Another action-packed fixture in USL Championship as North Carolina welcome Birmingham Legion

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 01.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park (10000 seats)

After two games we know a little more about the qualities of North Carolina and Birmingham Legion in this fresh USL Championship season. Read our match preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Birmingham Legion, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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North Carolina form and stats

North Carolina's first USL Championship home game here at WakeMed Soccer Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat from 17 matches.

North Carolina manager D. Sarachan and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Tampa Bay Rowdies (placed 5th) in the USL Championship. Preceding that match was a defeat to Louisville City (0-1).

Late drama in the game against Tampa Bay Rowdies as Carolina were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until R. Kristo popped out and made it level in the 83rd minute.

Early season league goal statistics from North Carolina's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the USL Championship, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 17 matches.

There were no winners in Birmingham's previous match, a USL Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Tampa Bay Rowdies (placed 5th). Prior to that result Birmingham won their away game at Charleston Battery. The scoreline was 2-1.

A new game in only four days for Birmingham, the USL Championship home match versus Charlotte Independence. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Birmingham Legion has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

North Carolina-Birmingham Legion H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Carolina zero wins, Birmingham Legion two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham LegionB. Lapa
B. Lapa
3 goals
Birmingham LegionB. Wright
B. Wright
2 goals
North CarolinaR. Kristo
R. Kristo
1 goals

North Carolina missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
North Carolina Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 2 6
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.7
5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 7.7
1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 7 7 Total Shots T S 0 8 22
6 2 2 Shots on Target S O 0 4 13
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 46%
North Carolina Last season Birmingham Legion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   19 36
16 11   Won W   6 13
8 5   Drew D   4 7
11 2   Lost L   9 16
59 42   Scored S   25 38
40 18   Conceded C   45 60
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
74% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 61%
54% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 50%
31% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   68% 42%
20% 39%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   47% 25%
54% 61%   BTTS BTTS   53% 33%
29% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 33%
23% 6%   Failed to Score F T   37% 44%
 
