Monterrey vs Nashville SC — Leagues Cup: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 1′Nashville SC, goal:0–1
- 23′Monterrey, yellow card:Foul
- 42′Nashville SC, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time0 – 1
- 46′Nashville SC, substitution:off
- 46′Nashville SC, substitution:off
- 52′Monterrey, goal:1–1assist
- 58′Monterrey, substitution:off
- 58′Monterrey, substitution:off
- 64′Nashville SC, substitution:off
- 65′Nashville SC, substitution:off
- 69′Monterrey, substitution:off
- 70′Monterrey, substitution:off
- 78′Monterrey, substitution:off
- 81′Nashville SC, yellow card:Foul
- 83′Nashville SC, substitution:off
- 90′Monterrey, goal:2–1assist
- Full-time2 – 1
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Match report
Monterrey stun Nashville SC with stoppage-time winner
Monterrey came from behind to beat Nashville SC 2-1 in a Leagues Cup Group Stage fixture at Geodis Park, snatching victory with a goal deep into stoppage time after trailing at half-time. The result completed a dramatic turnaround for Matias Almeyda's side against Brian Callaghan's Nashville.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Nashville made the perfect start, with Ahmed Qasem scoring inside the first minute to put the away side 1-0 up, a lead they held through to the interval. Monterrey responded after the break, with Orbelín Pineda levelling in the 52nd minute to make it 1-1. The home side pressed on and were rewarded in the second minute of stoppage time when Hugo Cuypers, assisted by Lucas Ocampos, struck to complete the comeback and settle the contest at 2-1.
Monterrey dominated for long spells, controlling 58 percent of possession and firing 16 shots to Nashville's seven, with five efforts on target compared to Nashville's one. Nashville were also the more heavily booked side, collecting two yellow cards to Monterrey's one, while conceding 18 fouls against Monterrey's eight over the course of the match.
Pineda earned the night's top rating of 8.2 after scoring Monterrey's equaliser, while Cuypers followed close behind with a 7.6 rating for his stoppage-time winner and Ocampos added the assist that set it up.
Monterrey's dominance in shots, 16 to Nashville's seven, underlined how one-sided the attacking exchanges were despite the tight scoreline.
Monterrey beat Nashville SC 2–1 (half-time 0–1).
Monterrey met Nashville SC in the Leagues Cup (Group Stage). Kick-off was Thursday, 13 August 2026, 00:00 UTC at Geodis Park. Referee: Said Martinez.
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Key moments
- 1' Goal: Ahmed Qasem — 0–1
- 52' Goal: Orbelín Pineda (assist: Diego Rossi) — 1–1
- 90' Goal: Hugo Cuypers (assist: Lucas Ocampos) — 2–1
Starting line-ups
Monterrey (3-3-1-3)
Nashville SC (4-4-2)
- 13 Xavier Valdez
- 27 Reed Baker-Whiting
- 21 Thomas Williams
- 5 Jack Maher
- 22 Josh Bauer
- 14 Shak Mohammed
- 6 Bryan Acosta
- 12 C. Brunet
- 19 Alex Muyl
- 37 Ahmed Qasem
- 10 Hany Mukhtar (c)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Monterrey 26%, the draw 25%, Nashville SC 49%. It finished Monterrey 2–1 Nashville SC.
Nashville SC's rating edge on neutral ground — Nashville SC are the stronger side on our strength rating, and neutral ground on top gives Nashville SC the lean. The draw at 25% is trimmed by neutral ground.
Why Nashville SC at 49%?
Nashville SC sit 196 points higher on our strength rating — 1506 to 1702. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,034 such games. Leagues Cup is played on neutral grounds: Monterrey are the listed home side but get none of the usual home lift, so the class read is re-centred. On grounds we detect as neutral, listed-home sides won 44.6% of 26,883 games vs 45.3% at real homes — so a tournament game away from a side's own ground scores the class edge venue-free, as the average of the home and away reads.
Why only 49%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 49% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Monterrey at 26%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,765. Neutral ground takes 1.5 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Monterrey average 5 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 196 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Nashville SC scored +0.86 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,751 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Monterrey vs Nashville SC final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Leagues Cup fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Monterrey and Nashville SC team pages or the Leagues Cup page.