Algonquin College Soccer Complex: Ottawa Fury vs Tampa Bay Rowdies USL Championship preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Wed 18.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Algonquin College Soccer Complex (2000 seats)

Ottawa Fury will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Tampa Bay Rowdies could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a USL Championship game only four sleeps ago.

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Ottawa Fury form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Ottawa Fury have to build on here at Algonquin College Soccer Complex in the USL Championship. It's trouble wherever Ottawa Fury are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

In their previous game, the manager N. Popovic led his Ottawa Fury to a defeat in the USL Championship match away at Indy Eleven. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Algonquin College Soccer Complex. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atlanta United II (2-3).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Ottawa Fury as they have a new game in only four days, a USL Championship match thankfully also at home. Hartford Athletic are visiting.

A decent goal production from Ottawa Fury in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. Ottawa Fury's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tampa Bay Rowdies form and stats

Tampa Bay Rowdies have an excellent away record in the USL Championship so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games.

Tampa Bay Rowdies delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Atlanta United II (placed 32nd) in their previous match; a USL Championship game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Charlotte Independence.

A new game in only three days for Tampa Bay Rowdies, the USL Championship home match versus Bethlehem Steel. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Tampa Bay Rowdies's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Tampa Bay Rowdies as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tampa Bay Rowdies - Ottawa Fury 2-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ottawa Fury 2 wins, 4 draws and Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Haworth
8 goals / 4 assists
W. Fall
8 goals / 3 assists
C. François
7 goals / 5 assists

Ottawa Fury missing players

Tampa Bay Rowdies missing players

Ottawa Fury Tampa Bay Rowdies
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 3 13 28
10 7 1 Won W 2 8 15
9 4 2 Drew D 1 3 8
8 2 2 Lost L 0 2 5
39 21 4 Scored S 8 25 51
34 14 10 Conceded C 1 12 24
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
81% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 79%
48% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 43%
30% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 32%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 23% 18%
52% 46% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 54%
26% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 39%
30% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 14%
 
3.5 3.5 4.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.8 5.9
3.8 3.6 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 4.5 4
1.4 1.3 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Ottawa Fury have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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.

Ottawa Fury
All Championship Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
24-08-19 USL Ottawa Fury 2 - 1 Saint Louis FC
30-08-19 USL Ottawa Fury 0 - 4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
05-09-19 USL Saint Louis FC 1 - 0 Ottawa Fury
07-09-19 USL Atlanta United II 3 - 2 Ottawa Fury
11-09-19 USL Indy Eleven 2 - 0 Ottawa Fury
18-09-19 USL Ottawa Fury 23:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
22-09-19 USL Ottawa Fury 18:00 Hartford Athletic
28-09-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Ottawa Fury
02-10-19 USL Ottawa Fury 22:00 Indy Eleven
08-10-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 23:00 Ottawa Fury
Tampa Bay Rowdies
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
21-08-19 USL North Carolina 4 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
24-08-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 - 0 Memphis 901
31-08-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 2 Nashville
07-09-19 USL Charlotte Independence 1 - 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies
14-09-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Atlanta United II
18-09-19 USL Ottawa Fury 23:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
21-09-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:30 Bethlehem Steel
28-09-19 USL Louisville City 23:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
04-10-19 USL Loudoun United 22:30 Tampa Bay Rowdies
12-10-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 22:30 Indy Eleven

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Phoenix Rising 28 22 4 2 74 23 15 12 3 0 47 13 13 10 1 2 27 10 51 70
2 New York RB II 28 17 5 6 66 32 16 11 2 3 41 14 12 6 3 3 25 18 34 56
3 Indy Eleven 26 17 5 4 40 18 15 11 4 0 21 5 11 6 1 4 19 13 22 56
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 15 8 5 51 24 15 7 5 3 26 12 13 8 3 2 25 12 27 53
5 Nashville 28 15 6 7 49 25 12 6 3 3 22 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 24 51
6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 27 14 9 4 49 28 15 9 6 0 26 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 21 51
7 Fresno FC 27 14 8 5 46 31 13 8 4 1 23 13 14 6 4 4 23 18 15 50
8 Reno 1868 28 15 4 9 61 46 14 8 2 4 36 22 14 7 2 5 25 24 15 49
9 Louisville City 27 13 8 6 38 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 13 5 5 3 15 13 12 47
10 North Carolina 28 12 8 8 46 31 13 7 5 1 30 13 15 5 3 7 16 18 15 44
11 Sacramento Republic 27 13 3 11 41 30 13 8 2 3 25 10 14 5 1 8 16 20 11 42
12 Orange County 27 11 8 8 44 35 15 8 4 3 30 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 9 41
13 New Mexico United 28 10 10 8 51 48 12 5 5 2 25 17 16 5 5 6 26 31 3 40
14 Austin Bold 29 11 7 11 43 44 16 9 3 4 31 19 13 2 4 7 12 25 -1 40
15 Real Monarchs 26 11 6 9 54 44 14 9 3 2 40 20 12 2 3 7 14 24 10 39
16 Ottawa Fury 27 10 9 8 39 34 13 7 4 2 21 14 14 3 5 6 18 20 5 39
17 LA Galaxy II 28 10 9 9 47 54 14 5 5 4 25 26 14 5 4 5 22 28 -7 39
18 OKC Energy 29 9 10 10 43 46 15 5 5 5 21 23 14 4 5 5 22 23 -3 37
19 San Antonio 27 10 6 11 45 39 14 8 4 2 30 14 13 2 2 9 15 25 6 36
20 El Paso Locomotive 27 9 9 9 31 30 13 5 4 4 19 16 14 4 5 5 12 14 1 36
21 Birmingham Legion 27 10 6 11 31 41 13 5 2 6 10 13 14 5 4 5 21 28 -10 36
22 Saint Louis FC 26 9 8 9 32 31 12 6 5 1 20 12 14 3 3 8 12 19 1 35
23 Charleston Battery 27 8 11 8 32 36 13 5 6 2 18 16 14 3 5 6 14 20 -4 35
24 Las Vegas Lights 29 9 8 12 38 45 15 8 4 3 27 13 14 1 4 9 11 32 -7 35
25 Portland Timbers II 27 9 7 11 49 50 13 4 4 5 21 22 14 5 3 6 28 28 -1 34
26 Rio Grande Valley 27 7 7 13 40 49 14 6 3 5 19 14 13 1 4 8 21 35 -9 28
27 Memphis 901 27 7 7 13 29 42 12 3 3 6 16 18 15 4 4 7 13 24 -13 28
28 Bethlehem Steel 27 7 6 14 38 52 15 3 3 9 20 31 12 4 3 5 18 21 -14 27
29 Charlotte Independence 29 5 11 13 31 47 14 5 2 7 19 24 15 0 9 6 12 23 -16 26
30 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
31 Loudoun United 26 6 6 14 37 48 11 3 3 5 21 19 15 3 3 9 16 29 -11 24
32 Atlanta United II 28 6 6 16 33 68 14 5 1 8 18 32 14 1 5 8 15 36 -35 24
33 Colorado Springs 29 6 5 18 26 56 15 5 3 7 16 21 14 1 2 11 10 35 -30 23
34 Hartford Athletic 29 6 4 19 40 69 14 4 3 7 23 29 15 2 1 12 17 40 -29 22
35 Swope Park Rangers 27 4 7 16 32 61 15 4 5 6 23 31 12 0 2 10 9 30 -29 19
36 Seattle Sounders II 26 4 5 17 26 68 12 4 2 6 22 25 14 0 3 11 4 43 -42 17

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