Nashville aims to stop losing streak in matchup with Orlando City
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2:03 AM on Friday, August 22
By The Associated Press
Orlando City SC (13-6-8, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (14-8-5, second in the Western Conference)
Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nashville SC -112, Orlando City SC +262, Draw +274; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Nashville aims to stop a three-game losing streak when it hosts Orlando City.
Nashville is 9-1-3 in home games. Sam Surridge leads the seventh-ranked scoring team in the league with 17 goals. Nashville has scored 44.
Orlando is 6-2-5 in road games. Orlando is the league leader with 53 goals. Martin Ojeda leads the team with 14.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Surridge has 17 goals and three assists for Nashville. Hany Mukhtar has five goals and two assists over the past 10 games.
Ojeda has 14 goals and 11 assists for Orlando. Ramiro Enrique has six goals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 6-4-0, averaging 1.4 goals, 3.4 shots on goal and 3.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game.
Orlando: 6-2-2, averaging 2.2 goals, 6.1 shots on goal and 4.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.3 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Wyatt Meyer (injured), Julian Gaines (injured), Taylor Washington (injured), Daniel Lovitz (injured), Tyler Boyd (injured).
Orlando: Joran Gerbet (injured), Yutaro Tsukada (injured), Duncan McGuire (injured), Wilder Cartagena (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
