This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first USL Championship game of the season. Both Birmingham Legion and Indy Eleven are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
It should be mentioned that Indy Eleven play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Indy Eleven on grass are 6 victories, 3 draws and 11 defeats from 20 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 21-28. You can compare this with overall results below.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Birmingham, who have participated in two training matches. Birmingham Legion have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Last season, Birmingham Legion's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the USL Championship. Over these 16 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 19. Playing at home last season Birmingham Legion managed 3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 11 conceded.
Indy Eleven form and stats
It's a day of discovery for Indy Eleven as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Eleven have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Indy Eleven has scored 3 goals and conceded 0 times.
Let's have a look at how Indy Eleven performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 7/7 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Birmingham, zero draws and one win for Indy Eleven. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lapa 8 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Indy Eleven missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Indy Eleven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Birmingham Legion | Last season | Indy Eleven | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | ||
| 65% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 19% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 49% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Louisville City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Birmingham Legion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Indy Eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Memphis 901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Swope Park Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | OKC Energy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Atlanta United II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 16 |