After the first game it's Louisville City - Birmingham Legion 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second USL Championship game of the season?
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Louisville City form and stats
Louisville City have only played one USL Championship game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 11 matches.
Ahead of that match, Louisville lost 1-2 at home to Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Louisville City has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Last season, Louisville City's league statistics were 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the USL Championship. Over these 16 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 12. Playing at home last season Louisville City managed 7-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 10 conceded.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
A 2-4 defeat away at Tampa Bay Rowdies before that.
Let's have a look at how Birmingham Legion performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 15/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Louisville City-Birmingham Legion H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Louisville City two wins, Birmingham Legion one win, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Louisville City missing players
Birmingham Legion missing players
| Louisville City | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Louisville City | Last season | Birmingham Legion | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 74% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 65% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 41% | ||
| 11% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 18% | ||
| 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | ||
| 47% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 5% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 6% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 49% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Louisville City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Indy Eleven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta United II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Birmingham Legion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Sporting Kansas City II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | OKC Energy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Louisville City | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Saint Louis FC | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Sporting Kansas City II | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -9 | 16 |