Soccer betting preview: Nashville welcomes Tampa Bay Rowdies in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Thu 09.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: First Tennessee Park

The managers G. Smith and N. Collins are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the USL Championship league table.

Nashville have less rest than Tampa Bay Rowdies in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Atlanta United II.

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Nashville form and stats

Nashville have secured 6 points from their first three home games. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Nashville, who won 2-0 against Atlanta United II. Before that, Nashville played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Swope Park Rangers in only three days. This game is also played here at First Tennessee Park.

Nashville are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 4 goals in 3 matches. Defensively Nashville have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tampa Bay Rowdies form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in USL Championship, are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term.

Tampa Bay Rowdies are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Indy Eleven. A draw for Tampa Bay Rowdies before that, at their own venue hosting Charlotte Independence (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Tampa Bay Rowdies in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Tampa Bay Rowdies, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Tampa Bay Rowdies has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Tampa Bay Rowdies's manager N. Collins has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Nashville-Tampa Bay Rowdies H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Nashville 0 wins, Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 win, 1 draw. 1 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Nashville missing players

Tampa Bay Rowdies missing players

Nashville Tampa Bay Rowdies
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played 2 4 9
4 2 0 Won 0 2 4
2 0 0 Drew 2 2 5
2 1 1 Lost 0 0 0
13 4 0 Scored 1 6 14
7 1 1 Conceded 1 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 75% 78%
88% 67% 0% Over 1.5 50% 50% 67%
38% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 25% 22%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 25% 11%
38% 0% 0% BTTS 50% 50% 44%
50% 67% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 50% 56%
12% 33% 100% Failed To Score 50% 25% 22%
 
5.3 11.5 12 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3 6.2
3.4 3 3 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 4 4.2
1.9 0.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Nashville have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Nashville have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nashville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have not yet lost a game.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Nashville
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
06-04-19 USL Ottawa Fury 0 - 3 Nashville
14-04-19 USL Nashville 2 - 0 Memphis 901
20-04-19 USL Charleston Battery 3 - 1 Nashville
27-04-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 - 2 Nashville
04-05-19 USL Atlanta United II 0 - 2 Nashville
09-05-19 USL Nashville 00:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
12-05-19 USL Nashville 00:00 Swope Park Rangers
15-05-19 UOC Nashville 00:30 Tormenta II
19-05-19 USL Nashville - Charlotte Independence
23-05-19 USL Birmingham Legion - Nashville
Tampa Bay Rowdies
All US Open Cup NASL Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
06-04-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 - 0 Hartford Athletic
13-04-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Louisville City
24-04-19 USL Atlanta United II 1 - 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies
27-04-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Charlotte Independence
01-05-19 USL Indy Eleven 0 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies
09-05-19 USL Nashville 00:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
14-05-19 UOC Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:00 The Villages
18-05-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:30 New York RB II
25-05-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:30 Swope Park Rangers
02-06-19 USL Birmingham Legion - Tampa Bay Rowdies

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 New York RB II 9 6 2 1 22 10 7 5 1 1 19 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 12 20
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 4 5 0 14 4 5 2 3 0 8 2 4 2 2 0 6 2 10 17
3 New Mexico United 10 4 5 1 22 14 5 3 2 0 14 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 8 17
4 Charleston Battery 8 4 3 1 13 9 5 3 2 0 10 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 15
5 Indy Eleven 7 4 2 1 11 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 10 5 6 14
6 Nashville 8 4 2 2 13 7 3 2 0 1 4 1 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 14
7 Saint Louis FC 7 4 2 1 10 5 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 5 14
8 Portland Timbers II 8 4 2 2 18 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 11 9 4 14
9 Tulsa Roughnecks 9 4 2 3 20 16 4 3 1 0 9 2 5 1 1 3 11 14 4 14
10 OKC Energy 9 4 2 3 16 16 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 1 2 2 9 11 0 14
11 LA Galaxy II 9 4 2 3 16 19 6 3 2 1 13 12 3 1 0 2 3 7 -3 14
12 Fresno FC 7 3 4 0 13 7 3 1 2 0 6 4 4 2 2 0 7 3 6 13
13 Louisville City 8 4 1 3 11 10 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 13
14 North Carolina 7 3 3 1 11 5 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 5 2 6 12
15 Rio Grande Valley 8 3 3 2 16 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 2 1 9 9 2 12
16 El Paso Locomotive 8 3 3 2 8 7 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 12
17 Reno 1868 8 3 3 2 13 12 4 2 2 0 9 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 12
18 Orange County 8 3 2 3 15 13 5 3 1 1 13 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 11
19 Las Vegas Lights 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 3 1 0 10 2 5 0 1 4 5 12 1 11
20 Ottawa Fury 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
21 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 8 2 5 1 12 11 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 1 3 1 7 8 1 11
22 Austin Bold 8 3 2 3 6 6 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 11
23 Bethlehem Steel 9 3 2 4 15 16 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 2 1 1 10 8 -1 11
24 Birmingham Legion 8 3 2 3 9 14 4 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 8 11 -5 11
25 Phoenix Rising 8 2 4 2 12 8 4 1 3 0 9 5 4 1 1 2 3 3 4 10
26 Sacramento Republic 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 1 0 3 4 7 1 10
27 Real Monarchs 8 3 1 4 16 16 5 3 1 1 13 7 3 0 0 3 3 9 0 10
28 Atlanta United II 9 3 1 5 9 15 6 2 0 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 4 5 -6 10
29 San Antonio 8 3 0 5 10 12 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 2 8 -2 9
30 Colorado Springs 9 2 2 5 9 14 4 1 0 3 1 5 5 1 2 2 8 9 -5 8
31 Loudoun United 7 1 3 3 7 10 1 0 1 0 3 3 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 6
32 Memphis 901 10 1 3 6 8 14 5 0 2 3 3 6 5 1 1 3 5 8 -6 6
33 Charlotte Independence 9 1 3 5 10 17 5 1 1 3 8 12 4 0 2 2 2 5 -7 6
34 Swope Park Rangers 7 1 2 4 11 17 4 1 1 2 9 11 3 0 1 2 2 6 -6 5
35 Seattle Sounders II 9 1 0 8 4 28 3 1 0 2 3 6 6 0 0 6 1 22 -24 3
36 Hartford Athletic 9 0 1 8 5 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 8 4 22 -18 1

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