United States - USL ChampionshipData current as of 04 September 2026

Indy Eleven vs Birmingham Legion: match statistics

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Indy Eleven vs Birmingham Legion: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Indy Eleven play Birmingham Legion in USL Championship (United States). The match date is 5 September 2026.

Current form

Indy Eleven: 2-0-3, 1.20 points/match. Birmingham Legion: 0-3-2, 0.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Indy Eleven scores 1.29 and concedes 1.14 goals per match. Birmingham Legion scores 1.07 and concedes 1.27. League average: 2.79 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Indy Eleven 50%, Birmingham Legion 67%. Over 2.5: Indy Eleven 43%, Birmingham Legion 40%. League level: BTTS 58%, Over 2.5 52%.

xG, shots and style

Indy Eleven has higher xG: 1.54 vs 1.40. Indy Eleven: 13.1 shots per match, Birmingham Legion: 12.7.

Match halves

Indy Eleven: half-time lead 29%, second-half goals 1.00. Birmingham Legion: half-time lead 27%, second-half goals 0.47.

Goals by minute

Indy Eleven: 61-75 (6 goals). Birmingham Legion: 16-30 (5 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

USL Championship: 2.79 goals per match, BTTS 58%, Over 2.5 52%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 5 previous H2H matches were available: 4-1-0. Average goals 2.80, BTTS 60%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(1.73)
(3.85)
(3.95)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
1.29Goals scored / match1.07
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
1.14Goals conceded / match1.27
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
40%Average possession50%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
4.64Shots on target / match3.47
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

13.14Shots per match12.67
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
4.64Shots on target3.47
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
9.8%Shot conversion8.4%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
40%Possession50%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
1.54xG for1.4
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
1.56xG against1.59
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

Shooting quality

Indy Eleven: BalancedBirmingham Legion: Balanced
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
Accuracy (shots on target)35%27%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.280.31

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Indy Eleven is 100% better for: last-5 form.

1.2 pts / match - Indy Eleven · 0.6 pts / match - Birmingham Legion

Indy Eleven
WLWLL
Season result split
43% W21% R36% P
Season (W-D-L)
6-3-5
1.50 pts / match · goal difference +2
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-0-3
1.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
6-1-0
Last 5 at home
5-0-0
WWWWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.6Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.24Opponent xG: 1.71BTTS: 0%Over 2.5: 0%
Birmingham Legion
LDDLD
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
13% W53% R33% P
Season (W-D-L)
2-8-5
0.93 pts / match · goal difference -3
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-3-2
0.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
1-3-2
Last 5 away
1-3-1
DWLDD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.56Opponent xG: 1.85BTTS: 100%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Indy Eleven is 21% better for: goals scored per match.

1.29 goals / match - Indy Eleven · 1.07 goals / match - Birmingham Legion

Indy Eleven is 11% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.14 goals / match - Indy Eleven · 1.27 goals / match - Birmingham Legion

Indy Eleven scoring profile: strong

Indy Eleven scores in 64% of matches (9 of 14 matches), while Birmingham Legion keeps a clean sheet in 20% (3 of 15 matches).

Birmingham Legion scoring profile: very strong

Birmingham Legion scores in 73% of matches (11 of 15 matches), while Indy Eleven keeps a clean sheet in 14% (2 of 14 matches).

18Goals scored (season)16
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
16Goals conceded (season)19
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
2.43Average goals in match2.33
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
3Goals scored (last 5)5
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
5Goals conceded (last 5)7
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

How often they score at least...

64%1 goal73%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
50%2 goals27%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
14%3 goals7%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%4 goals0%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

How often they concede at least...

86%1 goal80%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
29%2 goals40%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%3 goals7%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%4 goals0%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

67%
Birmingham Legion - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.10 of 15 matches
58%
League average

Goal patterns

0%BTTS at half-time27%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%BTTS in both halves7%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
21%Scored in both halves20%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

BTTS and goal count

43%Min. 3 goals and BTTS40%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%BTTS - last 5100%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

64%Min. 1 goal before half-time67%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%Min. 2 goals before half-time33%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time0%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

2nd half

93%Min. 1 goal after half-time73%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
57%Min. 2 goals after half-time47%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
29%Min. 3 goals after half-time13%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Birmingham Legion is 16% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.21 pts / match - Indy Eleven · 1.4 pts / match - Birmingham Legion

