Nashville visits Orlando City in opening round of MLS Cup Playoffs

Updated Oct. 29, 2023 2:16 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Nashville SC (13-11-10, sixth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Orlando City SC (18-7-9, second in the Conference during the regular season)

Orlando, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE: Orlando City SC -104, Nashville SC +274; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Nashville visits Orlando City in the opening round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

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Orlando is 9-3-5 in home games. Orlando is 7-0-2 when it scores a pair of goals.

Nashville is 4-7-6 in road games. Nashville leads the league allowing just 32 goals.

The teams meet Monday for the third time this season. Orlando won the last meeting 1-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Facundo Torres has scored 14 goals with three assists for Orlando. Duncan McGuire has five goals over the last 10 games.

Hany Mukhtar has 15 goals and nine assists for Nashville. Sam Surridge has two goals over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orlando: 7-1-2, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.0 shots on goal and 3.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.0 goal per game.

Nashville: 2-3-5, averaging 0.8 goals, 3.0 shots on goal and 4.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.0 goal per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Orlando: Favian Loyola (injured), Adam Grinwis (injured).

Nashville: Lukas MacNaughton (injured), Jacob Shaffelburg (injured), Nick Depuy (injured), Dax McCarty (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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