Can Hartford Athletic beat Birmingham Legion in Dillon Stadium clash?

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Thu 10.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dillon Stadium (5500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Dillon Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Hartford Athletic languishing in the 35th position so far. The guesting Birmingham Legion will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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 have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Hartford Athletic form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Hartford Athletic, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in USL Championship, have to build on here at Dillon Stadium in the USL Championship.

The points were shared in Hartford Athletic's previous game, also at home. Visiting Swope Park Rangers (placed 33rd) travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Charlotte Independence (0-4).

A decent goal production from Hartford Athletic in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Hartford Athletic have conceded 31 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

As the visiting team in USL Championship matches, Birmingham Legion have produced an overall stat of 5-4-7 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Birmingham Legion are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Birmingham Legion's last game was the home draw against Charleston Battery (0-0). A 1-3 defeat away at Swope Park Rangers before that.

Birmingham Legion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Birmingham Legion have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Birmingham Legion - Hartford Athletic 2-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 1 - 0 (Hartford Athletic wins - draws - Birmingham Legion wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Jörgensen
1 goals
H. Swartz
1 goals
 
P. Kasim
1 goals

Hartford Athletic missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Hartford Athletic Birmingham Legion
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
32 15 2 Played P 6 16 31
6 4 1 Won W 2 5 11
5 4 0 Drew D 2 4 7
21 7 1 Lost L 2 7 13
43 25 4 Scored S 13 22 33
79 31 4 Conceded C 12 32 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 87%
94% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 58%
81% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 69% 45%
56% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 83% 62% 39%
34% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 44% 23%
72% 87% 100% BTTS BTTS 83% 56% 32%
3% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 39%
25% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 42%
 
