Can OKC Energy outperform Birmingham Legion in Taft Stadium clash?

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Taft Stadium (7500 seats)

Birmingham Legion can not await any pleasantries from their host OKC Energy in this USL Championship game. Here's your full preview!

Insights:
  • OKC Energy have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (30) in USL Championship

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the USL Championship.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Birmingham Legion, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

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OKC Energy form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, OKC Energy have managed 4 wins, 7 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

Energy drew their last game, 1-1 away at Austin Bold.

Preceding that match was a defeat to San Antonio (0-1).

OKC Energy has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Energy are not conceding a lot of goals here at Taft Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (30) in USL Championship, are W8-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship. Birmingham have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Birmingham are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the USL Championship against Austin Bold.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Indy Eleven.

Birmingham Legion have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Birmingham have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported scoreline between these contenders is the Birmingham Legion - Energy 1-1 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Energy wins - draws - Birmingham Legion wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham LegionN. Brett
N. Brett
18 goals
EnergyV. Bijev
V. Bijev
12 goals
Birmingham LegionJ. Williams
J. Williams
5 goals

OKC Energy missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

OKC Energy Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 2 Played P 4 15 29
8 4 0 Won W 0 8 17
12 7 2 Drew D 2 3 5
9 4 0 Lost L 2 4 7
30 15 1 Scored S 5 20 45
32 13 1 Conceded C 8 15 30
86% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
66% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
41% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 52%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 28%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
59% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 53% 62%
28% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 28%
28% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
3.9 4.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 1.7 4.8
5.2 3.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 8.9 5.4
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 8.5 2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.5 10
3 2.7 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.2
34% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 34%
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 (15) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (30) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most clean sheets (6) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most points (27) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have the the best goal difference (+5) away in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Birmingham Legion is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • OKC Energy have the fewest conceded goals (13) at home in USL Championship
  • OKC Energy have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in USL Championship
  • OKC Energy have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in USL Championship
  • OKC Energy have the most clean sheets (6) at home in USL Championship
  • OKC Energy have the most matches under the total-line (18) 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 29 17 5 7 45 30 14 9 2 3 25 15 15 8 3 4 20 15 15 56
2 Louisville City 29 16 7 6 57 35 15 11 2 2 34 16 14 5 5 4 23 19 22 55
3 Memphis 901 28 11 8 9 36 35 13 6 3 4 16 14 15 5 5 5 20 21 1 41
4 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 12 3 12 39 43 14 7 1 6 24 23 13 5 2 6 15 20 -4 39
5 OKC Energy 29 8 12 9 30 32 15 4 7 4 15 13 14 4 5 5 15 19 -2 36
6 Atlanta United II 30 7 10 13 42 49 16 4 7 5 26 24 14 3 3 8 16 25 -7 31
7 Indy Eleven 29 8 7 14 30 43 14 4 3 7 12 15 15 4 4 7 18 28 -13 31
8 Swope Park Rangers 30 5 8 17 34 54 16 3 5 8 17 24 14 2 3 9 17 30 -20 23

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.