National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chattanooga Red Wolves or Birmingham Legion that keep their silverware dream alive.
3 - 0 - 2 with 7-6. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Birmingham Legion when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Birmingham Legion play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
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.
Chattanooga Red Wolves form and stats
Chattanooga Red Wolves participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.When playing at home in the USL League One, Chattanooga Red Wolves have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Chattanooga's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. Tejera was their last goal scorer.
The Chattanooga Red Wolves crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Central Valley Fuego here at Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Northern Colorado that ended 0-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as One Knoxville are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Chattanooga Red Wolves's 2 home games: {0 goals}, 1 conceded.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
Birmingham Legion was sent out of US Open Cup in the 3rd round last season.Birmingham Legion are yet to lose a point on their USL Championship travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Birmingham have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Trevor Spangenberg. It's been 216 minutes since they last conceded in USL Championship.
Birmingham Legion play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Prior to that result Birmingham won their away game at Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship. The scoreline was 1-0.After this away game Birmingham Legion return home for a USL Championship game against Phoenix Rising. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Birmingham Legion has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Brett 3 goals |  T. Pasher 2 goals | A. Crognale 1 goals |
Chattanooga Red Wolves missing players
Birmingham Legion missing players
| Chattanooga Red Wolves | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 53 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.9 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 36% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlotte Independence | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | One Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Central Valley Fuego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tormenta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Union Omaha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lexington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 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 | Birmingham Legion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Louisville City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 5 | Charleston Battery | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Loudoun United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Miami FC II | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Detroit City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Hartford Athletic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| 12 | Memphis 901 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
