Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham Legion & Chattanooga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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
Action has already taken place for Birmingham Legion in US Open Cup as they have defeated Chattanooga Red Wolves to reach the 3rd Round. Birmingham participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The story so far in the USL Championship for Birmingham Legion at their home stadium (Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Birmingham Legion enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Orange County's place. The match ended 2-1 with Agudelo and Martínez scoring.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Loudoun United (0-3).The match schedule is unforgiving for Birmingham Legion 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 Birmingham Legion in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Birmingham have conceded 5 from these games.
Chattanooga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Des Moines Menace in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Chattanooga's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Chattanooga had fun at their own home (Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex) last time out, beating Flower City Union 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus ASC San Diego at their stadium, the result 5-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The NISA trip to Michigan Stars.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Brett 3 goals |  G. Alcides Alves 2 goals |  T. Pasher 2 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Chattanooga missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Chattanooga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 52 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 48 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 9.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 6 | 7.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 57% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Miami FC II | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