8.5 8.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3
6.5 6.5   Corners against (avg) C A   7 9.5
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
27 27   Total Shots T S   20 23
14 14   Shots on Target S O   9 11
21% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Indy Eleven 5 4 0 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 12
2 Hartford Athletic 3 3 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
3 Charleston Battery 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 9
4 Saint Louis FC 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 9
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
6 Birmingham Legion 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4 2 0 2 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 10 3 6 6
8 New York RB II 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 6
9 Louisville City 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 6
10 Charlotte Independence 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4
11 Loudoun United 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
12 Memphis 901 4 0 2 2 6 11 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
13 Bethlehem Steel 5 0 2 3 3 14 4 0 2 2 1 11 1 0 0 1 2 3 -11 2
14 North Carolina 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Atlanta United II 5 0 1 4 3 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1
16 Swope Park Rangers 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
17 Miami FC II 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season 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 34 24 6 4 89 36 17 13 3 1 51 16 17 11 3 3 38 20 53 78
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 34 19 11 4 58 30 17 10 7 0 30 10 17 9 4 4 28 20 28 68
3 Nashville 34 20 7 7 59 26 17 10 4 3 30 11 17 10 3 4 29 15 33 67
4 Indy Eleven 34 19 6 9 48 29 17 13 4 0 26 6 17 6 2 9 22 23 19 63
5 Reno 1868 34 18 6 10 72 51 17 8 4 5 39 26 17 10 2 5 33 25 21 60
6 Louisville City 34 17 9 8 58 41 17 10 4 3 38 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 17 60
7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 34 16 10 8 61 33 17 8 6 3 33 14 17 8 4 5 28 19 28 58
8 New York RB II 34 17 6 11 74 51 17 11 3 3 42 15 17 6 3 8 32 36 23 57
9 Fresno FC 34 16 9 9 58 44 17 10 5 2 33 20 17 6 4 7 25 24 14 57
10 North Carolina 34 16 8 10 57 37 17 11 5 1 40 15 17 5 3 9 17 22 20 56
11 Real Monarchs 34 16 8 10 71 53 17 11 4 2 47 22 17 5 4 8 24 31 18 56
12 Orange County 34 15 9 10 54 43 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 5 5 7 20 26 11 54
13 Ottawa Fury 34 14 10 10 50 43 17 10 5 2 28 16 17 4 5 8 22 27 7 52
14 El Paso Locomotive 34 13 11 10 42 36 17 8 5 4 28 19 17 5 6 6 14 17 6 50
15 Sacramento Republic 34 14 6 14 50 43 17 8 4 5 31 18 17 6 2 9 19 25 7 48
16 Austin Bold 34 13 9 12 53 52 17 10 3 4 35 20 17 3 6 8 18 32 1 48
17 LA Galaxy II 34 12 12 10 59 62 17 7 6 4 33 28 17 5 6 6 26 34 -3 48
18 New Mexico United 34 11 13 10 59 57 17 6 8 3 32 24 17 5 5 7 27 33 2 46
19 Charleston Battery 34 11 13 10 44 44 17 8 6 3 28 20 17 3 7 7 16 24 0 46
20 San Antonio 34 12 9 13 62 57 17 9 6 2 37 20 17 3 3 11 25 37 5 45
21 Birmingham Legion 34 12 7 15 35 51 17 7 3 7 13 15 17 5 4 8 22 36 -16 43
22 Saint Louis FC 34 11 9 14 40 41 17 8 6 3 25 16 17 3 3 11 15 25 -1 42
23 Rio Grande Valley 34 11 8 15 50 58 17 9 3 5 26 16 17 2 5 10 24 42 -8 41
24 Las Vegas Lights 34 11 8 15 46 56 17 9 4 4 31 17 17 2 4 11 15 39 -10 41
25 Loudoun United 34 11 6 17 59 65 17 7 3 7 39 30 17 4 3 10 20 35 -6 39
26 Portland Timbers II 34 10 8 16 65 71 17 5 4 8 34 36 17 5 4 8 31 35 -6 38
27 Charlotte Independence 34 9 11 14 42 53 17 7 2 8 26 28 17 2 9 6 16 25 -11 38
28 OKC Energy 34 9 11 14 45 58 17 5 6 6 21 25 17 4 5 8 24 33 -13 38
29 Atlanta United II 34 9 8 17 45 77 17 8 1 8 28 36 17 1 7 9 17 41 -32 35
30 Memphis 901 34 9 7 18 37 52 17 5 3 9 24 23 17 4 4 9 13 29 -15 34
31 Tulsa Roughnecks 34 8 10 16 45 69 17 6 3 8 25 28 17 2 7 8 20 41 -24 34
32 Bethlehem Steel 34 8 7 19 49 78 17 4 3 10 26 35 17 4 4 9 23 43 -29 31
33 Seattle Sounders II 34 8 7 19 42 82 17 7 3 7 30 31 17 1 4 12 12 51 -40 31
34 Hartford Athletic 34 8 5 21 49 80 17 6 4 7 31 32 17 2 1 14 18 48 -31 29
35 Colorado Springs 34 7 6 21 31 65 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 1 3 13 12 41 -34 27
36 Swope Park Rangers 34 6 8 20 46 80 17 5 5 7 27 34 17 1 3 13 19 46 -34 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Indy Eleven 5 4 0 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 12
2 Hartford Athletic 3 3 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
3 Charleston Battery 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 9
4 Saint Louis FC 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 9
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
6 Birmingham Legion 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4 2 0 2 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 10 3 6 6
8 New York RB II 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 6
9 Louisville City 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 6
10 Charlotte Independence 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4
11 Loudoun United 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
12 Memphis 901 4 0 2 2 6 11 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
13 Bethlehem Steel 5 0 2 3 3 14 4 0 2 2 1 11 1 0 0 1 2 3 -11 2
14 North Carolina 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Atlanta United II 5 0 1 4 3 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1
16 Swope Park Rangers 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
17 Miami FC II 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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