USL Championship match prediction and preview for Birmingham Legion vs Charleston Battery clash

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBVA Compass Field (5000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the USL Championship table so far. Here's the Birmingham Legion - Charleston Battery latest:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

Birmingham Legion, who have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in USL Championship, have played 14 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager T. Soehn led his Birmingham Legion to a defeat in the USL Championship match away at Swope Park Rangers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BBVA Compass Field. Before that, Birmingham Legion had a home game versus Indy Eleven which ended with a victory 1-0.

The manager T. Soehn will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hartford Athletic in only four days.

Birmingham Legion have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Birmingham Legion are not conceding a lot of goals here at BBVA Compass Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.

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Charleston Battery form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charleston Battery so far with only 15 USL Championship points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose).

Charleston Battery has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to New York RB II for a USL Championship game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Charleston Battery secured a home win against North Carolina with the score 2-1.

Charleston Battery are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Charleston Battery have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Charleston Battery - Birmingham Legion 3-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 0 - 1 (Birmingham Legion wins - draws - Charleston Battery wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Svantesson
3 goals
 
P. Kasim
1 goals
 
C. Hoffman
1 goals

Birmingham Legion missing players

Charleston Battery missing players

Birmingham Legion Charleston Battery
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
30 14 2 Played P 2 16 30
11 6 0 Won W 0 3 9
6 2 0 Drew D 1 6 12
13 6 2 Lost L 1 7 9
33 11 0 Scored S 3 16 36
45 13 3 Conceded C 4 24 41
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 90%
60% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 77%
47% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 47%
40% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 30%
23% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 13%
33% 7% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 70%
37% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 20%
40% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
4.4 5.6 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.8 3.9
5 4.7 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 1 3.9 3.9
2.1 2.4 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.7
5 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 5
Key stats This season:
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Birmingham Legion
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
25-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Birmingham Legion
28-08-19 USL Loudoun United 1 - 1 Birmingham Legion
04-09-19 USL Atlanta United II 0 - 5 Birmingham Legion
14-09-19 USL Birmingham Legion 0 - 2 Saint Louis FC
18-09-19 USL Nashville 1 - 0 Birmingham Legion
21-09-19 USL Birmingham Legion 1 - 0 Indy Eleven
01-10-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 3 - 1 Birmingham Legion
05-10-19 USL Birmingham Legion 23:00 Charleston Battery
10-10-19 USL Hartford Athletic - Birmingham Legion
20-10-19 USL Birmingham Legion 19:30 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Charleston Battery
All US Open Cup Carolina Challenge Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
30-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 0 - 0 Charleston Battery
08-09-19 USL Charleston Battery 1 - 0 Indy Eleven
12-09-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 0 - 0 Charleston Battery
14-09-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 - 0 Charleston Battery
18-09-19 USL Atlanta United II 3 - 1 Charleston Battery
22-09-19 USL Charleston Battery 2 - 1 North Carolina
27-09-19 USL New York RB II 1 - 1 Charleston Battery
05-10-19 USL Birmingham Legion 23:00 Charleston Battery
13-10-19 USL Charleston Battery 17:00 Loudoun United
19-10-19 USL Charleston Battery 22:30 Bethlehem Steel

