It's still early in the USL Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Birmingham Legion - OKC Energy preview!
- OKC Energy have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in USL Championship
The hosts Birmingham saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the USL Championship. That game was an away game at San Antonio, so at least Birmingham Legion are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
OKC Energy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Birmingham Legion's two home games in the USL Championship so far this season, having collected 3 points.
Birmingham Legion are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus San Antonio.
Before that, Birmingham had a home game versus Memphis 901 which ended with a victory 1-0.There will be little rest for Birmingham Legion after this match as they are travelling to Atlanta United II for a USL Championship game in only four days.
Birmingham Legion has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
OKC Energy form and stats
One match played away so far in the USL Championship for OKC Energy and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from 8 games.
There were no winners in Energy's previous match, a USL Championship home game that ended 2-2 vs Atlanta United II (placed 2nd).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Swope Park Rangers that ended 1-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Memphis 901 in just three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, OKC Energy has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
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| Birmingham Legion | OKC Energy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 36% |
- OKC Energy have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in USL Championship
| Birmingham Legion | Last season | OKC Energy | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 81% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 81% | ||
| 65% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 19% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | ||
| 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 | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 49% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlanta United II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Indy Eleven | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Birmingham Legion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | OKC Energy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 7 | Swope Park Rangers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 |