Seattle Sounders take shutout streak into matchup against New York City FC

Seattle Sounders FC (14-9-10, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. New York City FC (17-11-5, fourth in the Eastern Conference)

The Bronx, New York; Saturday, 6 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: NYCFC +109, Seattle +216, Draw +259; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Sounders head into a matchup with New York City FC after securing two straight shutout wins.

NYCFC is 11-5-0 in home games. NYCFC ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference drawing 164 corner kicks, averaging 5.0 per game.

The Sounders are 4-8-4 in road games. The Sounders are eighth in the Western Conference giving up 47 goals.

Saturday’s game is the first time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista has scored 17 goals with two assists for NYCFC. Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez Mercau has two goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

Danny Musovski has 14 goals and four assists for the Sounders. Snyder Brunell has two goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: NYCFC: 7-3-0, averaging 1.9 goals, 4.6 shots on goal and 4.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.6 goals per game.

Sounders: 4-3-3, averaging 1.9 goals, 4.9 shots on goal and 5.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.4 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: NYCFC: Nico Cavallo (injured), Malachi Jones (injured), Keaton Parks (injured).

Sounders: Snyder Brunell (injured), Georgi Minoungou (injured), Obed Vargas (injured), Reed Baker-Whiting (injured), Nouhou Tolo (injured), Cristian Roldan (injured), Yeimar Gomez Andrade (injured), Ryan Kent (injured), Kim Kee-Hee (injured), Paul Arriola (injured).

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