Miami FC II vs Birmingham Legion: Match guide and preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium (20000 seats)

Birmingham Legion go on their trip to Miami FC II and Riccardo Silva Stadium full of hope and confidence, but the hosting team is no weakling. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Miami FC II have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most points (9) away 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 Miami and Birmingham Legion.

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Miami FC II form and stats

Miami FC II have collected 6 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 1-3-1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Riccardo Silva Stadium.

Miami FC II's last game was hosting Birmingham Legion (placed 1st) and winning 2-0.

Before that, Miami played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Oakland Roots.

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 Miami FC II have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

The Miami fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Miami FC II have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Birmingham Legion, who have the most points (9) away in USL Championship, playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.

Two away games in a row for Birmingham Legion, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Miami FC II.

Before that, Birmingham Legion secured a home win against Hartford Athletic with the score 3-2.

Birmingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Birmingham Legion find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Birmingham Legion have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Miami FC II.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
3 goals
MiamiP. Craig
P. Craig
2 goals
Birmingham LegionG. Alcides Alves
G. Alcides Alves
2 goals

Miami FC II missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Miami FC II Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 6 0 Played P 1 5 9
2 2 0 Won W 1 3 5
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
9 8 0 Scored S 2 5 13
7 4 0 Conceded C 0 6 13
78% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
11% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 56%
11% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 22%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 56%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 22%
44% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 22%
 
3.2 3.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.4
4.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 6 4.8
2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 13.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10 9.8
3.6 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.4 3.2
28% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 45%
 
9.9 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 17 12.6
2.8 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.4
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Birmingham Legion have the most points (9) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Miami FC II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Miami FC II have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in USL Championship
  • Miami FC II have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in USL Championship
  • Miami FC II have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in USL Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Birmingham Legion 8 5 1 2 13 11 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 3 0 1 5 4 2 16
2 Charleston Battery 8 4 3 1 13 8 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 5 3 5 15
3 Louisville City 8 4 2 2 7 10 3 2 0 1 2 3 5 2 2 1 5 7 -3 14
4 Loudoun United 7 3 1 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 6 2 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 10
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 8 2 4 2 8 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 1 3 2 5 6 1 10
6 Miami FC II 8 1 5 2 7 7 5 1 3 1 6 4 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 8
7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8 2 2 4 6 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 2 5 -4 8
8 Tulsa Roughnecks 8 1 4 3 11 11 5 1 3 1 7 5 3 0 1 2 4 6 0 7
9 Memphis 901 6 1 3 2 9 10 4 0 2 2 5 9 2 1 1 0 4 1 -1 6
10 Indy Eleven 7 1 3 3 5 9 4 0 2 2 3 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 -4 6
11 Hartford Athletic 7 1 2 4 11 15 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 10 13 -4 5
12 Detroit City 8 1 1 6 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 3 5 1 1 3 3 4 -4 4

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.