National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Birmingham Legion or Charlotte that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
Last season, Birmingham Legion's US Open Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Birmingham Legion have collected 7 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 2-1-3.
Birmingham Legion's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus El Paso Locomotive.
Heartbreak before that as Birmingham lost 1-2 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds's place.Birmingham Legion are traveling soon after this match as the USL Championship match at Detroit City awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Birmingham Legion in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Birmingham have conceded 13 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Charlotte form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Charlotte in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Charlotte might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nashville SC proved too strong as Charlotte slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans. Charlotte were so close to getting something from the game against Nashville SC, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. Bronico got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Bronico scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer.The schedule is very tough for Charlotte now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at LA Galaxy is waiting in only three days.
Charlotte are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Charlotte have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 4 goals |   E. Martínez 3 goals | N. Brett 3 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Charlotte missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 84% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 50% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Louisville City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 5 | Birmingham Legion | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Memphis 901 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | Miami FC II | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Loudoun United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Hartford Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | New England | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | DC United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | New York City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | New York RB | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -10 | 15 |
| 15 | Toronto | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
