Birmingham Legion FC vs Indy Eleven, 2024 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Birmingham Legion FC
    FT
    0 - 1
    Indy Eleven
    • 34': Jack Blake (P)

    About

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

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Sebastián Guenzatti (Indy Eleven) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adrián Diz with a cross.
    • 4': Offside, Indy Eleven. Augustine Williams is caught offside.
    • 5': Corner, Indy Eleven. Conceded by Alex Crognale.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cam Lindley with a cross following a corner.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Augustine Williams (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrián Diz.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Alex Crognale (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Phanuel Kavita.
    • 12': Adrián Diz (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion).
    • 13': Augustine Williams (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Foul by Alex Crognale (Birmingham Legion).
    • 13': Attempt missed. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) left footed shot from long range on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Adrián Diz.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Augustine Williams (Indy Eleven) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Douglas Martínez following a fast break.
    • 20': Foul by Jack Blake (Indy Eleven).
    • 20': Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Martínez with a cross.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tyler Pasher.
    • 21': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Hunter Sulte.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alex Crognale with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kobe Hernández-Foster with a through ball.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Douglas Martínez.
    • 27': Corner, Indy Eleven. Conceded by Matt Van Oekel.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Callum Chapman-Page (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Aedan Stanley with a cross.
    • 28': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Callum Chapman-Page.
    • 29': Attempt missed. AJ Paterson (Birmingham Legion) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Crognale with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 29': Delay in match (Indy Eleven).
    • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Aedan Stanley (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Mines with a cross.
    • 33': Penalty conceded by Jake Rufe (Birmingham Legion) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 34': Goal! Birmingham Legion 0, Indy Eleven 1. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 35': Adrián Diz (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Jake Rufe (Birmingham Legion).
    • 38': Attempt saved. Augustine Williams (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Douglas Martínez.
    • 38': Foul by Adrián Diz (Indy Eleven).
    • 38': Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 39': Cam Lindley (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by AJ Paterson (Birmingham Legion).
    • 41': Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Sebastián Guenzatti (Indy Eleven).
    • 42': Offside, Indy Eleven. Aedan Stanley is caught offside.
    • 43': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Ben Mines.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by AJ Paterson.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Adrián Diz.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Enzo Martínez with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kobe Hernández-Foster.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Birmingham Legion 0, Indy Eleven 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Birmingham Legion 0, Indy Eleven 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Indy Eleven. Laurence Wootton replaces Douglas Martínez.
    • 46': Foul by Aedan Stanley (Indy Eleven).
    • 46': Jake Rufe (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 47': Foul by Alex Crognale (Birmingham Legion).
    • 47': Laurence Wootton (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Guenzatti (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Mines with a cross.
    • 49': Corner, Indy Eleven. Conceded by Phanuel Kavita.
    • 51': Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Laurence Wootton (Indy Eleven).
    • 51': Corner, Indy Eleven. Conceded by Alex Crognale.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Laurence Wootton.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Ben Mines (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastián Guenzatti.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Laurence Wootton.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Augustine Williams (Indy Eleven).
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Kobe Hernández-Foster (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jake Rufe.
    • 60': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Tabort Etaka Preston replaces Jake Rufe.
    • 60': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Miguel Perez replaces Tyler Pasher.
    • 61': Foul by AJ Paterson (Birmingham Legion).
    • 61': Sebastián Guenzatti (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Adrián Diz (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion).
    • 63': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Aedan Stanley.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Enzo Martínez following a corner.
    • 64': Foul by Augustine Williams (Indy Eleven).
    • 64': Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Derek Dodson.
    • 65': Callum Chapman-Page (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion).
    • 66': Foul by Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion).
    • 66': Sebastián Guenzatti (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Aedan Stanley (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 66': Foul by Miguel Perez (Birmingham Legion).
    • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Adrián Diz (Indy Eleven).
    • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 70': Substitution, Indy Eleven. Josh O'Brien replaces Adrián Diz because of an injury.
    • 71': Ben Mines (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 71': Foul by Dawson McCartney (Birmingham Legion).
    • 71': Attempt saved. Jack Blake (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aedan Stanley.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Ben Mines (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 71': Foul by Ben Ofeimu (Indy Eleven).
    • 71': Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Foul by Aedan Stanley (Indy Eleven).
    • 74': Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 76': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Stéfano Pinho replaces AJ Paterson.
    • 76': Delay in match (Birmingham Legion).
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stéfano Pinho.
    • 79': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Callum Chapman-Page.
    • 79': Ben Mines (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Foul by Kobe Hernández-Foster (Birmingham Legion).
    • 80': Attempt missed. Ben Mines (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Blake.
    • 80': Substitution, Indy Eleven. Tyler Gibson replaces Jack Blake.
    • 80': Substitution, Indy Eleven. Elliot Collier replaces Augustine Williams.
    • 81': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Ben Ofeimu.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Elliot Collier (Indy Eleven) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastián Guenzatti.
    • 83': Corner, Indy Eleven. Conceded by Matt Van Oekel.
    • 84': Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Laurence Wootton (Indy Eleven).
    • 85': Delay in match because of an injury Elliot Collier (Indy Eleven).
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 87': Hand ball by Sebastián Guenzatti (Indy Eleven).
    • 89': Offside, Indy Eleven. Tyler Gibson is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Elliot Collier (Indy Eleven) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Laurence Wootton.
    • 90'+5': Tabort Etaka Preston (Birmingham Legion) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the right side of the box.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Derek Dodson (Birmingham Legion) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kobe Hernández-Foster with a cross.
    • 90'+5': Delay in match because of an injury Callum Chapman-Page (Indy Eleven).
    • 90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+7': Ben Mines (Indy Eleven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Foul by Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion).
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Birmingham Legion 0, Indy Eleven 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Birmingham Legion 0, Indy Eleven 1.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 14
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 7
    1 Saves 8
    42.9 Possession 57.1
    20 SHOTS 15
    9 ON GOAL 1
    0.5 On Target % 0.1
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    299 Accurate Passes 411
    361 Passes 475
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    8 Accurate Crosses 6
    16 Crosses 23
    0.5 Cross % 0.3
    53 Long Balls 61
    26 Accurate Long Balls 35
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    5 Blocked Shots 7
    7 Effective Tackles 3
    9 Tackles 4
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    3 Interceptions 5
    21 Effective Clearances 13
    21 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: USL Championship

