Home team gets the points, the away team steals it or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Louisville City and Birmingham Legion battle at Lynn Family Stadium.
- Louisville City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
The hosts Louisville City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the USL Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Detroit City.
Louisville City form and stats
All-inclusive USL Championship stats playing at home this season for Louisville City are 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Louisville haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 217 minutes ago. Lancaster scored that one.
Louisville City lost their last game at Detroit City (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home game against Pittsburgh Riverhounds that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Louisville City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
A fact: This side have played 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.
Louisville are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Louisville City defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.
Birmingham Legion go into this game after a win, the home game against Tampa Bay Rowdies that ended 1-0.
Before that, Birmingham travelled to Las Vegas Lights and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.We have checked recent matches where Birmingham Legion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Observe that 11 of this side's 14 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
As opposed to that, Birmingham have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Louisville City five wins, two draws and Birmingham Legion two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Martínez 6 goals |   W. Harris 4 goals |  T. Pasher 4 goals |
Louisville City missing players
Birmingham Legion missing players
| Louisville City | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 30 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 83% |
| 37% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 67% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 13.8 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 37% |
| 10.6 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.2 | 11.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Louisville City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Louisville City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charleston Battery | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | -3 | 28 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Memphis 901 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Birmingham Legion | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Louisville City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Detroit City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Loudoun United | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Miami FC II | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Hartford Athletic | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -12 | 10 |
