Another interesting game in the USL Championship. North Carolina is in the 8th position after playing four matches. They welcome Birmingham Legion who are placed 3rd after seven games.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the USL Championship. That game was also an away game, at Charlotte Independence. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Birmingham Legion, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
North Carolina form and stats
Only two USL Championship home games for North Carolina so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Nothing to worry about in defence for North Carolina, as their goalkeeper Alexandros Tabakis has completely shut out the opponents for 248 minutes in the USL Championship.
Carolina are returning here after visiting Memphis 901 in a USL Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. A. Ward scored the goal(s). Before that, North Carolina had a home game versus Birmingham Legion which ended with a victory 1-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Carolina, as the USL Championship home game vs Charleston Battery is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the North Carolina at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
Birmingham Legion are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the USL Championship, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Charlotte Independence (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The USL Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Birmingham Legion secured a home win against Atlanta United II with the score 1-0.
Birmingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). 3 goals have been conceded by Birmingham in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Carolina - Birmingham Legion 1-0. Last four meetings between the teams: Carolina won one, Birmingham Legion won two and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lapa 4 goals |   A. Fortune 2 goals | B. Wright 2 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Birmingham Legion missing players
| North Carolina | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.8 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| 1.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | 24 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 21 | 54 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 38% |
- Birmingham Legion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- North Carolina has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- North Carolina has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
- North Carolina has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Birmingham Legion | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | Hartford Athletic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Saint Louis FC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Charleston Battery | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Swope Park Rangers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Louisville City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | New York RB II | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Charlotte Independence | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Loudoun United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Memphis 901 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Atlanta United II | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Bethlehem Steel | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -14 | 5 |
| 17 | Miami FC II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 0 |