Football tips: Indy Eleven vs Birmingham Legion - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Michael A. Carroll Stadium (67000 seats)

Indy Eleven 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.

Insights:
  • Indy Eleven have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (9) in USL Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

3-0-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Birmingham Legion when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those six matches are 7-14 (scored/conceded).

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Indy Eleven form and stats

With 1 USL Championship win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Indy Eleven are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Memphis 901 in the USL Championship last time out and are looking for a win here.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Atlanta United II the opponent.

Eleven have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Indy Eleven's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham Legion, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in USL Championship, playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Birmingham are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a USL Championship home defeat versus Memphis 901 with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that result Birmingham won their away game at Indy Eleven. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visiting Birmingham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. Birmingham are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Indy Eleven - Birmingham Legion 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Eleven victories, zero draws and two Birmingham Legion wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
8 goals
Indy ElevenJ. Dear Hamilton
J. Dear Hamilton
4 goals
ElevenM. Arteaga Rubianes
M. Arteaga Rubianes
3 goals

Indy Eleven missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Indy Eleven Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 0 Played P 1 7 12
4 1 0 Won W 1 4 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 4 0 Lost L 0 2 4
14 5 0 Scored S 2 7 11
16 8 0 Conceded C 1 6 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 42%
31% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 33%
15% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 42%
31% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 25%
 
5.9 8.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0.7 2.5
4.1 2.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 10.6 7.8
1.8 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.9 10.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.3 10.2
3.5 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.5
31% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 21% 20%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Birmingham Legion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (9) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most clean sheets (3) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most clean sheets (5) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most points (13) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Indy Eleven have created more than twice as many corners as Birmingham Legion.
  • Indy Eleven have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in USL Championship
  • Indy Eleven have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Indy Eleven have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Indy Eleven 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 Louisville City 13 8 2 3 28 16 9 6 2 1 19 8 4 2 0 2 9 8 12 26
2 Birmingham Legion 12 7 1 4 11 9 5 3 0 2 4 3 7 4 1 2 7 6 2 22
3 Tulsa Roughnecks 12 6 1 5 21 23 5 3 0 2 12 10 7 3 1 3 9 13 -2 19
4 OKC Energy 14 4 5 5 13 16 7 1 3 3 5 8 7 3 2 2 8 8 -3 17
5 Indy Eleven 13 4 4 5 14 16 7 1 2 4 5 8 6 3 2 1 9 8 -2 16
6 Atlanta United II 14 3 5 6 17 18 9 2 4 3 14 11 5 1 1 3 3 7 -1 14
7 Memphis 901 11 3 4 4 11 14 3 1 0 2 3 4 8 2 4 2 8 10 -3 13
8 Swope Park Rangers 14 3 4 7 18 26 6 1 2 3 8 12 8 2 2 4 10 14 -8 13

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.