Nashville hosts Toronto on 8-game home winning streak
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2:03 AM on Friday, September 25
By The Associated Press
Toronto FC (6-9-11, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (17-3-6, first in the Western Conference)
Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Nashville SC -232, Toronto FC +515, Draw +371; over/under is 3.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Nashville hosts Toronto aiming to continue an eight-game home winning streak.
Nashville is 12-0-1 in home games. Nashville is 60-21 in matches decided by one goal.
Toronto is 2-7-3 in road games. Toronto is fifth in the Eastern Conference drawing 126 corner kicks, averaging 4.8 per game.
Saturday's game is the second time these teams match up this season. Toronto won the last meeting 2-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sam Surridge has scored 16 goals for Nashville. Cristian Espinoza has one goal and four assists over the last 10 games.
Daniel Salloi has scored seven goals and added five assists for Toronto. Theodor Corbeanu has two goals and three assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 19-4-7, averaging 6.0 goals, 13.2 shots on goal and 18.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 3.0 goals per game.
Toronto: 15-6-9, averaging 5.1 goals, 14.4 shots on goal and 11.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 6.0 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: None listed.
Toronto: Nelson Palacio (injured), Djordje Mihailovic (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.