Memphis 901 vs Birmingham Legion match preview: Even contest expected at AutoZone Park

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: AutoZone Park (10000 seats)

Memphis 901 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 4th position in the USL Championship table. Visiting Birmingham Legion holds 2nd place with 25 pts.

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.

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Memphis 901 form and stats

Memphis 901, who have the most conceded goals (31) in USL Championship, have played 7 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Memphis last time playing, versus Birmingham Legion. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with C. Jennings (3) scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Charlotte Independence.

What a game it was for C. Jennings when beating Birmingham Legion, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

Memphis has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Memphis defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

As the visiting team in USL Championship matches, Birmingham Legion, who have the most scored goals (29) in USL Championship, have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.

Birmingham Legion are travelling again after losing away to Memphis 901 in their previous match (1-3). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus North Carolina.

The travelling fans enjoy Birmingham Legion's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Birmingham Legion have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Memphis 901 - Birmingham Legion 3-1. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - three - two (Memphis wins - draws - Birmingham Legion wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MemphisC. Jennings
C. Jennings
9 goals
Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
9 goals
Birmingham LegionB. Lapa
B. Lapa
7 goals

Memphis 901 missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Memphis 901 Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 2 8 16
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 0 Lost L 1 2 5
24 9 0 Scored S 2 15 29
31 11 0 Conceded C 1 8 19
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 88%
73% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
67% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 38%
33% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
73% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 69%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
20% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 6%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
107 38 0 Total Shots T S 9 50 112
44 10 0 Shots on Target S O 7 32 61
45% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 41% 44%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals (19) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion has the fewest points from losing position (3) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals (29) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion has the most scored goals in the first half (18) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion has the the best goal difference (+10) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion has the the best goal difference (+7) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Birmingham Legion is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest clean sheets (1) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals (31) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most matches over the total-line (11) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the the worst goal difference (-7) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 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 Charlotte Independence 16 8 4 4 24 22 8 3 3 2 11 12 8 5 1 2 13 10 2 28
2 Birmingham Legion 16 7 4 5 29 19 8 3 2 3 14 11 8 4 2 2 15 8 10 25
3 North Carolina 15 6 1 8 17 21 8 2 0 6 6 13 7 4 1 2 11 8 -4 19
4 Memphis 901 15 4 4 7 24 31 7 2 2 3 9 11 8 2 2 4 15 20 -7 16

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.