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Birmingham 2-1 Independence - September 26, 2021 / USL Championship 2021

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USL Championship 2021 - Round 23 - Central Division

PNC Field - Birmingham - United States

September 26, 2021 - 17:00

Birmingham

2 - 1

Independence

Assist by Anderson AsieduNeco Brett

25'

Assist by Mikey LopezEli Crognale

70'

16'

Christian FuchsAssist by Marcelo Palomino

logo Birmingham Legion BL

16' - Goal Christian Fuchs

22' - Yellow card Anderson Asiedu22

25' - Goal Neco Brett25

41' - Yellow card Jerome Williams41

logo Birmingham Legion BL

54' - Substitution Joel Johnsonis substituted by Gabriel Obertan

61' - Substitution Thomas Vancaeyezeeleis substituted by Mikey Lopez photo Junior Flemmings

61' - Substitution Jerome Williamsis substituted by Junior Flemmings61

66' - Yellow card Mikey Lopez66

67' - Substitution Kasim Prosperis substituted by Jaden Servania photo Eli Crognale

67' - Substitution Bruno Lapais substituted by Eli Crognale67

70' - Goal Eli Crognale70

71' - Substitution Brandt Bronicois substituted by Adam Armour photo Dane Kelly

71' - Substitution Irvin Parrais substituted by Dane Kelly

78' - Substitution Kevin Riascosis substituted by Valentin Sabella

79' - Substitution Neco Brettis substituted by Zachary Herivaux79

82' - Yellow card Adam Armour

85' - Yellow card Zachary Herivaux85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Birmingham

2 - 1

Independence

Birmingham Independence

Team line-ups

Birmingham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Brett2579

Neco Brett

Jamaica

B.date22/03/1992

Age29 years

H1m72

positionStriker

23Williams6141

Jerome Williams

United States

B.date04/01/1998

Age23 years

H1m93

positionStriker

8Lapa67

Bruno Lapa

Brazil

B.date10/05/1997

Age24 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

10Prosper67

Kasim Prosper

Ghana

B.date15/12/1996

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

27Vancaeyezeele61

Thomas Vancaeyezeele

French Guiana

B.date27/07/1994

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentral defender

6Asiedu22

Anderson Asiedu

Ghana

B.date12/06/1996

Age25 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

7James

Ryan James

Canada

B.date24/02/1994

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

3Kavita

Phanuel Kavita

DR Congo

B.date09/03/1993

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

21Crognale

Alex Crognale

United States

B.date27/08/1994

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

24Dean

Jonathan Dean

United States

B.date15/05/1997

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1van Oekel

Matt van Oekel

United States

B.date20/09/1986

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Matt van Oekel		35	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Thomas Vancaeyezeele	61	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Alex Crognale		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Phanuel Kavita		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Ryan James		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Jonathan Dean		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Anderson Asiedu	22	25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kasim Prosper	67	24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno Lapa	67	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Jerome Williams	6141	23	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Neco Brett	2579	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Independence

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Parra71

Irvin Parra

United States

B.date18/08/1993

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

19Martinez

Enzo Martinez

Uruguay

B.date29/09/1990

Age30 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

7Johnson54

Joel Johnson

Liberia

B.date20/09/1992

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

8Palomino

Marcelo Palomino

United States

B.date21/05/2000

Age21 years

H1m65

positionBox-to-box midfielder

13Bronico71

Brandt Bronico

United States

B.date20/06/1995

Age26 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

4Areman

Jake Areman

United States

B.date09/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

16Bizama

José Bizama

Chile

B.date25/06/1994

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

22Fuchs16

Christian Fuchs

Austria

B.date07/04/1986

Age35 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

3Roberts

Hugh Roberts

United States

B.date27/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

2Riascos78

Kevin Riascos

Colombia

B.date21/06/1995

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

1Pack

Austin Pack

United States

B.date25/02/1994

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Austin Pack		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kevin Riascos	78	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	José Bizama		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Hugh Roberts		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Joel Johnson	54	29	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Christian Fuchs	16	35	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jake Areman		25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Marcelo Palomino		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Brandt Bronico	71	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Enzo Martinez		30	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Irvin Parra	71	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Trevor Spangenberg		30
22	D	Benjamin Ofeimu		20
12	M	Eli Crognale	7067	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Mikey Lopez	6166	28	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Zachary Herivaux	7985	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Jaden Servania	67	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
77	F	Junior Flemmings	61	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
65	G	TJ Bush		23
88	D	Christian Dean		28
12	D	Adam Armour	7182	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Clay Dimick		26
10	M	Valentin Sabella	78	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Gabriel Obertan	54	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Dane Kelly	71	30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan James

Mikey Lopez

OUT

Matt van Oekel

Trevor Spangenberg

OUT

Anderson Asiedu

Zachary Herivaux

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Bizama

Sylvain Marveaux

OUT

Marcelo Palomino

Gabriel Obertan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Soehn

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Soehn vs Independence

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2021

Soehn vs Jeffries

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Mike Jeffries

197

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Jeffries vs Birmingham

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2021

Jeffries vs Soehn

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2021

Referee

Gerald Flores

3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Birmingham5 matches	General total	Independence2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham1 match	Season total	Independence1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 24, 2024					Latest figure on October 08, 2022

