Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Orlando City & Tampa Bay Rowdies face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Orlando and Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Orlando City form and stats
Orlando City was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the US Open Cup.2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Orlando City so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Orlando, who won 2-0 against Columbus Crew. Schlegel, defender, was given a rating of 8.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Schlegel scored one goal and won 4 of 10 duels.
Before that, Orlando City had a Major League Soccer home game versus Chicago Fire which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Orlando, as the Major League Soccer home game vs New York RB is only four days away.
Orlando City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Exploria Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Tampa Bay Rowdies form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated The Villages in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The regulars enjoyed Tampa Bay Rowdies's previous match versus Tulsa Roughnecks, a 3-1 win played at home.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Miami FC II.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The USL Championship trip to New York RB II.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. LaCava 3 goals |   O. de Almeida Júnior 2 goals |  A. Rodrigues da Silva 2 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Tampa Bay Rowdies missing players
| Orlando City | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 55 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 13 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 11.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York RB | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Toronto | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | New York City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | New England | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | DC United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
