July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nNashville, meanwhile, responded to their defeat to Inter Miami last time out with a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Crew, bridging the gap between the two sides in the standings.<\/p>\n
Sean Zawadzki\u2019s own-goal opened the scoring before strikes in either half by in-form duo Hany Mukhtar and Sam Surridge sealed an important three points for the Coyotes.<\/p>\n
Nashville\u2019s loss to Miami brought their club-record 12-game unbeaten run to an end, though head coach B.J. Callaghan is keen to get a similar stretch up and running. <\/p>\n
\u201cMiami is obviously a really good team, but we don\u2019t believe that they got our best punch,\u201d said Callaghan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe made a commitment to each other to go through our process, review, try to figure out what we need to improve.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut one of those was that no matter what happens tonight, they\u2019re going to get our best punch. They\u2019re going to get our best punch from the whole team, and we did that.\u201d<\/p>\n
PLAYERS TO WATCH<\/strong><\/p>\nNashville \u2013 Sam Surridge<\/strong><\/p>\nAfter Lionel Messi failed to score against FC Cincinnati, Surridge now leads the scoring charts in the MLS with 17 after his goal against Columbus, but he has formed a great understanding with Mukhtar. <\/p>\n
Indeed, the duo posted their 10th game this season in which they recorded a goal involvement last time out. No other MLS pairing has more than eight such games in the 2025 regular season. <\/p>\n
Toronto \u2013 Jonathan Osorio<\/strong><\/p>\nOsorio has scored four regular-season goals in his seven matches against Nashville, including a goal in the first meeting this season between the two clubs.<\/p>\n
The only team he has more MLS goals against is the Chicago Fire with six (in 22 matches).<\/p>\n
MATCH PREDICTION: NASHVILLE WIN<\/strong><\/p>\nNashville are unbeaten in their last five games against Toronto (W3 D2) with three straight wins in the matchup. The only team the Coyotes have recorded a longer winning streak against in regular-season play is the Chicago Fire (currently four games).<\/p>\n
Callaghan\u2019s team have also scored the fourth-most home goals (25) in MLS this regular season. Seventeen of those have come in the last seven home matches (2.4 per game), dating back to the end of April, after scoring eight goals in their first five home contests (1.6).<\/p>\n
Toronto, meanwhile, picked up their fifth win of the season against San Diego and have earned eight points (W2 D2 L1) in their last five matches. They managed just 10 points (W3 D1) in their previous 10 matches.<\/p>\n
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY<\/strong><\/p>\nNashville \u2013 65.2%<\/p>\n
Draw \u2013 18.7%<\/p>\n
Toronto \u2013 16%<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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