3.8 3.6 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.4 4.6
4.9 5.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 5.3 4.9
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.2
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 3 5 5
Key stats This season:
  • Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hartford Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Hartford Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Hartford Athletic
All US Open Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
10-08-19 USL Hartford Athletic 1 - 5 New York RB II
24-08-19 USL Hartford Athletic 3 - 2 Atlanta United II
02-09-19 USL Saint Louis FC 3 - 2 Hartford Athletic
07-09-19 USL Hartford Athletic 5 - 1 Loudoun United
14-09-19 USL Hartford Athletic 0 - 1 Louisville City
22-09-19 USL Ottawa Fury 4 - 1 Hartford Athletic
28-09-19 USL Charlotte Independence 4 - 0 Hartford Athletic
05-10-19 USL Hartford Athletic 2 - 2 Swope Park Rangers
10-10-19 USL Hartford Athletic 00:00 Birmingham Legion
19-10-19 USL Hartford Athletic 22:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Birmingham Legion
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
25-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Birmingham Legion
28-08-19 USL Loudoun United 1 - 1 Birmingham Legion
04-09-19 USL Atlanta United II 0 - 5 Birmingham Legion
14-09-19 USL Birmingham Legion 0 - 2 Saint Louis FC
18-09-19 USL Nashville 1 - 0 Birmingham Legion
21-09-19 USL Birmingham Legion 1 - 0 Indy Eleven
01-10-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 3 - 1 Birmingham Legion
06-10-19 USL Birmingham Legion 0 - 0 Charleston Battery
10-10-19 USL Hartford Athletic 00:00 Birmingham Legion
20-10-19 USL Birmingham Legion 19:30 Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Phoenix Rising 31 23 5 3 82 30 15 12 3 0 47 13 16 11 2 3 35 17 52 74
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 32 17 11 4 56 30 17 10 7 0 30 10 15 7 4 4 26 20 26 62
3 Indy Eleven 31 18 5 8 44 25 16 12 4 0 24 5 15 6 1 8 20 20 19 59
4 Nashville 31 17 7 7 52 25 14 7 4 3 23 10 17 10 3 4 29 15 27 58
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 16 9 7 59 30 16 8 5 3 32 13 16 8 4 4 27 17 29 57
6 New York RB II 32 17 6 9 70 42 17 11 3 3 42 15 15 6 3 6 28 27 28 57
7 Fresno FC 32 16 8 8 56 40 16 10 4 2 31 18 16 6 4 6 25 22 16 56
8 Louisville City 30 15 9 6 46 31 16 9 4 3 30 18 14 6 5 3 16 13 15 54
9 Reno 1868 31 16 5 10 65 49 16 8 3 5 37 24 15 8 2 5 28 25 16 53
10 North Carolina 31 14 8 9 52 34 15 9 5 1 35 14 16 5 3 8 17 20 18 50
11 Ottawa Fury 31 13 9 9 46 38 16 10 4 2 27 15 15 3 5 7 19 23 8 48
12 Sacramento Republic 31 14 5 12 47 36 15 8 3 4 28 14 16 6 2 8 19 22 11 47
13 Orange County 30 13 8 9 47 37 16 9 4 3 32 17 14 4 4 6 15 20 10 47
14 El Paso Locomotive 31 12 10 9 37 32 15 7 4 4 23 17 16 5 6 5 14 15 5 46
15 Austin Bold 31 13 7 11 49 46 17 10 3 4 35 20 14 3 4 7 14 26 3 46
16 Real Monarchs 29 13 6 10 61 49 14 9 3 2 40 20 15 4 3 8 21 29 12 45
17 LA Galaxy II 32 11 11 10 55 60 16 6 6 4 31 28 16 5 5 6 24 32 -5 44
18 New Mexico United 31 10 12 9 55 54 15 5 7 3 29 23 16 5 5 6 26 31 1 42
19 Las Vegas Lights 32 11 8 13 46 52 16 9 4 3 31 15 16 2 4 10 15 37 -6 41
20 San Antonio 31 11 7 13 53 49 15 9 4 2 32 15 16 2 3 11 21 34 4 40
21 Charleston Battery 31 9 13 9 36 41 14 6 6 2 20 17 17 3 7 7 16 24 -5 40
22 Birmingham Legion 31 11 7 13 33 45 15 6 3 6 11 13 16 5 4 7 22 32 -12 40
23 Saint Louis FC 30 10 9 11 35 34 15 7 6 2 23 14 15 3 3 9 12 20 1 39
24 OKC Energy 32 9 11 12 44 53 16 5 6 5 21 23 16 4 5 7 23 30 -9 38
25 Portland Timbers II 30 10 7 13 59 60 16 5 4 7 31 32 14 5 3 6 28 28 -1 37
26 Rio Grande Valley 31 9 8 14 46 56 16 8 3 5 24 15 15 1 5 9 22 41 -10 35
27 Memphis 901 31 9 7 15 35 46 15 5 3 7 22 19 16 4 4 8 13 27 -11 34
28 Atlanta United II 32 8 8 16 40 72 16 7 1 8 23 34 16 1 7 8 17 38 -32 32
29 Loudoun United 31 8 6 17 46 58 15 5 3 7 28 24 16 3 3 10 18 34 -12 30
30 Bethlehem Steel 30 8 6 16 44 65 16 4 3 9 25 33 14 4 3 7 19 32 -21 30
31 Tulsa Roughnecks 31 7 9 15 42 64 14 5 2 7 22 23 17 2 7 8 20 41 -22 30
32 Charlotte Independence 31 6 11 14 35 50 16 6 2 8 23 27 15 0 9 6 12 23 -15 29
33 Swope Park Rangers 31 6 8 17 41 68 16 5 5 6 26 32 15 1 3 11 15 36 -27 26
34 Colorado Springs 32 7 5 20 29 61 17 6 3 8 19 24 15 1 2 12 10 37 -32 26
35 Hartford Athletic 32 6 5 21 43 79 15 4 4 7 25 31 17 2 1 14 18 48 -36 23
36 Seattle Sounders II 30 5 6 19 35 80 14 4 3 7 24 30 16 1 3 12 11 50 -45 21

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