A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Birmingham Legion fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Memphis 901's 4th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
Birmingham Legion, who have the most scored goals (14) in USL Championship, have collected 10 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 3-1-0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at BBVA Compass Field.
A strong away win for Birmingham Legion against North Carolina the last match, as J. Servania and N. Brett were on target. Before that, Birmingham played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Charlotte Independence.
Birmingham Legion can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times. Birmingham have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Memphis 901 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the USL Championship for Memphis 901, who have the most conceded goals (15) in USL Championship, with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
There might be some fixture complaints from Memphis as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the USL Championship match against Charlotte Independence (2-3). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against North Carolina.
A huge disappointment for Memphis in their last match (vs Charlotte Independence). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
Memphis find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Memphis's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham Legion - Memphis 901 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Birmingham, one draw and zero wins for Memphis 901. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lapa 4 goals |  N. Brett 3 goals | B. Allen 3 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Memphis 901 missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Memphis 901 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 7.4 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | 33 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 30 | 57 |
| 38 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 37% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 50% |
- All of Memphis 901's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Birmingham Legion has the most clean sheets (2) at home
- Birmingham Legion has the most matches under the total-line (4)
- Birmingham Legion has the most points (10) at home
- Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals (14)
- Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals (9) at home
- Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals in the first half (8)
- Birmingham Legion has the the best goal difference (+7) at home
- Birmingham Legion has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Birmingham Legion have not yet lost a game 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 as they have conceded.
- Birmingham Legion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Memphis 901 have scored away.
- Birmingham Legion have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Birmingham Legion is in the best form (3-2-1)
- Memphis 901 has the fewest points (1) away
- Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals (15)
- Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals (8) away
- Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Memphis 901 has the most dropped points from leading position (5)
- Memphis 901 has the most matches over the total-line (4)
- Memphis 901 has the the worst goal difference (-4) away
- Memphis 901 has the the worst goal difference (-6)
- Memphis 901 have yet to win a game away.
- Memphis 901 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Memphis 901 is in the worst form (1-2-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Birmingham Legion | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Charlotte Independence | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |