Nashville SC vs. Houston Dynamo 10/2/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Nashville SC hosts the Houston Dynamo on Sunday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Nashville is fourth in the conference table at 12-11-9 on 47 points with a goal difference of +11. Nashville battled on the road to a 1-1 draw with Austin in its most recent MLS fixture. Nashville has not officially qualified for the postseason but a win at home on Sunday would clinch a berth.

Nashville has not lost in six consecutive matches, which is its longest unbeaten run this season with four wins and two draws. Nashville has given up just three goals over those six matches. Hany Mukhtar is the leading goal scorer for Nashville with 23 and C.J. Sapong has scored five. Mukhtar is the leader in assists eight.

Houston is 13th in the conference table at 9-6-17 on 33 points with a goal difference of -12. The Houston Dynamo were defeated by LAFC 3-0 in their most recent fixture on September 18. Scoring Houston's only goal was Corey Baird in the 24th minute. Houston is winless in three of the last four MLS fixtures and the Dynamo have been eliminated from postseason contention, trailing the seventh and final spot currently held by Minnesota, by 12 points.

Houston's loss to LAFC last time out was the 19th setback in its past 24 matches on the road with just three wins and two draws, since August of 2021. Houston has lost nine of the last 11 on the road with one win and one draw. Sebastian Ferreira is the leading goal scorer for Houston with 10, while Darwin Quintero has scored eight. Adam Lundqvist is the leader in assists with five.