    Venue: Protective Stadium
    Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Attendance: 5,147

    USL Championship Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Louisville City FC 27 +35 62
    2 Charleston Battery 29 +32 56
    3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 +13 46
    4 Detroit City FC 28 +5 42
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    Line-Ups

    BRM Birmingham Legion FC (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Matt Van Oekel (GK)
    3 Phanuel Kavita
    21 Alex Crognale
    20 A.J. Paterson
    14 Derek Dodson
    8 Kobe Hernandez-Foster
    11 Dawson McCartney
    13 Jacob Rufe
    19 Enzo Martínez
    15 Tyler Pasher
    10 Kasim Prosper
    Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
    Stefano Pinho, Preston Tabortetaka, Moses Mensah, Diba Nwegbo, Brock Marlow, Miguel Perez, Ramiz Hamouda.

    INDY Indy Eleven (3-1-4-2)

    No. Name
    99 Hunter Sulte (GK)
    5 Callum Chapman-Page
    15 Adrián Diz Pe
    30 Benjamin Ofeimu
    6 Cam Lindley
    8 Jack Blake
    13 Sebastián Guenzatti
    3 Aeden Stanley
    20 Ben Mines
    9 Augustine Williams
    42 Douglas Martínez
    Indy Eleven Substitutes:
    Yannik Öttl, Elliot Collier, Younes Boudadi, Max Schneider, Laurence Wootton, Josh O'Brien, Tyler Gibson.

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