%	40%	20%

Nashville SC Key passes against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Key passes against	Overall	Home	Away
Key passes against / match	8.4	6.8	10
Key passes against over 6.5	70%	60%	80%
Key passes against over 8.5	50%	20%	80%
Key passes against over 10.5	30%	20%	40%
Key passes against over 12.5	10%	0%	20%
Key passes against over 14.5	10%	0%	20%

Nashville SC Match key passes 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match key passes	Overall	Home	Away
Match key passes / match	20.6	21.2	20
Match key passes over 14.5	80%	80%	80%
Match key passes over 16.5	70%	80%	60%
Match key passes over 18.5	70%	80%	60%
Match key passes over 20.5	50%	40%	60%
Match key passes over 22.5	30%	40%	20%

Nashville SC key passes match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Key passes for	Key passes against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Major League Soccer	San Jose (A)	1-1	4	11	15	-
15 Oct	Major League Soccer	Sporting KC (H)	4-0	14	5	19	-
11 Oct	Major League Soccer	Austin (A)	1-4	19	9	28	-
27 Sep	Major League Soccer	Toronto (H)	2-0	20	8	28	-
20 Sep	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire (H)	3-0	12	8	20	-
12 Sep	Major League Soccer	Inter Miami (A)	2-2	11	10	21	-
9 Sep	Major League Soccer	Toronto (A)	2-1	7	15	22	-
4 Sep	Major League Soccer	NYCFC (A)	0-0	9	5	14	-
30 Aug	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati (H)	4-0	16	11	27	-
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	Columbus (H)	3-2	10	2	12	-

Major League Soccer key passes table 2026: every team's key passes per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 18.5 %
1	Charlotte	30	8.97	13.43	22.4	77%
2	Cincinnati	29	11.38	10.93	22.31	76%
3	Portland Timbers	30	10.3	11.73	22.03	73%
4	Orlando City	30	9.03	12.73	21.77	83%
5	Seattle Sounders	30	10.4	10.87	21.27	67%
6	Real Salt Lake	30	10.67	10.4	21.07	67%
7	New York RB	30	10.5	10.07	20.57	60%
8	LA Galaxy	31	9.58	10.61	20.19	61%
9	DC United	29	9.24	10.9	20.14	62%
10	Los Angeles FC	31	10.87	9.19	20.06	58%
11	Inter Miami	30	10.67	9.2	19.87	63%
12	Austin	30	7.63	12.2	19.83	63%
13	Sporting KC	30	7.87	11.9	19.77	53%
14	SJ Earthquakes	30	9.6	9.87	19.47	60%
15	CF Montréal	30	9.37	10.03	19.4	50%
16	St. Louis City	30	10	9.27	19.27	57%
17	San Diego	30	9	10.2	19.2	57%
18	Philadelphia Union	30	11.9	7.27	19.17	50%
19	Minnesota United	30	10.07	9	19.07	60%
20	New England	30	9.47	9.6	19.07	47%
21	Chicago Fire	30	10.37	8.63	19	53%
22	Atlanta United	30	9.67	9.07	18.73	67%
23	Toronto	30	8.93	9.63	18.57	50%
24	Houston Dynamo	30	9.4	9.03	18.43	50%
25	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	12.27	6.13	18.4	47%
26	Columbus Crew	30	10	8.03	18.03	40%
27	New York City	30	8.7	8.9	17.6	40%
28	Dallas	30	8.83	8.73	17.57	27%
29	Nashville SC	30	9.53	8	17.53	43%
30	Colorado Rapids	30	8.9	7.6	16.5	33%

Nashville SC key passes against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 18.5 %
Vs top six	27	8.07	8.63	16.7	37%
Vs top half	67	9.54	8.06	17.6	46%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Nashville SC key passes per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 18.5 %
Major League Soccer	2026	30	9.53	8	17.53	43%
Major League Soccer	2025	37	9.54	8.11	17.65	49%
Major League Soccer	2024	34	8.18	10.65	18.82	53%

Nashville SC next three opponents: key passes per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their key passes for	Their key passes against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sat 24 Oct 17:30	CF Montréal (away)	19.4	9.37	10.03	19.4	10.4	9
Thu 29 Oct 00:30	Philadelphia (home)	19.17	11.9	7.27	19.27	10.8	8.47
Sun 1 Nov 21:30	New York RB (home)	20.57	10.5	10.07	20.87	9.87	11

Nashville SC players with the most games of 1+ key passes 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Cristian Espinoza	attacker	23	26	88%
2	Hany Mukhtar	midfielder	22	30	73%
3	Andy Nájar	defender	17	27	63%
4	Daniel Lovitz	defender	12	29	41%
5	Edvard Tagseth	midfielder	11	25	44%

Nashville SC players with the most games of 2+ key passes 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Cristian Espinoza	attacker	18	26	69%
2	Hany Mukhtar	midfielder	13	30	43%
3	Andy Nájar	defender	11	27	41%
4	Edvard Tagseth	midfielder	7	25	28%
5	Elias Saad	attacker	5	13	38%

Nashville SC players with the most games of 3+ key passes 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Cristian Espinoza	attacker	15	26	58%
2	Hany Mukhtar	midfielder	6	30	20%
3	Elias Saad	attacker	4	13	31%
4	Andy Nájar	defender	3	27	11%
5	Edvard Tagseth	midfielder	2	25	8%

CF Montréal key passes match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Key passes for	Key passes against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Major League Soccer	Seattle (A)	1-1	7	13	20	-
14 Oct	Major League Soccer	Atlanta (H)	0-3	7	12	19	-
10 Oct	Major League Soccer	Toronto (A)	2-1	11	12	23	-
26 Sep	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati (H)	3-1	10	16	26	-
19 Sep	Major League Soccer	Columbus (H)	0-2	6	10	16	-
13 Sep	Major League Soccer	Colorado (A)	1-0	7	15	22	-
9 Sep	Major League Soccer	Charlotte (H)	1-2	14	11	25	-
5 Sep	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia (A)	2-0	4	10	14	-
29 Aug	Major League Soccer	Inter Miami (A)	7-1	9	14	23	-
22 Aug	Major League Soccer	LA Galaxy (H)	2-2	12	6	18	-