USL Championship: Memphis 901 - Birmingham Legion game guide and numbers

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: AutoZone Park (14384 seats)

Both Memphis 901 and Birmingham Legion are hungry for points in this one, despite the away team holding a 12 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest scored goals (16) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (18) in USL Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Memphis and Birmingham Legion.

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Memphis 901 form and stats

Memphis 901 have collected 7 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 2-1-2.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Memphis 901, who played 1-1 against Colorado Springs. That match was also played at this venue (AutoZone Park).

Prior to that, an away loss at OKC Energy.

Memphis has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Memphis's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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 5-1-3 so far.

J. Flemmings, J. Williams, A. Asiedu and N. Brett scored in Birmingham's previous match, the home game against Swope Park Rangers that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Swope Park Rangers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 1-3 defeat away at Tulsa Roughnecks before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Birmingham have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. Birmingham have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the match result Birmingham Legion - Memphis 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Memphis victories, three draws and three Birmingham Legion wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
11 goals
Memphis 901K. Murphy
K. Murphy
9 goals
MemphisM. Salazar Jr.
M. Salazar Jr.
3 goals

Memphis 901 missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Memphis 901 Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 5 0 Played P 2 9 17
5 2 0 Won W 2 5 10
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
16 5 0 Scored S 3 10 23
20 5 0 Conceded C 1 10 18
93% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 59%
47% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 47%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 24%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 53%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 18%
 
4.3 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0.6 3.6
5.7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 10.4 6.6
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 16.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.4 9.5
4 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.1
29% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 33%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Birmingham Legion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (18) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most clean sheets (3) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most points (16) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most points from losing position (8) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest scored goals (16) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Memphis 901 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Memphis 901 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 Louisville City 17 11 3 3 37 20 11 8 2 1 25 10 6 3 1 2 12 10 17 36
2 Birmingham Legion 17 10 2 5 23 18 8 5 1 2 13 8 9 5 1 3 10 10 5 32
3 Atlanta United II 19 5 7 7 30 28 12 4 5 3 24 16 7 1 2 4 6 12 2 22
4 OKC Energy 18 5 7 6 20 21 9 2 4 3 9 9 9 3 3 3 11 12 -1 22
5 Tulsa Roughnecks 16 7 1 8 25 29 7 4 0 3 15 13 9 3 1 5 10 16 -4 22
6 Memphis 901 15 5 5 5 16 20 5 2 1 2 5 5 10 3 4 3 11 15 -4 20
7 Indy Eleven 16 5 4 7 19 24 8 1 2 5 6 10 8 4 2 2 13 14 -5 19
8 Swope Park Rangers 19 3 5 11 23 38 8 1 2 5 10 16 11 2 3 6 13 22 -15 14

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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.