Yahoo Sports Benteke and D.C. United visit Nashville
DC United (8-13-10, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (8-14-9, 13th in the Western Conference)
Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Nashville SC +119, DC United +194, Draw +271; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Christian Benteke leads D.C. United into a matchup with Nashville after scoring two goals against the Columbus Crew.
Nashville is 5-5-6 in home games. Nashville has a -16 goal differential, scoring 31 goals while giving up 47.
United is 4-6-5 in road games. United ranks eighth in the Eastern Conference with 46 goals led by Benteke with 21.
The matchup Wednesday is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. United won the last game 2-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sam Surridge has scored 11 goals with two assists for Nashville. Alex Muyl has one goal over the past 10 games.
Benteke has scored 21 goals with four assists for United. Gabriel Cordeiro Pirani has three goals and one assist over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 2-7-1, averaging 0.7 goals, 3.0 shots on goal and 4.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.
United: 4-4-2, averaging 1.8 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 4.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Lukas MacNaughton (injured), Tyler Boyd (injured).
United: William Conner Antley (injured), Matai Akinmboni (injured), Jackson Hopkins (injured), David Schnegg (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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