In a Tuesday MLS first-round playoff match, the Toronto FC (13 wins, 5 losses, 5 draws) play host to Nashville SC (8-7-8) at 6 p.m. ET. Below, we preview the Toronto-Nashville betting odds and lines, and make our best MLS bets and predictions.
Toronto FC vs. Nashville SC: Key injuries
Toronto FC
- M Achara (knee) out
- GK Alex Bono (not medically cleared) out
- M Marky Delgado (undisclosed) out
- D Justin Morrow (not medically cleared) out
- M Pablo Piatti (not medically cleared) out
Nashville SC
- F Dominique Badji (not medically cleared) out
- F Abu Danladi (not medically cleared) out
- M Anibal Godoy (hamstring) out
- D Jack Maher (not medically cleared) out
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Toronto FC vs. Nashville SC: MLS odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Prediction
Toronto FC 2, Nashville SC 0
Money line (ML)
TORONTO FC (+110) struggled down the stretch, losing three of its final four games to slip to second in the East table. It’s been difficult to adjust, as Toronto FC is playing its “home” games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Canadian restrictions.
Toronto is still 4-1-1 across the past six at home, and Nashville SC (+260) is an expansion side which will have difficulty pushing past the more experience nomads from Toronto.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 2.5 (-149) is the lean here. In the past four home matches for Toronto FC, it has seen an average of 1.8 total goals. On the flip side, Nashville SC scored a 3-0 win over Inter Miami CF in a battle of expansion clubs in the play-in round Saturday. However, Nashville has still seen Under 2.5 goals in six of the previous eight matches, and eight of the past 11 going back to the MLS is Back Tournament.
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