Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham Legion & Southern States face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Birmingham Legion, who played 0-0 against Louisville City. That match was also played at this venue
Preceding that match was the home USL Championship game against Colorado Springs that was lost 0-2.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Birmingham Legion have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 16 games found in the database showing seven Birmingham Legion wins, three draws and six defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Hartford Athletic in only three days. This game is also played here.
Southern States form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Georgia Revolution in order to reach 2nd round of US Open Cup.The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the NPSL.
The club members enjoyed Southern's previous match versus Georgia Revolution, a US Open Cup win (3-1) played at home.
It was a NPSL defeat before that one as the away game against Tulsa Athletics wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Nobody expects Southern States to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath nine times before, with the overall statistics of won four, draw one and lost four. When defeated, one match have been lost by two or more goals.
Southern States have the goal stats of 7-7 (for/against) from 7 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham Legion missing players
Southern States missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Southern States | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 39% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 17% | ||
| 6.3 | 9.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.8 | 0.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jacksonville Armada II | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Pensacola | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Southern States | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans Jesters | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Mobile | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 6 | Port City | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 7 | Tallahassee | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 8 | Florida Roots | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | -26 | 5 |
