Nashville looks for 20th win of season, plays Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City (6-18-4, 16th in the Western Conference) vs. Nashville SC (19-3-6, first in the Western Conference)

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

LINE: Nashville SC -441, Sporting Kansas City +835, Draw +570; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Nashville looks for its 20th win of the season when it hosts Sporting Kansas City.

Nashville is 3-0-1 against Western Conference opponents. Sam Surridge leads the third-ranked scoring team in the MLS with 16 goals. Nashville has scored 59.

Sporting KC is 6-14-3 in conference games. Sporting KC is 31-4-4 when it records two goals.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: Surridge has scored 16 goals and added one assist for Nashville. Cristian Espinoza has one goal and four assists over the past 10 games.

Dejan Joveljic has scored eight goals with one assist for Sporting KC. Andre Luiz has seven goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nashville: 24-2-4, averaging 7.2 goals, 18.9 shots on goal and 20.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 13-12-5, averaging 5.1 goals, 15.9 shots on goal and 14.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 6.6 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: None listed.

Sporting KC: Or Blorian (injured).

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