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Seattle Sounders FC (8-7-7, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Austin FC (8-8-6, eighth in the Western Conference)
Austin, Texas; Saturday, 8:30pm EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Austin FC +149, Seattle +167, Draw +239; over/under is 2.5 goals
FINAL: Gyasi Zardes leads Austin into a game with Seattle Sounders after scoring twice against New York City FC.
Austin is 7-7-5 against Western Conference opponents. Austin has a 3-0-2 record in the game and has two goals.
The Sounders are 4-6-7 against Western Conference teams. The Sounders are 10th in the Western Conference with 31 goals led by Raul Ruidiaz with eight.
The teams play on Saturday for the second time this season. The last meeting ended in a 0-0 draw.
TOP PLAYERS: Sebastian Driussi scored five goals and added two assists for Austin. Owen Wolff has two assists in his last 10 games.
Ruidiaz has eight goals for the Sounders. Jordan Morris has scored seven goals in the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Austin: 4-4-2, averaging 1.0 goals, 2.8 shots on goal and 3.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.6 goals per game.
Sounders: 5-2-3, averaging 1.6 goals, 4.2 shots on goal and 5.3 corner kicks per game allowing 1.2 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Austin: Daniel Pereira (injured), Diego Rubio (injured).
Sounders: Braudilio Rodrigues (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Date Write and data from Sportradar.
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