USL Championship match preview: Tampa Bay Rowdies versus Loudoun United

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Lang Stadium (7227 seats)

The league table in USL Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Tampa Bay Rowdies leading Loudoun United by 18 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest scored goals (10) in USL Championship

Tampa Bay Rowdies and Loudoun United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Loudoun United, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

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Tampa Bay Rowdies form and stats

Tampa Bay Rowdies have performed here at Al Lang Stadium this season with 6 wins from 8 USL Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Tampa Bay Rowdies has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager N. Collins and the players.

Tampa Bay Rowdies faced defeat in their previous match, away at Miami FC II (1-2).

Before that game, the home loss against Hartford Athletic with the scoreline 0-1.

A decent goal production from Rowdies in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Tampa Bay Rowdies are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Lang Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Loudoun United form and stats

Loudoun United have only collected 3 points from their away games in the USL Championship, after 1-0-5 (6 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Loudoun, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Two away games in a row for Loudoun United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Championship.

A loss against Miami FC II was the result prior to that, in a home game.

A quick return to home after this game, as Loudoun are hosting Charleston Battery in the USL Championship only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Loudoun United as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Loudoun have conceded 10 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Rowdies - Loudoun United 2-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Rowdies won one game, one match ended with a draw and Loudoun United has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

RowdiesS. Guenzatti Varela
S. Guenzatti Varela
8 goals
Loudoun UnitedJ. Bolívar Alvarado
J. Bolívar Alvarado
4 goals
Tampa Bay RowdiesS. Fortes dos Santos
S. Fortes dos Santos
3 goals

Tampa Bay Rowdies missing players

Loudoun United missing players

Tampa Bay Rowdies Loudoun United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 8 1 Played P 1 6 12
8 6 1 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
18 14 1 Scored S 0 4 10
11 6 0 Conceded C 1 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
62% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 58%
38% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 8%
15% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
5.3 5.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 5.7
4.2 4.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.8 4.2
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 10.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.3 11.8
4.2 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 3.8
33% 40% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 22%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Loudoun United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Loudoun United have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest points (3) away in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest points from losing position (0) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest scored goals (10) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the the worst goal difference (-13) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Loudoun United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Loudoun United is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Loudoun United have scored away.
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the most clean sheets (3) at home in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the most clean sheets (5) in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the most points (18) at home in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the most scored goals (14) at home in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in USL Championship
  • Tampa Bay Rowdies haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 13 8 0 5 18 11 8 6 0 2 14 6 5 2 0 3 4 5 7 24
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 14 7 3 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 5 4 8 4 2 2 12 10 3 24
3 Miami FC II 14 7 2 5 21 18 8 5 0 3 12 11 6 2 2 2 9 7 3 23
4 Hartford Athletic 11 6 2 3 22 13 5 2 2 1 12 5 6 4 0 2 10 8 9 20
5 Charlotte Independence 12 5 1 6 17 17 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 2 0 5 7 11 0 16
6 Charleston Battery 11 4 3 4 14 15 6 3 2 1 11 8 5 1 1 3 3 7 -1 15
7 New York RB II 13 3 4 6 17 27 7 1 2 4 7 11 6 2 2 2 10 16 -10 13
8 Loudoun United 12 2 0 10 10 23 6 1 0 5 6 13 6 1 0 5 4 10 -13 6

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.