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Birmingham Legion vs FC Tulsa — USL Championship 2018

Birmingham Legion
Birmingham Legion
FT
3 – 2
HT: 1 – 0
FC Tulsa
FC Tulsa
3/18/2023USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 2Protective Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 116+ matches

Birmingham Legion46%
×Draw25%
FC Tulsa29%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Birmingham Legion
1.57
FC Tulsa
1.20

Birmingham Legion creates 31% more chances

Season form · 116 home / 130 away

creates per match

Birmingham Legion
1.33
FC Tulsa
1.19

allows per match

Birmingham Legion
1.21
FC Tulsa
1.81

finishing

Birmingham Legion+0.00on par
FC Tulsa+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Birmingham Legion ↓

FC Tulsa →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–19%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

Birmingham Legion or draw
71%
Birmingham Legion or FC Tulsa
75%
Draw or FC Tulsa
54%

Winning margin

Birmingham Legion wins by 2+
23%
FC Tulsa wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Birmingham Legion 1+ goals
79%
Birmingham Legion 2+ goals
46%
Birmingham Legion 3+ goals
21%
FC Tulsa 1+ goals
70%
FC Tulsa 2+ goals
34%
FC Tulsa 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Birmingham Legion (draw refunded)
61%
FC Tulsa (draw refunded)
39%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Birmingham Legion at home — creates 1.33, concedes 1.21 · 116 matches

FC Tulsa away — creates 1.19, concedes 1.81 · 130 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Birmingham Legion attack 1.33 + FC Tulsa defence 1.81 → ÷2 → 1.57

FC Tulsa attack 1.19 + Birmingham Legion defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.20

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 46%?"

Birmingham Legion scores more
46%
level
25%
FC Tulsa scores more
29%

Birmingham Legion at 46% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 46% does not mean "Birmingham Legion will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: Birmingham Legion vs FC Tulsa

Birmingham Legion beat FC Tulsa 3-2 in USL Championship on March 18, 2023.

The match was played at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama.