Charlotte Independence will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Birmingham Legion.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a USL Championship match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus North Carolina, was also a home game here at Matthews Sportsplex. The away team is better rested.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
Charlotte Independence have played 4 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Charlotte Independence bring valid hopes of a third.
The Independence supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host North Carolina in USL Championship and win 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Miami FC II.
The manager M. Jeffries will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Memphis 901 in only four days.
The Independence fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Birmingham Legion, who have the most scored goals (16) in USL Championship, playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.
Birmingham Legion delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Memphis 901 (placed 4th) in their previous match; a USL Championship game. Preceding that game was the away victory against North Carolina with the score of 2-0.
A new game in only four days for Birmingham, the USL Championship home match versus North Carolina. Busy days.
The visiting Birmingham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. It's not easy to score on Birmingham as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Independence - Birmingham Legion 1-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Independence won one, Birmingham Legion won two and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lapa 5 goals |  D. Kelly 4 goals | N. Brett 4 goals |
Charlotte Independence missing players
Birmingham Legion missing players
| Charlotte Independence | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.2 | 7.1 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 71 | 37 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 67 |
| 29 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 41 |
| 34% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 39% |
- Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Birmingham Legion has the most clean sheets (3)
- Birmingham Legion has the most points (7) away
- Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals (16)
- Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
- Birmingham Legion has the the best goal difference (+2) away
- Birmingham Legion has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Birmingham Legion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Birmingham Legion is in the best form (3-2-1)
- Charlotte Independence has the most points from losing position (7)
- Charlotte Independence has the most scored goals in the second half (9)
- Charlotte Independence have not yet lost a game at home.
- Charlotte Independence have scored in all their matches so far.
- Charlotte Independence 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 | Birmingham Legion | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Charlotte Independence | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 6 |