Nashville brings shutout streak into matchup with Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati (17-8-4, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (8-13-8, 12th in the Western Conference)

Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE FC Cincinnati +140, Nashville SC +180, Draw +240; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Nashville heads into a matchup against Cincinnati after putting together two straight shutout wins.

Nashville is 5-5-5 in home games. Nashville is eighth in the Western Conference giving up just 44 goals.

Cincinnati is 10-3-1 in road games. Cincinnati has a 7-0-0 record in games it scores at least three goals.

Saturday's game is the second time these teams match up this season. Nashville won the last meeting 2-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Sam Surridge has scored nine goals with two assists for Nashville. Hany Mukhtar has two goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

Luciano Acosta has scored 11 goals and added 15 assists for Cincinnati. Yamil Asad has one goal and three assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 2-8-0, averaging 0.6 goals, 3.2 shots on goal and 4.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game.

Cincinnati: 5-4-1, averaging 1.8 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 5.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.4 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Lukas MacNaughton (injured), Jacob Shaffelburg (injured), Randall Leal (injured), Tyler Boyd (injured).

Cincinnati: Isaiah Foster (injured), Nicholas Gioacchini (injured), Nick Hagglund (injured), Matt Miazga (injured), Alec Kann (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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