New York City FC (11-8-2, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Austin FC (7-8-6, 10th in the Western Conference)
Austin, Texas; Saturday, 8:30pm EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE NYCFC +150, Austin FC +166, Draw +242; over/under is 2.5 goals
FINAL: Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista leads New York City FC into a match with Austin after scoring twice against Montreal CF.
Austin is 5-2-3 in home games. Austin has a 6-3 record in one-goal games.
NYCFC is 3-5-1 in road games. NYCFC ranks third in the Eastern Conference giving up just 25 goals.
Saturday’s game is the first time these teams have met this season.
TOP PLAYERS: Sebastian Driussi has five goals with two assists for Austin. Jader Obrian has scored three goals in the last 10 games.
Martinez Batista has scored eight goals with two assists for NYCFC. Hannes Wolf has four goals and four assists in the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Austin: 3-5-2, averaging 0.9 goals, 2.8 shots on goal and 3.7 corner kicks per game, allowing 1.7 goals per game.
NYCFC: 7-3-0, averaging 2.1 goals, 4.5 shots on goal and 4.1 corners per game, allowing 1.3 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Austin: Daniel Pereira (injured), Julio Cascante (injured).
NYCFC: Rio Hope-Gund (injured).
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Date Write and data from Sportradar.
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