Birmingham Legion travel to Tulsa Roughnecks packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!
- Tulsa Roughnecks is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (13) in USL Championship
It's no vacation for neither Tulsa Roughnecks nor Birmingham Legion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tulsa Roughnecks form and stats
3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Tulsa Roughnecks so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Tulsa Roughnecks with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Louisville City game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Roughnecks fans got no joy from their last match, a USL Championship game also here: A 0-2 defeat against Indy Eleven (placed 3rd).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Atlanta United II.Goals decide football matches and Roughnecks are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Roughnecks are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).
Birmingham Legion form and stats
Birmingham Legion have an excellent away record in the USL Championship so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games. Birmingham have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Birmingham had fun at their own home last time out, beating Atlanta United II 3-1. J. Flemmings, J. Williams and M. Lopez scored.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Atlanta United II.After this away game Birmingham return home for a USL Championship game against Swope Park Rangers. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Birmingham have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Birmingham Legion - Roughnecks 2-1.Top Goalscorers
  N. Brett 9 goals | R. Da Costa 8 goals | J. Rivas 5 goals |
Tulsa Roughnecks missing players
Birmingham Legion missing players
| Tulsa Roughnecks | Birmingham Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 28 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 3.1 | 3 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 5.2 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 10.5 | 6.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10 | 9.8 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 44% | 50% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 29% |
- All of Tulsa Roughnecks's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Birmingham Legion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (13) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most clean sheets (3) away in USL Championship
- Birmingham Legion have the most points (16) 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.
- Tulsa Roughnecks have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in USL Championship
- Tulsa Roughnecks have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in USL Championship
- Tulsa Roughnecks haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Tulsa Roughnecks is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Indy Eleven | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 5 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Atlanta United II | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | OKC Energy | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Swope Park Rangers | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 14 |