Tampa Bay Rowdies should not envision any pleasantries from their host Birmingham Legion in this USL Championship match. Here's the complete match preview!
- Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tampa Bay Rowdies is in the best form (4-2-0) in USL Championship
These teams have little in common geographically as Tampa Bay Rowdies have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
The story so far in the USL Championship for Birmingham Legion at their home stadium (BBVA Compass Field) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Birmingham bring valid hopes of a third.
Birmingham Legion travelled for their previous game, a trip to Las Vegas Lights that ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Birmingham Legion in their match versus Las Vegas Lights as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at San Antonio.This is expected to be a close game, with Birmingham perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Birmingham Legion as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Birmingham Legion has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Some stats: A review of the 11 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Birmingham Legion have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BBVA Compass Field with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Tampa Bay Rowdies form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their USL Championship travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Tampa Bay Rowdies as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Rowdies go into this game after a win, the home game against Oakland Roots that ended 3-0. It's hard not to mention Jennings's lethal finishing against Oakland Roots. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Las Vegas Lights at their stadium, the result 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tampa Bay Rowdies playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Tampa Bay Rowdies has scored 6 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (6 games).
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier on this season: Tampa Bay Rowdies - Birmingham Legion 0-2. Birmingham Legion-Tampa Bay Rowdies H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham Legion two wins, Tampa Bay Rowdies three wins, three draws. one of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Jennings 8 goals |  J. Williams 7 goals |  C. Dennis 6 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Tampa Bay Rowdies missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 32 |
| 30 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 28% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 11.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.4 | 11.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 41% | 46% |
| 12 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 11.9 | 11.3 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- All of Birmingham Legion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham Legion have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tampa Bay Rowdies have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in USL Championship
- Tampa Bay Rowdies haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tampa Bay Rowdies is in the best form (4-2-0) in USL Championship
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | -3 | 28 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Memphis 901 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Birmingham Legion | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Louisville City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Detroit City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Loudoun United | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Miami FC II | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Hartford Athletic | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -12 | 10 |
