Nashville hosts Sporting Kansas City in Western Conference play

Sat, Jun 18, 2022
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Nashville hosts Sporting Kansas City in Western Conference play

Sporting Kansas City (3-9-4, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Nashville SC (6-4-5, fifth in the Western Conference)

Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nashville SC -148, Sporting Kansas City +424, Draw +267; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Sporting Kansas City plays Nashville in Western Conference action.

Nashville is 4-4-3 against Western Conference opponents. Hany Mukhtar leads the seventh-ranked scoring team in the Western Conference with six. Nashville has scored 18 goals.

Sporting KC is 3-6-2 against Western Conference opponents. Sporting KC is 2-5-1 when it scores just one goal.

The matchup Sunday is the second meeting this season between the two teams. Nashville won the last game 2-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mukhtar has six goals and three assists for Nashville. C.J. Sapong has four goals and three assists over the past 10 games.

Johnny Russell has five goals for Sporting KC. Daniel Salloi has scored three goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 4-2-4, averaging 1.4 goals, 5.1 shots on goal and 5.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 1-5-4, averaging 1.0 goal, 3.1 shots on goal and 2.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game.

  • NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Randall Leal (injured), Teal Bunbury (injured), Handwalla Bwana (injured), Walker Zimmerman (injured), Anibal Godoy (injured).

    Sporting KC: Oriol Rosell (injured), Ozzie Cisneros (injured), Nikola Vujnovic (injured), Gadi Kinda (injured), Alan Pulido (injured), Jake Davis (injured), Marinos Tzionis (injured), Daniel Salloi (injured).

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