Home advantage could prove decisive in Birmingham Legion - Loudoun United battle

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Thu 22.June
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBVA Compass Field (5000 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league standings, Birmingham Legion followers wish to see their team win maximum points from this game versus Loudoun United.

Insights:
  • Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Loudoun United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in USL Championship

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham and Loudoun United.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

The story so far in the USL Championship for Birmingham Legion at their home stadium (BBVA Compass Field) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

A nice win for Birmingham Legion last time playing, versus Indy Eleven. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Nwegbo and Martínez scoring for the victors. Finally, a league win after five matches without one.

Ahead of that fixture, a home loss in the US Open Cup against Inter Miami. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Birmingham Legion handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

The Birmingham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches.

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Loudoun United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Loudoun United so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).

Two travels in a row for Loudoun United, whose coach Martin could celebrate last time after the win against Miami FC II.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Tulsa Roughnecks.

Loudoun United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tampa Bay Rowdies in just three days.

The Loudoun manager Martin has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Loudoun United - Birmingham Legion 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Birmingham three wins, one draw and Loudoun United one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Loudoun UnitedZ. Ryan
Z. Ryan
8 goals
Birmingham LegionE. Martínez
E. Martínez
4 goals
Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
3 goals

Birmingham Legion missing players

Loudoun United missing players

Birmingham Legion Loudoun United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 0 7 15
6 3 2 Won W 0 2 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
7 3 0 Lost L 0 5 9
19 12 6 Scored S 0 7 18
24 14 4 Conceded C 0 15 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 80%
71% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 60%
29% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 33%
21% 43% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
71% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 53%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 33%
 
5.2 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.3 3.9
4.4 3.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 4.9
2.4 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 10.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.3 11.1
3.6 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 4.6
38% 52% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 26%
 
11.4 9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.4 12.5
4.6 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.6 4.1
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • All of Birmingham Legion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Loudoun United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Loudoun United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Loudoun United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Loudoun United have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United 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 16 8 4 4 21 24 9 3 3 3 9 16 7 5 1 1 12 8 -3 28
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 15 7 6 2 20 11 6 5 1 0 12 3 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 27
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 15 7 4 4 23 16 9 5 2 2 17 10 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 25
4 Memphis 901 12 6 4 2 23 14 7 2 3 2 12 11 5 4 1 0 11 3 9 22
5 Louisville City 14 6 4 4 15 18 6 3 0 3 7 9 8 3 4 1 8 9 -3 22
6 Birmingham Legion 14 6 1 7 19 24 7 3 1 3 12 14 7 3 0 4 7 10 -5 19
7 Indy Eleven 14 4 4 6 15 17 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 -2 16
8 Detroit City 15 4 4 7 10 14 6 2 1 3 3 4 9 2 3 4 7 10 -4 16
9 Loudoun United 15 5 1 9 18 24 8 3 1 4 11 9 7 2 0 5 7 15 -6 16
10 Tulsa Roughnecks 15 2 7 6 17 22 7 1 3 3 8 10 8 1 4 3 9 12 -5 13
11 Miami FC II 15 2 7 6 18 24 9 2 4 3 12 10 6 0 3 3 6 14 -6 13
12 Hartford Athletic 15 2 4 9 20 32 8 1 2 5 8 15 7 1 2 4 12 17 -12 10

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.