Birmingham Legion FC vs Louisville City FC, 2024 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Birmingham Legion FC
  • 82': Preston Tabortetaka
FT
1 - 4
Louisville City FC
  • 51': Sam Gleadle
  • 58': Wilson Harris
  • 80': Ray Serrano Lopez
  • 87': Tola Showunmi

About

Birmingham Legion FC are hosting Louisville City FC at Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Ray Serrano (Louisville City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 4': Foul by Aiden McFadden (Louisville City).
  • 4': Moses Mensah (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Alex Crognale.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Jorge González (Louisville City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ray Serrano with a cross following a corner.
  • 9': Elijah Wynder (Louisville City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion).
  • 9': Delay in match because of an injury Elijah Wynder (Louisville City).
  • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 11': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Derek Dodson.
  • 13': Offside, Louisville City. Ray Serrano is caught offside.
  • 13': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Enzo Martínez.
  • 15': Foul by Wilson Harris (Louisville City).
  • 15': Kobe Hernández-Foster (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 17': Foul by Wes Charpie (Louisville City).
  • 17': Wes Charpie (Louisville City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jayden Hibbert.
  • 20': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Arturo Ordóñez.
  • 21': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Jorge González.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Crognale.
  • 22': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Derek Dodson.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kobe Hernández-Foster.
  • 25': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Wes Charpie.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Phanuel Kavita.
  • 29': Offside, Louisville City. Aiden McFadden is caught offside.
  • 29': Delay in match (Birmingham Legion).
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Wilson Harris (Louisville City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ray Serrano with a through ball.
  • 36': Foul by Jorge González (Louisville City).
  • 36': Jayden Hibbert (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Delay in match because of an injury Jorge González (Louisville City).
  • 41': Jorge González (Louisville City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Substitution, Louisville City. Sam Gleadle replaces Jorge González because of an injury.
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by AJ Paterson.
  • 44': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Alex Crognale.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Jake Morris (Louisville City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 45': Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Foul by Sam Gleadle (Louisville City).
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Tyler Pasher with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Enzo Martínez.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Arturo Ordóñez (Louisville City).
  • 45'+3': Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+4': Arturo Ordóñez (Louisville City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+7': Elijah Wynder (Louisville City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+7': Foul by Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion).
  • 45'+8': Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+8': Foul by Taylor Davila (Louisville City).
  • 45'+10': First Half ends, Birmingham Legion 0, Louisville City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham Legion 0, Louisville City 0.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Jake Morris (Louisville City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wes Charpie.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Sam Gleadle (Louisville City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aiden McFadden with a cross.
  • 48': Hand ball by Ray Serrano (Louisville City).
  • 49': Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Jake Morris (Louisville City).
  • 50': Attempt saved. Sam Gleadle (Louisville City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilson Harris.
  • 51': Goal! Birmingham Legion 0, Louisville City 1. Sam Gleadle (Louisville City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wilson Harris with a cross.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Ray Serrano (Louisville City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elijah Wynder.
  • 53': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Phanuel Kavita.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Sam Gleadle (Louisville City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 54': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Prosper Kasim replaces Diba Nwegbo.
  • 55': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by AJ Paterson.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Wilson Harris (Louisville City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Taylor Davila with a cross.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Ray Serrano (Louisville City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elijah Wynder.
  • 58': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Kobe Hernández-Foster.
  • 58': Goal! Birmingham Legion 0, Louisville City 2. Wilson Harris (Louisville City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 62': Foul by Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion).
  • 62': Ray Serrano (Louisville City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Delay in match because of an injury Moses Mensah (Birmingham Legion).
  • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 64': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Miguel Perez replaces Moses Mensah because of an injury.
  • 66': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Phanuel Kavita.
  • 68': Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Taylor Davila (Louisville City).
  • 69': Offside, Louisville City. Sam Gleadle is caught offside.
  • 70': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Arturo Ordóñez.
  • 71': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Ramiz Hamouda replaces AJ Paterson.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Wilson Harris (Louisville City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ray Serrano.
  • 74': Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Arturo Ordóñez (Louisville City).
  • 75': Offside, Birmingham Legion. Tabort Etaka Preston is caught offside.
  • 76': Delay in match (Louisville City).
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Taylor Davila (Louisville City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aiden McFadden.
  • 79': Foul by Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion).
  • 79': Jake Morris (Louisville City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 80': Goal! Birmingham Legion 0, Louisville City 3. Ray Serrano (Louisville City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 82': Goal! Birmingham Legion 1, Louisville City 3. Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  • 83': Elijah Wynder (Louisville City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Foul by Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion).
  • 84': Substitution, Louisville City. Jansen Wilson replaces Aiden McFadden.
  • 84': Substitution, Louisville City. Tola Showunmi replaces Wilson Harris.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Jake Morris (Louisville City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kobe Hernández-Foster.
  • 87': Goal! Birmingham Legion 1, Louisville City 4. Tola Showunmi (Louisville City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Morris.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 88': Alex Crognale (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Tola Showunmi (Louisville City).
  • 89': Attempt saved. Miguel Perez (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kobe Hernández-Foster.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Jake Morris (Louisville City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elijah Wynder.
  • 90': Corner, Louisville City. Conceded by Alex Crognale.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Louisville City. Amadou Dia replaces Jake Morris.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Louisville City. Niall McCabe replaces Elijah Wynder.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Taylor Davila.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Ramiz Hamouda (Birmingham Legion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tyler Pasher with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Alex Crognale (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Birmingham Legion 1, Louisville City 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Birmingham Legion 1, Louisville City 4.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 5
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
11 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 4
50.4 Possession 49.6
19 SHOTS 12
8 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
5 Blocked Shots 1
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Protective Stadium
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Attendance: 5,011

USL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Louisville City FC 34 +43 76
2 Charleston Battery 34 +33 64
3 Detroit City FC 34 +14 56
4 Indy Eleven 34 -1 51
Full Table

Line-Ups

BRM Birmingham Legion FC (4-3-3)

No. Name
42 Jayden Hibbert (GK)
3 Phanuel Kavita
21 Alex Crognale
20 A.J. Paterson
14 Derek Dodson
8 Kobe Hernandez-Foster
33 Moses Mensah
19 Enzo Martínez
15 Tyler Pasher
7 Diba Nwegbo
23 Preston Tabortetaka
Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
Owen Jack, Miguel Perez, Finn Calloway, Ramiz Hamouda, Kasim Prosper, Matt Van Oekel, Stefano Pinho.

LOU Louisville City FC (3-4-3)

No. Name
18 Damian Las (GK)
5 Arturo Ordoñez Yellow Card
6 Wesley Charpie Yellow Card
4 Sean Totsch
23 Elijah Wynder
17 Taylor Davila
3 Jake Morris
2 Aiden Mcfadden
14 Wilson Harris
21 Jorge Gonzalez Asensi Yellow Card
7 Ray Serrano Lopez
Louisville City FC Substitutes:
Jansen Wilson, Ryan Troutman, Niall McCabe, Amadou Dia, Dylan Mares, Sam Gleadle, Tola Showunmi.

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