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Phoenix Rising 30 22 5 3 77 27 15 12 3 0 47 13 15 10 2 3 30 14 50 71
2 Nashville 31 17 7 7 52 25 14 7 4 3 23 10 17 10 3 4 29 15 27 58
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 30 16 10 4 53 28 16 10 6 0 29 9 14 6 4 4 24 19 25 58
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 31 16 9 6 59 28 16 8 5 3 32 13 15 8 4 3 27 15 31 57
5 New York RB II 31 17 6 8 70 40 17 11 3 3 42 15 14 6 3 5 28 25 30 57
6 Fresno FC 30 16 8 6 54 34 15 10 4 1 30 14 15 6 4 5 24 20 20 56
7 Indy Eleven 29 17 5 7 41 24 15 11 4 0 21 5 14 6 1 7 20 19 17 56
8 Reno 1868 30 16 4 10 65 49 15 8 2 5 37 24 15 8 2 5 28 25 16 52
9 Louisville City 29 14 9 6 45 31 16 9 4 3 30 18 13 5 5 3 15 13 14 51
10 North Carolina 30 13 8 9 50 34 14 8 5 1 33 14 16 5 3 8 17 20 16 47
11 Austin Bold 31 13 7 11 49 46 17 10 3 4 35 20 14 3 4 7 14 26 3 46
12 Real Monarchs 29 13 6 10 61 49 14 9 3 2 40 20 15 4 3 8 21 29 12 45
13 Ottawa Fury 30 12 9 9 45 38 15 9 4 2 26 15 15 3 5 7 19 23 7 45
14 Orange County 29 12 8 9 45 37 15 8 4 3 30 17 14 4 4 6 15 20 8 44
15 Sacramento Republic 29 13 4 12 42 32 14 8 2 4 26 12 15 5 2 8 16 20 10 43
16 LA Galaxy II 30 11 10 9 53 56 16 6 6 4 31 28 14 5 4 5 22 28 -3 43
17 El Paso Locomotive 29 11 9 9 35 31 14 6 4 4 21 16 15 5 5 5 14 15 4 42
18 New Mexico United 30 10 11 9 54 53 14 5 6 3 28 22 16 5 5 6 26 31 1 41
19 San Antonio 30 11 7 12 51 45 15 9 4 2 32 15 15 2 3 10 19 30 6 40
20 Saint Louis FC 29 10 9 10 35 33 14 7 6 1 23 13 15 3 3 9 12 20 2 39
21 Charleston Battery 30 9 12 9 36 41 14 6 6 2 20 17 16 3 6 7 16 24 -5 39
22 Birmingham Legion 30 11 6 13 33 45 14 6 2 6 11 13 16 5 4 7 22 32 -12 39
23 OKC Energy 31 9 11 11 44 51 16 5 6 5 21 23 15 4 5 6 23 28 -7 38
24 Las Vegas Lights 31 10 8 13 42 50 15 8 4 3 27 13 16 2 4 10 15 37 -8 38
25 Portland Timbers II 29 10 7 12 56 55 15 5 4 6 28 27 14 5 3 6 28 28 1 37
26 Memphis 901 30 9 7 14 35 43 15 5 3 7 22 19 15 4 4 7 13 24 -8 34
27 Rio Grande Valley 30 9 7 14 45 55 16 8 3 5 24 15 14 1 4 9 21 40 -10 34
28 Atlanta United II 31 8 7 16 39 71 16 7 1 8 23 34 15 1 6 8 16 37 -32 31
29 Bethlehem Steel 30 8 6 16 44 65 16 4 3 9 25 33 14 4 3 7 19 32 -21 30
30 Tulsa Roughnecks 30 7 9 14 40 61 13 5 2 6 20 20 17 2 7 8 20 41 -21 30
31 Charlotte Independence 31 6 11 14 35 50 16 6 2 8 23 27 15 0 9 6 12 23 -15 29
32 Loudoun United 29 7 6 16 43 56 13 4 3 6 25 22 16 3 3 10 18 34 -13 27
33 Swope Park Rangers 30 6 7 17 39 66 16 5 5 6 26 32 14 1 2 11 13 34 -27 25
34 Colorado Springs 31 6 5 20 27 61 16 5 3 8 17 24 15 1 2 12 10 37 -34 23
35 Hartford Athletic 31 6 4 21 41 77 14 4 3 7 23 29 17 2 1 14 18 48 -36 22
36 Seattle Sounders II 29 4 6 19 31 79 14 4 3 7 24 30 15 0 3 12 7 49 -48 18

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