1st place in the Premier League 2 Division One table for Manchester City U21 at present, a good performance. The match-going fans pray for more excitement as 8th-placed Brighton U21 visit Academy Stadium.
- Manchester City U21 have the most scored goals (35) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Brighton U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Manchester City U21 form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League 2 Division One games here at Academy Stadium for Manchester City U21. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Manchester City U21's previous game was also played at home, ending 6-0 versus Arsenal U21 (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Manchester City U21 played a great game against Arsenal U21 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Grimsby Town (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (EFL Trophy).
Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this side has had at least three goals.
Manchester are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Academy Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches. Manchester City U21 have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Brighton U21 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Division One travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Crystal Palace U21 with 2-4 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. As you can tell from the result, the match against Crystal Palace U21 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The fixture earlier was the Premier League Cup-duel against Derby County U21, a home loss (1-2).
Take note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Brighton's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. Brighton U21 have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mebude 9 goals | C. Borges 6 goals | O. Bobb 5 goals |
Manchester City U21 missing players
Brighton U21 missing players
| Manchester City U21 | Brighton U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 75% | 71% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 67% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 27 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 13 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
| 48% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 28% | 39% |
| 9.3 | 7.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.7 | 11.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
- Brighton U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Brighton U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester City U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Manchester City U21 have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester City U21 have the most scored goals (18) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester City U21 have the most scored goals (35) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester City U21 have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester City U21 have the the best goal difference (+17) in Premier League 2 Division One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City U21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Crystal Palace U21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Arsenal U21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Liverpool U21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Chelsea U21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Fulham U21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Wolves U21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | Manchester United U21 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 13 |
| 12 | West Ham United U21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 13 | Leicester U21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 14 | Tottenham U21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 9 |
