Manchester City U21 vs Chelsea U21: Soccer match preview

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Division One
Competition: Fri 22.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Academy Stadium (7000 seats)

Here's another entertaining match in the Premier League 2 Division One. Manchester City U21 is in the 16th spot after participating in four matches. They welcome Chelsea U21 who are placed 11th after four matches.

Insights:
  • Manchester City U21 have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League 2 Division One

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League Cup game only three days ago.

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Manchester City U21 form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League 2 Division One for Manchester City U21 at their home stadium (Academy Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Manchester enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Newcastle United U21's place. The match ended 4-0 with Lawrence, Okeke and Dickson (2) scoring. Sweet to taste a league win after three games without one. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Manchester City U21 played a great game against Newcastle United U21 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

In the game before, 2-2 away to Grimsby Town (after extra-time, 2-5 on penalties) (EFL Trophy).

The manager Barry-Murphy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Barnsley in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manchester City U21 at home in the league. 4 on target and 9 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Chelsea U21 form and stats

Chelsea U21 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League 2 Division One were 7 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 13 fixtures.

The fans enjoyed Chelsea U21's previous fixture versus Luton Town U21, a Premier League Cup win (4-1) played at home.

The match before that was the Premier League International Cup-duel against Lyon U21, a home defeat (1-3).

Chelsea have another fixture away in just four days, a EFL Trophy game vs Northampton Town. A gruelling timetable for them!

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Chelsea U21 has managed {2 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Manchester City U21 victories, one draw and one Chelsea U21 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Chelsea U21R. Stutter
R. Stutter
5 goals
Manchester City U21T. Sodje
T. Sodje
2 goals

Manchester City U21 missing players

Chelsea U21 missing players

Manchester City U21 Chelsea U21
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
9 4 4 Scored S 2 2 13
11 9 4 Conceded C 3 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 9 9 7
3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 4.2
2.5 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 13 19 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 15.8
5.5 4 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 8 8.5
41% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 38%
 
13.5 16 14 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 10.5
7 8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.2
Key stats in Premier League 2 Division One this season:
  • Manchester City U21 have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Manchester City U21 have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
Manchester City U21 Last season Chelsea U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
18 10   Won W   7 12
5 2   Drew D   3 7
3 1   Lost L   3 7
80 41   Scored S   31 55
31 14   Conceded C   21 42
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
88% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 88%
88% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 73%
69% 77%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   69% 58%
42% 46%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   46% 35%
62% 62%   BTTS BTTS   69% 65%
38% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 31%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.4 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.5
3.7 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 1.8
2 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.1 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.7
6.3 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.3
48% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 40%
 
8.2 7.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 10.6
3.5 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham U21 4 4 0 0 15 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 14 12
2 Fulham U21 4 4 0 0 15 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 8 4 9 12
3 Arsenal U21 4 3 0 1 10 3 3 3 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 9
4 West Ham United U21 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 4 9
5 Brighton U21 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 9
6 Reading U21 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 9
7 Leeds United U21 4 3 0 1 10 9 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 9
8 Middlesbrough U21 4 2 2 0 11 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 8
9 Liverpool U21 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
10 Norwich City U21 4 2 1 1 8 8 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
11 Chelsea U21 4 2 0 2 13 7 3 2 0 1 11 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 6 6
12 Nottingham Forest U21 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 5
13 Sunderland U21 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 5
14 West Brom U21 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 5
15 Manchester United U21 4 1 1 2 18 11 2 1 0 1 11 3 2 0 1 1 7 8 7 4
16 Manchester City U21 4 1 1 2 9 11 2 0 1 1 4 9 2 1 0 1 5 2 -2 4
17 Aston Villa U21 4 1 1 2 9 12 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 6 8 -3 4
18 Blackburn Rovers U21 4 1 1 2 8 14 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 4 13 -6 4
19 Wolves U21 4 1 0 3 8 10 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 3
20 Crystal Palace U21 4 1 0 3 7 12 2 1 0 1 5 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 -5 3
21 Leicester U21 4 1 0 3 6 12 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 8 -6 3
22 Newcastle United U21 4 1 0 3 6 12 2 1 0 1 5 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 3
23 Southampton U21 4 1 0 3 8 15 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 4 10 -7 3
24 Stoke City U21 4 1 0 3 4 15 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 12 -11 3
25 Derby County U21 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 -5 1
26 Everton U21 4 0 1 3 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 3 9 -10 1
Last season 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 26 18 5 3 80 31 13 10 2 1 41 14 13 8 3 2 39 17 49 59
2 Liverpool U21 26 13 7 6 46 29 13 6 4 3 24 14 13 7 3 3 22 15 17 46
3 Chelsea U21 26 12 7 7 55 42 13 5 4 4 24 21 13 7 3 3 31 21 13 43
4 Crystal Palace U21 26 11 9 6 45 42 13 4 4 5 20 24 13 7 5 1 25 18 3 42
5 Fulham U21 26 11 8 7 50 39 13 7 3 3 28 24 13 4 5 4 22 15 11 41
6 Brighton U21 26 11 6 9 58 49 13 8 3 2 32 21 13 3 3 7 26 28 9 39
7 Arsenal U21 26 8 10 8 39 40 13 5 5 3 24 18 13 3 5 5 15 22 -1 34
8 Everton U21 26 9 5 12 39 51 13 4 4 5 19 19 13 5 1 7 20 32 -12 32
9 Manchester United U21 26 6 12 8 46 64 13 4 6 3 25 30 13 2 6 5 21 34 -18 30
10 Blackburn Rovers U21 26 9 2 15 42 52 13 3 2 8 24 30 13 6 0 7 18 22 -10 29
11 West Ham United U21 26 8 4 14 39 49 13 5 0 8 17 24 13 3 4 6 22 25 -10 28
12 Wolves U21 26 8 4 14 39 50 13 6 2 5 26 21 13 2 2 9 13 29 -11 28
13 Tottenham U21 26 6 10 10 34 46 13 4 6 3 19 18 13 2 4 7 15 28 -12 28
14 Leicester U21 26 4 7 15 29 57 13 2 3 8 12 28 13 2 4 7 17 29 -28 19