Can Pittsburgh Riverhounds beat Birmingham Legion in Highmark Stadium clash?

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 29.June
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highmark Stadium (10000 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Pittsburgh Riverhounds fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Birmingham Legion.

Birmingham Legion could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a USL Championship game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Indy Eleven, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Birmingham Legion. That game was a home fixture for Birmingham Legion, against Indy Eleven. But now it's all about beating Pittsburgh Riverhounds!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have collected 10 points from their home games so far after 2-4-0.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds's previous game was a USL Championship match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus New York RB II. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Atlanta United II with a 5-0 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Pittsburgh Riverhounds in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 matches. Pittsburgh Riverhounds are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highmark Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham Legion so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Birmingham Legion, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Birmingham Legion, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Indy Eleven. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Hartford Athletic.

Birmingham Legion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games. Birmingham Legion are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

N. Brett
2 goals
K. Forbes
1 goals
A. Velarde
1 goals / 1 assists

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Birmingham Legion
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played 3 8 16
4 2 1 Won 1 2 3
7 4 1 Drew 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost 1 4 9
23 10 3 Scored 4 10 13
15 5 1 Conceded 5 21 32
85% 67% 50% Over 0.5 67% 88% 88%
77% 67% 50% Over 1.5 67% 88% 69%
69% 67% 50% Over 2.5 67% 88% 56%
54% 50% 50% Over 3.5 67% 75% 44%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 33% 50% 25%
54% 50% 50% BTTS 67% 62% 38%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets 33% 12% 19%
23% 33% 50% Failed To Score 33% 38% 56%
 
5.2 5.3 7 Corners For (avg) 2 2.8 4.3
3.9 2.8 2 Corners Against (avg) 7.3 4.9 4.7
1.1 1.5 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 1.9 2.1
2 1 1 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Birmingham Legion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Birmingham Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have not yet lost a game at home.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds
All US Open Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
01-06-19 USL Indy Eleven 2 - 1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
08-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 - 2 Ottawa Fury
11-06-19 UOC Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
15-06-19 USL Atlanta United II 0 - 5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
22-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3 - 0 New York RB II
29-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Birmingham Legion
04-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Bethlehem Steel
07-07-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
13-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
20-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 North Carolina
Birmingham Legion
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
02-06-19 USL Birmingham Legion 0 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
08-06-19 USL Charleston Battery 3 - 1 Birmingham Legion
15-06-19 USL Charlotte Independence 4 - 1 Birmingham Legion
23-06-19 USL Birmingham Legion 2 - 2 Hartford Athletic
26-06-19 USL Indy Eleven 3 - 0 Birmingham Legion
29-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Birmingham Legion
14-07-19 USL Birmingham Legion - North Carolina
21-07-19 USL Birmingham Legion - Atlanta United II
28-07-19 USL Birmingham Legion - Charlotte Independence
02-08-19 USL Ottawa Fury 23:00 Birmingham Legion

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

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