The standings reveals that 5 points separate the two competitors in this USL Championship game. Birmingham Legion have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Birmingham Legion have the most scored goals (15) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Birmingham Legion, who have the most scored goals (15) in USL Championship, so far this season.
The Birmingham followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at BBVA Compass Field: A 1-4 defeat against Oakland Roots.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Miami FC II.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.
Goals are plentiful in this team's league fixtures, with 6 in a row seeing three goals or more (over 2.5).
Birmingham Legion have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BBVA Compass Field with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Birmingham with 11 goals conceded in these matches.
Oakland Roots form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Oakland Roots playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.
Oakland Roots play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Birmingham Legion (placed 2nd). Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Miami FC II.We have checked recent matches where Oakland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
Oakland Roots are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. As opposed to that, Oakland Roots have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent recorded scoreline featuring both these participants is the Birmingham Legion - Oakland Roots 1-4 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Birmingham wins - draws - Oakland Roots wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. Martinez likes to play against Oakland Roots and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Martínez 3 goals |  N. Brett 3 goals | J. Rodriguez 3 goals |
Birmingham Legion missing players
Oakland Roots missing players
| Birmingham Legion | Oakland Roots | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 70% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 5.1 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 10.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 41% | 56% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 31% |
| 11.1 | 8.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.2 |
- All of Birmingham Legion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Oakland Roots's away-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 have the most conceded goals (11) at home in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most conceded goals (18) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most matches over the total-line (6) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most scored goals (15) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oakland Roots have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oakland Roots have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Oakland Roots haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami FC II | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Loudoun United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Detroit City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Hartford Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 5 |
