ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rowdies will try to claim their fourth consecutive victory to start the 2021 USL Championship season as it plays host to Miami FC at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.

The @TampaBayRowdies (3-0-0, 9pts) are one of three teams with perfect records still standing going into Saturday night’s action alongside the Western Conference’s Rio Grande Valley FC and Sacramento Republic FC after taking a 2-1 win against Phoenix Rising FC last Saturday night. An own goal and second goal in as many games by Steevan Dos Santos provided the goals for the hosts and moved Dos Santos within two goals of reaching 50 regular-season goals in the Championship for his career. Tampa Bay has never won four games in a row to start a season since joining the Championship in 2017, with its best streak a three-game run to open the 2017 campaign.

@TheMiamiFC (2-1-0, 6pts) makes its first visit to Tampa Bay this season after earning a 1-0 victory on the road against the New York Red Bulls II last Friday night. Speedy Williams scored the only goal of the game for his first goal for his new club, but Miami will be hoping to better put away the chances it creates against Tampa Bay after scoring only three times in its opening three games. Miami struggled against the Rowdies a season ago, losing three and drawing once against its rivals, a trend its new-look squad will be looking to reverse this time.

FiveThirtyEight.com Match Predictor: Tampa Bay Rowdies 60%, Miami FC 17%, Draw 23%

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