The visiting Birmingham Legion side are thought to be odds-on at Sporting Kansas City II, as the visitors hold a 27 point edge from their 26 league games this season.
- Sporting Kansas City II have the the worst goal difference (-17) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most points from losing position (13) in USL Championship
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.
Sporting Kansas City II form and stats
Sporting Kansas City II's struggle is real here at Children's Mercy Park with only 11 points collected from 14 USL Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-7.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Tulsa Roughnecks in the USL Championship last time out and are looking for a win here.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Indy Eleven.The Kansas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sporting Kansas City II defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Birmingham Legion form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (24) away in USL Championship, on their USL Championship travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A. Crognale and N. Brett scored in Birmingham Legion's previous match, the home game against Charlotte Independence that ended 2-1.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Atlanta United II at their stadium, the result 4-0.Birmingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Birmingham have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head game ended Kansas - Birmingham Legion 0-1, earlier this season. Sporting Kansas City II-Birmingham Legion H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Kansas one win, Birmingham Legion two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Brett 16 goals | E. Mushagalusa 7 goals | R. Smith 5 goals |
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| Sporting Kansas City II | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 46 | 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 28 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 35% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 27% | 21% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| 58% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 57% | 62% |
| 19% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 27% |
| 35% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 12% |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 3.9 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 8.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 13.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 26% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 35% |
- 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 most clean sheets (5) away in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most points (24) away in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most points from losing position (13) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Birmingham Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Kansas City II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Kansas City II have the fewest points (11) at home in USL Championship
- Sporting Kansas City II have the the worst goal difference (-17) in USL Championship
- Sporting Kansas City II have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in USL Championship
- Sporting Kansas City II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Louisville City | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 48 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | OKC Energy | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 5 | Memphis 901 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 6 | Atlanta United II | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -6 | 29 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Sporting Kansas City II | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 20 |