Nashville SC (8-15-9, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. New York City FC (13-11-8, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
Harrison, New Jersey; Sunday, 4 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE NYCFC -187, Nashville SC +463, Draw +319; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Alex Muyl leads Nashville into a matchup with New York City FC following a two-goal outing against D.C. United.
NYCFC is 9-4-3 at home. NYCFC is 7-2-2 when it scores two goals.
Nashville is 3-9-3 in road games. Nashville is 4-7 in games decided by one goal.
Sunday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. Nashville won the last meeting 1-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista has scored 15 goals and added three assists for NYCFC. Maxi Moralez has one goal and three assists over the last 10 games.
Sam Surridge has scored 11 goals with two assists for Nashville. Muyl has three goals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: NYCFC: 2-2-6, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 6.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game.
Nashville: 2-7-1, averaging 0.9 goals, 3.1 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: NYCFC: Malachi Jones (injured).
Nashville: Lukas MacNaughton (injured), Tyler Boyd (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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