4th official

Ben Rigel

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham1 match	General total	Independence1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Birmingham1 match	Season total	Independence1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 26, 2021					Latest figure on September 26, 2021

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Birmingham keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Independence running (since 05/08/2020). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Christian Fuchs scores 1 goal vs Charlotte Independence in his professional career

Valentin Sabella played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

	1	Louisville City	48 pts	25 rd
	2	Birmingham Legion	47 pts	26 rd
	3	FC Tulsa	39 pts	25 rd
+1	4	Oklahoma City Energy	34 pts	26 rd
-1	5	Memphis 901	32 pts	24 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBirmingham Legion 2-2 Atlanta United 231/07/2021

VBirmingham Legion 3-1 Atlanta United 204/08/2021

VBirmingham Legion 4-2 Sporting Kansas City II11/08/2021

LBirmingham Legion 1-2 FC Tulsa22/08/2021

VBirmingham Legion 2-1 Louisville City28/08/2021

DBirmingham Legion 1-1 Oklahoma City Energy18/09/2021

Overall

VBirmingham Legion 2-1 Louisville City28/08/2021

VSporting Kansas City II 0-1 Birmingham Legion01/09/2021

LMemphis 901 3-2 Birmingham Legion04/09/2021

DFC Tulsa 1-1 Birmingham Legion11/09/2021

DBirmingham Legion 1-1 Oklahoma City Energy18/09/2021

VAtlanta United 2 0-4 Birmingham Legion22/09/2021

Current form

Away

LCharleston Battery 2-0 Charlotte Independence23/07/2021

DLoudoun United 0-0 Charlotte Independence06/08/2021

VNew York Red Bulls B 2-3 Charlotte Independence10/08/2021

LTampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 Charlotte Independence28/08/2021

VLoudoun United 0-5 Charlotte Independence08/09/2021

Overall

LTampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 Charlotte Independence28/08/2021

DCharlotte Independence 2-2 Miami FC04/09/2021

VLoudoun United 0-5 Charlotte Independence08/09/2021

VCharlotte Independence 2-0 Hartford Athletic11/09/2021

VCharlotte Independence 1-0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds18/09/2021

VCharlotte Independence 2-0 Miami FC22/09/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	6	13
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	5
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	1	5
Invincibility streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.62
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.57

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	54
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Neco Brett	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Irvin Parra
Neco Brett	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Irvin Parra
Neco Brett	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dane Kelly
Neco Brett	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Dane Kelly
Jonathan Dean	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Sylvain Marveaux
Junior Flemmings	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Blake Pope
Neco Brett	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals, 3 assists during the last 9 matches	Sylvain Marveaux

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

6 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

12 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

6 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

10 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 29, 2020
Home	4 - 1	August 05, 2020

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 15, 2019
Away	3 - 1	September 12, 2020

Latest head to head

September 12, 2020 - USL Championship 2020

Birmingham

1 - 3

Independence

August 29, 2020 - USL Championship 2020

Independence

1 - 4

Birmingham

August 12, 2020 - USL Championship 2020

Independence

1 - 1

Birmingham

August 05, 2020 - USL Championship 2020

Birmingham

4 - 1

Independence

July 27, 2019 - USL Championship 2019

Birmingham

1 - 0

Independence

Best historical scorers against Independence

Neco Brett	5 goals	2020 - 2020
Jerome Williams	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Jaden Servania	1 goal	2020 - 2020
Kasim Prosper	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Jonathan Dean	1 goal	2020 - 2020
Bruno Lapa	1 goal	2020 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/06/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Birmingham

Dane Kelly	4 goals	2020 - 2020
Enzo Martinez	2 goals	2019 - 2020
Abdoulie Mansally	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Derek Gebhard	1 goal	2020 - 2020
Andrew Gutman	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Jorge Herrera	1 goal	2019 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/06/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Independence

Mikey Lopez	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Kasim Prosper	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Brian Wright	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Anderson Asiedu	5 matches	2019 - 2020
Matt van Oekel	5 matches	2019 - 2020
Eli Crognale	4 matches	2020 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/06/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham

Hugh Roberts	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Jake Areman	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Brandon Miller	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Aaron Maund	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Enzo Martinez	6 matches	2019 - 2020
Joel Johnson	5 matches	2019 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/06/2019. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Louisville City	48	25	14	6	5	48	28	+20
2	Birmingham Legion	47	26	14	5	7	38	28	+10
3	FC Tulsa	39	25	12	3	10	38	38	0
+14	Oklahoma City Energy	34	26	8	10	8	28	29	-1
-15	Memphis 901	32	24	8	8	8	26	29	-3
6	Atlanta United B	29	27	7	8	12	40	46	-6
7	Indy Eleven	29	26	8	5	13	27	38	-11
8	Sporting Kansas City B	20	26	4	8	14	29	46	-17

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Birmingham 2-1 Independence - September 26, 2021 / USL Championship 2021

Birmingham

2 - 1

Independence

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Soehn vs Independence

Soehn vs Jeffries

Manager

Jeffries vs Birmingham

Jeffries vs Soehn

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Independence

Best historical scorers against Birmingham

Players with most games played vs Independence

Players with most games played vs Birmingham

Competition info

Post-match general ranking