Charleston Battery 3-2 Birmingham Legion — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USL Championship, 22 Mar 2026

📅22/03/2026 · 🕒02:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-1 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
63%
1.53
Draw
20%
3.94
Away
17%
4.85
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
2.03
Over 2.5
55%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.81
No
48%
1.9
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
25%
3.57
2-3 Goals
37%
1.76
4-5 Goals
25%
3.04
6+ Goals
13%
10.25
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
32%
1/2
5%
1/X
8%
X/1
18%
X/2
6%
X/X
7%
2/1
13%
2/2
6%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
63%
Home Win
61%
+2.4pp
20%
Draw
22%
-2.2pp
17%
Away Win
17%
-0.2pp
45%
Under 2.5
45%
-0.4pp
55%
Over 2.5
55%
+0.4pp
52%
BTTS Yes
51%
+0.6pp
48%
BTTS No
49%
-0.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Charleston Battery EU Bookmakers 65%
Head to Head
AWAY Birmingham Legion EU Bookmakers 21%
+3% / +9% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +11% / +16%
2.03/0.97 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.04/1.45
+41% / +16% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +16% / +18%
53% Ball Possession 47%
16 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
341 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 291 · 76%
25.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.1
18.8 Crosses 12.7
2.1 Yellow Cards 2.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Charleston Battery
5W-1D-0L
AWAY Birmingham Legion
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 0.33
1.92 xG 0.62
57% Ball Possession 42%
15 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
412 Passes 272
85% Pass Accuracy 77%
24 Box Touches 15
17 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
26.10.2025 Charleston Battery Charleston Battery 2-1 HT 1-1 Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion USLP
03.07.2025 Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion 0-0 HT 0-0 Charleston Battery Charleston Battery USLP
06.07.2024 Charleston Battery Charleston Battery 2-0 HT 1-0 Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion USLP
16.05.2024 Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion 0-1 HT 0-0 Charleston Battery Charleston Battery USLP
29.10.2023 Charleston Battery Charleston Battery 2-1 HT 1-1 Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion USLP
15.10.2023 Charleston Battery Charleston Battery 1-0 HT 1-0 Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion USLP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Charleston Battery
3-2
AWAY Birmingham Legion
6.03 xG 1.66
57% Ball Possession 43%
28 Total Shots 12
10 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 4
429 Passes 301
87% Pass Accuracy 80%
55 Box Touches 15
39 Crosses 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Charleston Battery vs Birmingham Legion
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Charleston Battery nicked a narrow win over Birmingham Legion 3-2. It was 0-2 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we said in the preview, our model had Charleston Battery as the likeliest winner at 63%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Charleston Battery had 57% of the ball to Birmingham Legion's 43%, shots finished 28-12, expected goals 6.03 to 1.66 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Charleston Battery's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Charleston Battery had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Charleston Battery and 0.33 for Birmingham Legion.

What was the final score of Charleston Battery vs Birmingham Legion?

Charleston Battery 3-2 Birmingham Legion in the USL Championship on 22/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Charleston Battery vs Birmingham Legion?

Before kick-off our model rated a Charleston Battery win the most likely single outcome at about 63%, with the full match-result split Charleston Battery 63%, draw 20%, Birmingham Legion 17%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Charleston Battery), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Charleston Battery) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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