Mukhtar and Nashville host New York City FC

New York City FC (5-5-4, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (9-1-3, first in the Western Conference)

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

LINE: Nashville SC -136, NYCFC +341, Draw +273; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Hany Mukhtar leads Nashville into a matchup with New York City FC after scoring three goals against Los Angeles FC.

Nashville is 5-0-1 at home. Nashville has a 24-7 record in games decided by one goal.

NYCFC is 2-2-2 in road games. NYCFC is ninth in the MLS allowing just 19 goals.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Warren Madrigal has scored five goals and added two assists for Nashville. Cristian Espinoza has two goals and five assists over the last 10 games.

Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez Mercau has scored nine goals and added two assists for NYCFC. Maxi Moralez has three assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 22-2-6, averaging 6.6 goals, 14.4 shots on goal and 14.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.

NYCFC: 12-11-7, averaging 3.9 goals, 13.8 shots on goal and 11.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 4.8 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Edvard Tagseth (injured), Sam Surridge (injured), Andy Najar (injured).

NYCFC: Max Murray (injured), Drew Baiera (injured), Kevin O'Toole (injured), Talles Magno (injured), Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.