San Diego FC visits Sporting Kansas City following shutout victory
Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 8:45 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: San Diego -106, Sporting Kansas City +240, Draw +283; over/under is 3.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out Nashville 2-0, San Diego FC faces Sporting Kansas City.
Sporting KC is 5-10-4 against Western Conference opponents. Sporting KC has a 3-7 record in games decided by one goal.
San Diego is 13-5-3 in Western Conference games. San Diego has scored 49 goals while allowing 32 for a +17 goal differential.
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. The last meeting finished tied 0-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Dejan Joveljic has scored 13 goals with two assists for Sporting KC. Santiago Munoz has three goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
Anders Dreyer has 12 goals and 13 assists for San Diego. Milan Iloski has eight goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sporting KC: 3-4-3, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.4 shots on goal and 5.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game.
San Diego: 6-3-1, averaging 2.2 goals, 5.2 shots on goal and 4.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Sporting KC: Dany Rosero (injured), Erik Thommy (injured).
San Diego: Anisse Saidi (injured), Willy Kumado (injured), Christopher McVey (injured), Marcus Ingvartsen (injured), Paddy McNair (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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