Indy Eleven - half-time state
29% leading36% draw36% trailing
Birmingham Legion - half-time state
27% leading60% draw13% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.21Points per match (1st half)1.4
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0.29Goals scored (1st half)0.6
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0.36Goals conceded (1st half)0.4
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0.64Average goals (1st half)1
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
64%Clean sheet before half-time60%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
71%No goal before half-time47%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

After half-time (2nd half)

1.64Points per match (2nd half)0.87
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
1Goals scored (2nd half)0.47
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
0.79Goals conceded (2nd half)0.87
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
1.79Average goals (2nd half)1.33
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
29%Clean sheet after half-time40%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion
43%No goal after half-time60%
Indy ElevenBirmingham Legion

Indy Eleven - second-half results

50% W14% R36% P
17
Half-time points
4
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
23
Second-half points
+3
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.21
PPG before half-time
Lead holding148%

Leads at half-time in 29% of matches and wins 43%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.4

Concedes 0.4 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Birmingham Legion - second-half results

13% W47% R40% P
21
Half-time points
9
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
13
Second-half points
-6
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.40
PPG before half-time
Lead holding48%

Leads at half-time in 27% of matches and wins 13%. Sometimes loses the lead after half-time.

Defence after half-time+0.5

Concedes 0.5 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Indy Eleven - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.801.20
Goals scored / match0.00.6
Goals conceded / match0.20.8
Average goals in match0.21.4
1 goal20%100%
2 goals0%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal100%60%
Goal difference-1-1
Half-time: 0% leading - 80% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 0% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 0
Birmingham Legion - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.00
Goals scored / match0.40.6
Goals conceded / match0.60.8
Average goals in match1.01.4
1 goal80%100%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet40%20%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference-1-1
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 40% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Indy Eleven
ScoredConceded
2
0
0-15
1
1
16-30
1
4
31-45
4
6
46-60
6
0
61-75
4
5
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (6 goals). Concedes most in 46-60 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

Birmingham Legion
ScoredConceded
2
2
0-15
5
1
16-30
2
3
31-45
3
4
46-60
0
2
61-75
4
7
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (5 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (7). Late-goal balance (76-90): -3 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.38
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.3 : 1.1
Estimated goal split
home : away
85%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
59%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+18%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
47%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
10%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 10 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Indy Eleven

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.02
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.17
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.25
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.42
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
84%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
91%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.30
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.7
Late goals
22% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 11% come in the first quarter-hour.
22%

Birmingham Legion

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.19
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.01
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-4.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.33
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.32
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
86%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
82%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.33
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 13% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (USL Championship).

Teams vs league

Indy ElevenLigaBirmingham Legion
Average goals in match 2.432.79 2.33
Both teams scored 50%58% 67%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 43%52% 40%
Clean sheets 14%26% 20%
Goal before half-time 64%67% 67%
Goal after half-time 93%80% 73%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.79
Average goals per match
58%
Both teams scored
52%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
26%
Clean sheets
1.54
Home goals / match
1.25
Away goals / match
+23%
Home attack advantage
+19%
Home defence advantage
+17%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
67%
1 goal
36%
2 goals
10%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
50%
2 goals
22%
3 goals
8%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (5): Indy Eleven 4 - 1 - 0 Birmingham Legion. Average goals 2.80, both teams scored in 60% matches.

Birmingham Legion FC
2 : 2
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven
2 : 1
Birmingham Legion FC
Birmingham Legion FC
0 : 1
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven
3 : 2
Birmingham Legion
Birmingham Legion
0 : 1
Indy Eleven

FAQ

When do Indy Eleven and Birmingham Legion play?

Indy Eleven face Birmingham Legion on 5 September 2026 in USL Championship. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Indy Eleven and Birmingham Legion?

In the last 5 head-to-head matches Indy Eleven won 4, Birmingham Legion won 0 and 1 ended level. These games averaged 2.80 goals, with both teams scoring in 60% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Indy Eleven vs Birmingham Legion?

Indy Eleven score 1.29 goals per game on average and Birmingham Legion 1.07. The USL Championship average is 2.79 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 52% of games. Both teams score in 50% of Indy Eleven's matches and 67% of Birmingham Legion's.

What form are Indy Eleven and Birmingham Legion in?

Over the last 5 games Indy Eleven have a 2-0-3 record (1.20 points per game) and Birmingham Legion 0-3-2 (0.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Indy Eleven vs Birmingham Legion?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Indy Eleven vs Birmingham Legion: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.