Nashville SCvsOrlando City SC
NSH 0/ORL 1
Things to say
Orlando City beat Nashville 1-0 at home behind a clean sheet.
01
opener
Orlando nicked it 1-0 at home. Nashville came in flying but couldn't find the net. Classic smash-and-grab, honestly.
02
key player
Justin Ellis was all over it up top, six shots on his own. Kept Nashville's back line pinned all night.
03
hot take
Nashville's 12-3-2 record is a bit of a fraud. They looked toothless the second they went behind.
04
deep cut
Griezmann quietly put in a defensive shift, eight interventions. Not what you expect from that guy, but he did the dirty work.
05
exit
Big three points for Orlando. We'll see if they can back it up next week.
The recap
Orlando pulled off the upset here, grinding out a 1-nil win over a Nashville side that walked in with a way shinier record. It was a scrappy, low-scoring slog, but Orlando took their one big chance and made it stick, with Justin Ellis leading the line and firing off six shots.
Maxime Crépeau slammed the door for the clean sheet, and even Griezmann was doing the dirty work with eight defensive interventions. Nashville barely tested him and go home with nothing to show for that gaudy table position.