Birmingham Legion are placed 2nd, while Austin Bold are loitering 13 points behind in the league standings. Will they shorten the gap?
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (29) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Austin Bold have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham nor Austin Bold as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 13 USL Championship games here for Birmingham Legion. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
The Birmingham Legion supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Indy Eleven in USL Championship and win 3-1.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Swope Park Rangers.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Birmingham Legion have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost three.
There will be little rest for Birmingham after this match as they are travelling to OKC Energy for a USL Championship game in only four days.
Birmingham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Birmingham Legion's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Austin Bold form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Austin Bold playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.
Austin Bold delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against OKC Energy (placed 5th) in their previous match; a USL Championship game.
Before that, Austin secured a home win against Seattle Sounders II with the score 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Austin have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, five draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Austin manager R. Thompson as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Real Monarchs.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Austin have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Brett 17 goals |  X. Báez Gamiño 6 goals | J. Williams 5 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Austin Bold missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Austin Bold | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 6 | Played | P | 0 | 12 | 27 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 42 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 89% |
| 68% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 58% | 63% |
| 50% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 37% |
| 25% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 61% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 29% | 15% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 37% |
| 11% | 15% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.7 | 8.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5.4 | 1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.8 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.5 | 8.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 39% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 28% |
- Austin Bold have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Austin Bold have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin Bold have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham Legion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Austin Bold have scored away.
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (29) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most points from losing position (13) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Birmingham Legion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Birmingham Legion is in the best form (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 | Louisville City | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 55 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 53 |
| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 39 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | OKC Energy | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Atlanta United II | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -6 | 31 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -13 | 31 |
| 8 | Swope Park Rangers | 29 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -21 | 20 |