Birmingham Legion vs Charlotte in US Open Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: USA US Open Cup
Competition: Thu 25.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBVA Compass Field (5000 seats)

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.

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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.

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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

CharlotteE. Copetti
E. Copetti
4 goals
BirminghamE. Martínez
E. Martínez
3 goals
Birmingham LegionN. Brett
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