Chicago Fire (3-3-3, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (4-4-1, seventh in the Western Conference)

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

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nashville SC -115, Chicago +294, Draw +257; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Nashville and the Chicago Fire take the pitch in non-conference action.

Nashville is 3-1-1 at home. Nashville is 1-2 in one-goal matches.

The Fire are 3-2-0 in road games. The Fire are 1-2 in one-goal games.

Saturday’s game is the first meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Bauer has scored two goals for Nashville. Sam Surridge has two goals and one assist.

Hugo Cuypers has six goals and one assist for the Fire. Brian Gutierrez has three goals.

SEASON SO FAR: Nashville: Averaging 1.3 goals, 5.8 shots on goal and 5.3 corner kicks through nine games while allowing 1.2 goals per game.

Fire: Averaging 1.8 goals, 4.9 shots on goal and 3.8 corner kicks through nine games while allowing 1.7 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Nashville: Maximus Ekk (injured), Julian Gaines (injured), Bryan Acosta (injured), Walker Zimmerman (injured), Tyler Boyd (injured).

Fire: Leonardo Barroso (injured), David Poreba (injured), Robert Jonathan Dean Jr. (injured), Chase Gasper (injured), Chris Mueller (injured), Rominigue Kouame N’Guessan (injured), Samuel Rogers (injured).

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