Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tampa Bay Rowdies & Houston Dynamo face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Tampa Bay Rowdies nor Houston Dynamo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Tampa Bay Rowdies form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the US Open Cup for Rowdies, as the manager Collins led his troops to eliminate Nona, and reach the 3rd Round. Tampa Bay Rowdies participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Tampa Bay Rowdies have collected 4 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 1-1-2.
Tampa Bay Rowdies faced defeat in their previous match, away at San Diego Loyal (0-1).
Preceding that match was a USL Championship defeat to Charleston Battery (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rowdies as they are travelling to their away game against Detroit City in the USL Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Tampa Bay Rowdies have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the round of 16.Impressive finishing from Steres secured the home win 1-0 against Inter Miami in their previous game. Clark (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.11. Clark topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw at New York RB's stadium before that.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 5 goals |  H. Herrera López 2 goals |   J. Areman 1 goals |
Tampa Bay Rowdies missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 41 | 32 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 28 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 54% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 14.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charleston Battery | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Miami FC II | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
