San Jose Earthquakes host Nashville SC in Matchday 30 of MLS

San Jose Earthquakes host Nashville SC on 18 October 2026 at 5:30 Damascus time, as part of Matchday 30 of the 2026 MLS season, with the match broadcast on Apple TV.

San Jose Earthquakes go into the match after a series of results that included a 1-1 draw away to Real Salt Lake on 15 October, another 1-1 draw away to Colorado Rapids on 11 October, a 3-1 win over Portland Timbers at home on 27 September, a 2-2 draw with Los Angeles FC at home on 20 September, and a 1-0 win over Houston Dynamo on 13 September.

Nashville SC, in contrast, arrive full of confidence after a run of consecutive victories, having beaten Sporting Kansas City 4-0 at home on 15 October, beaten Austin 4-1 away on 11 October, beaten Toronto FC 2-0 on 27 September, and beaten Chicago Fire 3-0 on 20 September, following an earlier 2-2 draw with Inter Miami away on 13 September.

In previous meetings between the two sides, the last four matches ended in a draw in three of them, with a 1-1 draw on 28 April 2024 when Nashville SC hosted the match, another 1-1 draw on 24 September 2023 at San Jose Earthquakes' stadium, a goalless draw on 12 June 2022 at Nashville SC's ground, while they drew 2-2 on 16 April 2022 at San Jose Earthquakes' stadium.

San Jose Earthquakes will be without a number of players, most notably DeJuan Little Jones, Jonathan Alexander Gonzalez Mendoza, Darius Johnson, Jon Scahan, Benjamin Kikanovic and Nicolas Diego Tsakiris through injury, in addition to N. Adiemabua for other reasons. Nashville SC, meanwhile, will be missing the efforts of Owen Presthus and Fafa Camara due to injury.

In the Western Conference standings, San Jose Earthquakes sit in fourth place with 47 points from 29 matches, having recorded 13 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats, scoring 51 goals and conceding 41 goals. Nashville SC, meanwhile, top the Eastern Conference standings with 66 points from 29 matches, with 20 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats, scoring 63 goals and conceding only 22 goals.