A total of twelve rounds of fixtures are done and both Birmingham Legion and El Paso Locomotive are at the right end of the league table. Let's get started!
- Birmingham Legion have the most scored goals (17) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the the best goal difference (+6) away in USL Championship
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.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
When playing at home in the USL Championship, Birmingham Legion have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Birmingham with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Hartford Athletic game, 20 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Birmingham Legion club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at BBVA Compass Field: A 1-2 defeat against El Paso Locomotive.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Pittsburgh Riverhounds.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The Birmingham Legion fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Birmingham Legion are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).
El Paso Locomotive form and stats
Playing away, El Paso Locomotive have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the USL Championship this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Birmingham Legion.
It's the second away game in a row for Locomotive, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Birmingham Legion (placed 4th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Loudoun United.El Paso Locomotive are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The Locomotive manager Clarhaut has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. As opposed to that, El Paso Locomotive have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham and El Paso Locomotive have met previously this season: Birmingham Legion - El Paso Locomotive 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Solignac 6 goals |  E. Martínez 3 goals | N. Brett 3 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
El Paso Locomotive missing players
| Birmingham Legion | El Paso Locomotive | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 75% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 64% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 55% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.2 | 13.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 53% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 35% |
| 11.3 | 9.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
- All of Birmingham Legion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of El Paso Locomotive's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Birmingham Legion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham Legion have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Birmingham Legion have the most conceded goals (13) at home in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most conceded goals (22) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most matches over the total-line (8) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most scored goals (17) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- El Paso Locomotive have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- El Paso Locomotive have not yet lost a game away.
- El Paso Locomotive have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- El Paso Locomotive have scored in all their away matches so far.
- El Paso Locomotive have the the best goal difference (+6) away in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- El Paso Locomotive 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 | Charleston Battery | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 4 | Birmingham Legion | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 5 | Memphis 901 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | Miami FC II | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Loudoun United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Hartford Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
