Nashville visits Inter Miami in opening round of MLS Cup Playoffs

Nashville SC (16-12-6, sixth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Inter Miami CF (19-7-8, second in the Conference during the regular season)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Inter Miami CF -195, Nashville SC +416; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Nashville visits Inter Miami in the opening round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Miami is 11-3-3 at home. Miami has scored 81 goals while allowing 54 for a +27 goal differential.

Nashville is 5-9-3 in road games. Nashville is fourth in the Western Conference drawing 181 corner kicks, averaging 5.3 per game.

The teams meet Friday for the third time this season. Miami won the last meeting 5-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lionel Messi has 29 goals and 16 assists for Miami. Tadeo Allende has scored four goals over the past 10 games.

Sam Surridge has scored 23 goals and added three assists for Nashville. Hany Mukhtar has five goals and four assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Miami: 6-2-2, averaging 2.8 goals, 6.9 shots on goal and 5.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.6 goals per game.

Nashville: 2-7-1, averaging 1.6 goals, 5.0 shots on goal and 5.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Miami: David Ruiz (injured), Obando (injured).

Nashville: Wyatt Meyer (injured), Matthew Corcoran (injured), Julian Gaines (injured), Jonathan Perez (injured), Ahmed Qasem (injured), Taylor Washington (injured).

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