First Tennessee Park: Nashville vs Birmingham Legion USL Championship preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Wed 18.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: First Tennessee Park

Nashville have performed better than Birmingham Legion so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

The visiting Birmingham Legion played their last game only four days ago, a USL Championship match.

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Nashville form and stats

Overall USL Championship stats at home this season for Nashville are 6-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Nashville will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the USL Championship game against Saint Louis FC (placed 22nd). In the game before, an away victory match versus Tampa Bay Rowdies with a 2-1 scoreline.

Nashville are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D0-L0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Pittsburgh Riverhounds in only four days. This game is also played here at First Tennessee Park.

Nashville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at First Tennessee Park with 22 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Nashville have conceded only 10 goals.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Birmingham Legion in their USL Championship matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a USL Championship home defeat versus Saint Louis FC with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Atlanta United II at their stadium, the result 5-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Birmingham Legion played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 2 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

After this away game Birmingham Legion return home for a USL Championship game against Indy Eleven. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Birmingham Legion has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. Birmingham Legion have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Birmingham Legion - Nashville 0-1 played earlier this season. Last one meeting between the teams: Nashville won 1, Birmingham Legion won 0 and 0 draws. 0 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
C. Lancaster
1 goals
 
A. Winn
1 goals / 2 assists
 
K. Belmar
1 goals

Nashville missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Nashville Birmingham Legion
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
28 12 3 Played P 6 14 27
15 6 1 Won W 2 5 10
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
7 3 1 Lost L 3 5 11
49 22 5 Scored S 5 21 31
25 10 5 Conceded C 14 28 41
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 86% 89%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 63%
46% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 48%
29% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 64% 41%
14% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 26%
46% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 33%
39% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 37%
21% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 41%
 
4.7 6.2 7.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 3.1 4.3
4 3.2 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 5.1 4.9
1.2 0.7 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2.2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 4 4
Key stats This season:
  • Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nashville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nashville have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Nashville
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
17-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 1 - 3 Nashville
22-08-19 USL Nashville 1 - 2 New York RB II
25-08-19 USL Nashville 2 - 1 Charleston Battery
31-08-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 2 Nashville
08-09-19 USL Saint Louis FC 1 - 0 Nashville
18-09-19 USL Nashville 00:00 Birmingham Legion
22-09-19 USL Nashville 00:00 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
28-09-19 USL Loudoun United 23:30 Nashville
08-10-19 USL Nashville 23:00 Louisville City
12-10-19 USL Nashville 23:00 North Carolina
Birmingham Legion
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
18-08-19 USL Birmingham Legion 1 - 0 Memphis 901
25-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Birmingham Legion
28-08-19 USL Loudoun United 1 - 1 Birmingham Legion
04-09-19 USL Atlanta United II 0 - 5 Birmingham Legion
14-09-19 USL Birmingham Legion 0 - 2 Saint Louis FC
18-09-19 USL Nashville 00:00 Birmingham Legion
21-09-19 USL Birmingham Legion 00:00 Indy Eleven
30-09-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 23:00 Birmingham Legion
05-10-19 USL Birmingham Legion 23:00 Charleston Battery
10-10-19 USL Hartford Athletic - Birmingham Legion

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Phoenix Rising 28 22 4 2 74 23 15 12 3 0 47 13 13 10 1 2 27 10 51 70
2 New York RB II 28 17 5 6 66 32 16 11 2 3 41 14 12 6 3 3 25 18 34 56
3 Indy Eleven 26 17 5 4 40 18 15 11 4 0 21 5 11 6 1 4 19 13 22 56
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 15 8 5 51 24 15 7 5 3 26 12 13 8 3 2 25 12 27 53
5 Nashville 28 15 6 7 49 25 12 6 3 3 22 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 24 51
6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 27 14 9 4 49 28 15 9 6 0 26 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 21 51
7 Fresno FC 27 14 8 5 46 31 13 8 4 1 23 13 14 6 4 4 23 18 15 50
8 Reno 1868 28 15 4 9 61 46 14 8 2 4 36 22 14 7 2 5 25 24 15 49
9 Louisville City 27 13 8 6 38 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 13 5 5 3 15 13 12 47
10 North Carolina 28 12 8 8 46 31 13 7 5 1 30 13 15 5 3 7 16 18 15 44
11 Sacramento Republic 27 13 3 11 41 30 13 8 2 3 25 10 14 5 1 8 16 20 11 42
12 Orange County 27 11 8 8 44 35 15 8 4 3 30 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 9 41
13 New Mexico United 28 10 10 8 51 48 12 5 5 2 25 17 16 5 5 6 26 31 3 40
14 Austin Bold 29 11 7 11 43 44 16 9 3 4 31 19 13 2 4 7 12 25 -1 40
15 Real Monarchs 26 11 6 9 54 44 14 9 3 2 40 20 12 2 3 7 14 24 10 39
16 Ottawa Fury 27 10 9 8 39 34 13 7 4 2 21 14 14 3 5 6 18 20 5 39
17 LA Galaxy II 28 10 9 9 47 54 14 5 5 4 25 26 14 5 4 5 22 28 -7 39
18 OKC Energy 29 9 10 10 43 46 15 5 5 5 21 23 14 4 5 5 22 23 -3 37
19 San Antonio 27 10 6 11 45 39 14 8 4 2 30 14 13 2 2 9 15 25 6 36
20 El Paso Locomotive 27 9 9 9 31 30 13 5 4 4 19 16 14 4 5 5 12 14 1 36
21 Birmingham Legion 27 10 6 11 31 41 13 5 2 6 10 13 14 5 4 5 21 28 -10 36
22 Saint Louis FC 26 9 8 9 32 31 12 6 5 1 20 12 14 3 3 8 12 19 1 35
23 Charleston Battery 27 8 11 8 32 36 13 5 6 2 18 16 14 3 5 6 14 20 -4 35
24 Las Vegas Lights 29 9 8 12 38 45 15 8 4 3 27 13 14 1 4 9 11 32 -7 35
25 Portland Timbers II 27 9 7 11 49 50 13 4 4 5 21 22 14 5 3 6 28 28 -1 34
26 Rio Grande Valley 27 7 7 13 40 49 14 6 3 5 19 14 13 1 4 8 21 35 -9 28
27 Memphis 901 27 7 7 13 29 42 12 3 3 6 16 18 15 4 4 7 13 24 -13 28
28 Bethlehem Steel 27 7 6 14 38 52 15 3 3 9 20 31 12 4 3 5 18 21 -14 27
29 Charlotte Independence 29 5 11 13 31 47 14 5 2 7 19 24 15 0 9 6 12 23 -16 26
30 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
31 Loudoun United 26 6 6 14 37 48 11 3 3 5 21 19 15 3 3 9 16 29 -11 24
32 Atlanta United II 28 6 6 16 33 68 14 5 1 8 18 32 14 1 5 8 15 36 -35 24
33 Colorado Springs 29 6 5 18 26 56 15 5 3 7 16 21 14 1 2 11 10 35 -30 23
34 Hartford Athletic 29 6 4 19 40 69 14 4 3 7 23 29 15 2 1 12 17 40 -29 22
35 Swope Park Rangers 27 4 7 16 32 61 15 4 5 6 23 31 12 0 2 10 9 30 -29 19
36 Seattle Sounders II 26 4 5 17 26 68 12 4 2 6 22 25 14 0 3 11 4 43 -42 17

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