Nashville SC (20-3-6, first in the Western Conference) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (13-8-8, fifth in the Western Conference)
San Jose, California; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Nashville SC -109, San Jose +250, Draw +283; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out Sporting Kansas City 4-0, Nashville visits the San Jose Earthquakes.
The Earthquakes are 11-6-7 against Western Conference opponents. The Earthquakes are 45-0-0 when they score more than two goals.
Nashville is 4-0-1 against Western Conference opponents. Nashville is seventh in the MLS drawing 156 corner kicks, averaging 5.4 per game.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Preston Judd has scored 15 goals and added two assists for the Earthquakes. Beau Leroux has one goal and three assists over the past 10 games.
Sam Surridge has scored 17 goals with one assist for Nashville. Hany Mukhtar has seven goals and four assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Earthquakes: 14-5-11, averaging 4.2 goals, 12.8 shots on goal and 16.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 4.3 goals per game.
Nashville: 24-2-4, averaging 7.2 goals, 19.8 shots on goal and 19.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Earthquakes: Nonso Adimabua (injured), Niko Tsakiris (injured), Benjamin Kikanovic (injured), Jack Skahan (injured), Darius Johnson (injured), DeJuan Jones (injured), Jonathan Gonzalez (injured).
Nashville: Owen Presthus (injured), Famara Camara (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.