North Carolina vs Birmingham Legion — USL Championship 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 77+ matches
North Carolina47%
Birmingham Legion30%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
North Carolina creates 30% more chances
Season form · 77 home / 119 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over58
- Under42
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes60
- No40
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
North Carolina ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
North Carolina at home — creates 1.83, concedes 1.23 · 77 matches
Birmingham Legion away — creates 1.39, concedes 1.57 · 119 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
North Carolina attack 1.83 + Birmingham Legion defence 1.57 → ÷2 → 1.70
Birmingham Legion attack 1.39 + North Carolina defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.31
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 47%?"
North Carolina at 47% 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 47% does not mean "North Carolina 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.
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
North Carolina host Birmingham Legion on Sunday, 14 April 2024 at 21:00. The match is part of the USL Championship 2018/2019 season.
USL Championship: North Carolina 1–1 Birmingham Legion
North Carolina and Birmingham Legion drew 1-1 in USL Championship on April 14, 2024.
Goals: Rodrigo da Costa (2' pen), E. Martínez (23').
The match was played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.