USL Championship preview: Can San Antonio edge out victory against Birmingham Legion?

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 02.Jul
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Toyota Field (8000 seats)

San Antonio are enjoying their 3rd, while Birmingham Legion are lagging 3 points behind in the league standings. Will they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • San Antonio have the most scored goals (27) in USL Championship
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!

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San Antonio form and stats

San Antonio have played 8 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Antonio lost their last game at Sacramento Republic (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in four league fixtures.

2-2 away at San Diego Loyal before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does San Antonio handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

San Antonio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Toyota Field with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Antonio's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Birmingham Legion form and stats

As the visiting team in USL Championship matches, Birmingham Legion have produced an overall stat of 3-0-4 so far. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Birmingham Legion are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Nwegbo and Brett scored in Birmingham's previous match, the home game against Loudoun United that ended 2-0.

Before that, Birmingham Legion secured a home win against Indy Eleven with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Birmingham Legion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

As opposed to that, Birmingham have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings with these teams: San Antonio won two, Birmingham Legion were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

San AntonioT. Oluwaseyi
T. Oluwaseyi
5 goals
San AntonioI. Bailone
I. Bailone
4 goals
Birmingham LegionE. Martínez
E. Martínez
4 goals

San Antonio missing players

Birmingham Legion missing players

San Antonio Birmingham Legion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 0 7 15
6 3 2 Won W 0 3 7
7 5 2 Drew D 0 0 1
3 0 0 Lost L 0 4 7
28 13 8 Scored S 0 7 21
19 9 5 Conceded C 0 10 24
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 87%
56% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 67%
38% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
12% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
69% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 67%
19% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 13%
 
4.9 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.9 5.4
4.9 5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.4 4.5
2.6 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.5 13.8 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11.1
4.7 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.9 3.7
37% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 38%
 
9.6 10.5 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.7 11.5
3.7 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • San Antonio have not yet lost a game at home.
  • San Antonio have the most scored goals (27) 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 El Paso Locomotive 15 9 3 3 24 16 8 4 1 3 9 8 7 5 2 0 15 8 8 30
2 Sacramento Republic 15 8 5 2 26 9 8 6 1 1 18 4 7 2 4 1 8 5 17 29
3 San Antonio 15 6 7 2 27 16 8 3 5 0 13 9 7 3 2 2 14 7 11 25
4 Monterey Bay 15 6 5 4 25 19 8 3 3 2 16 11 7 3 2 2 9 8 6 23
5 San Diego Loyal 15 6 5 4 24 21 8 4 2 2 13 9 7 2 3 2 11 12 3 23
6 Oakland Roots 14 6 4 4 20 14 6 3 2 1 7 2 8 3 2 3 13 12 6 22
7 Colorado Springs 16 7 1 8 19 19 7 4 1 2 12 6 9 3 0 6 7 13 0 22
8 Phoenix Rising 15 5 6 4 21 20 7 2 4 1 13 10 8 3 2 3 8 10 1 21
9 Orange County 16 4 4 8 15 23 9 3 2 4 10 11 7 1 2 4 5 12 -8 16
10 Rio Grande Valley 15 3 7 5 15 24 9 1 5 3 9 16 6 2 2 2 6 8 -9 16
11 New Mexico United 14 4 3 7 21 24 6 2 2 2 9 9 8 2 1 5 12 15 -3 15
12 Las Vegas Lights 14 1 6 7 13 24 4 0 1 3 3 6 10 1 5 4 10 18 -11 9

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.