USL Championship: Birmingham Legion - Atlanta United II preview and statistics

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)

USL Championship: Birmingham Legion welcome Atlanta United II in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (10) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II is in the worst form (1-2-3)

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the USL Championship.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

Birmingham Legion, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in USL Championship, have played 5 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Birmingham Legion against Indy Eleven the last match, as P. Kasim were on target.

Before that game, the home loss against Memphis 901 with the scoreline 0-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham, as the USL Championship home game vs Atlanta United II is only four days away.

Birmingham have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Birmingham have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atlanta United II form and stats

Playing away, Atlanta United II, who have the fewest points (4) away in USL Championship, have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the USL Championship this season. Atlanta has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Atlanta had fun at their own home last time out, beating Tulsa Roughnecks 2-1. A. Fortune and Amadou Diop scored.

Prior to that match, the Atlanta United II manager J. Collison faced defeat when travelling to Louisville City and losing 0-2.

Atlanta has another fixture away, a USL Championship game, against Birmingham Legion in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Atlanta United II when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Atlanta in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Atlanta United II - Birmingham Legion 0-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: four - zero - zero (Birmingham wins - draws - Atlanta United II wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
8 goals
Atlanta United IIA. McFadden
A. McFadden
5 goals
BirminghamB. Lapa
B. Lapa
2 goals

Birmingham Legion missing players

Atlanta United II missing players

Birmingham Legion Atlanta United II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 5 2 Played P 2 5 15
8 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 5
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 6
13 4 3 Scored S 0 3 19
10 3 1 Conceded C 4 7 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
46% 20% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 67%
31% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 47%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
38% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 47%
38% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
23% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 33%
 
2.2 5.5 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 4.3
8 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 3.9
2.6 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 4.6 8.7
4.4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.6 2.9
23% 19% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 43%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Atlanta United II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Atlanta United II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Atlanta United II have the fewest points (4) away in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the fewest scored goals (3) away in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the most points from losing position (5) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlanta United II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Atlanta United II is in the worst form (1-2-3)
  • Birmingham Legion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (10) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Louisville City 15 9 3 3 31 18 9 6 2 1 19 8 6 3 1 2 12 10 13 30
2 Birmingham Legion 13 8 1 4 13 10 5 3 0 2 4 3 8 5 1 2 9 7 3 25
3 Tulsa Roughnecks 14 6 1 7 22 26 5 3 0 2 12 10 9 3 1 5 10 16 -4 19
4 OKC Energy 15 4 6 5 13 16 8 1 4 3 5 8 7 3 2 2 8 8 -3 18
5 Atlanta United II 15 4 5 6 19 19 10 3 4 3 16 12 5 1 1 3 3 7 0 17
6 Memphis 901 12 4 4 4 12 14 4 2 0 2 4 4 8 2 4 2 8 10 -2 16
7 Indy Eleven 14 4 4 6 15 18 8 1 2 5 6 10 6 3 2 1 9 8 -3 16
8 Swope Park Rangers 16 3 5 8 19 28 7 1 2 4 9 14 9 2 3 4 10 14 -9 14

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.