It's square one in Premier League 2 Division One - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Sunderland U21 and Norwich City U21 did in their pre-season friendly games!
Sunderland U21 form and stats
Disaster struck Sunderland U21 last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier League 2 Divison Two team. With 10 defeats from 20 games, and only 5 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Sunderland U21 are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D3 L4.
Sunderland U21 are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League 2 Division One match at West Ham United U21 awaits in four days.
Norwich City U21 form and stats
A job perfectly done for Norwich City U21 last season as they secured promotion from Premier League 2 Divison Two. With a grand total of 8 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 3 were in away matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nottingham Forest U21 in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Sunderland wins - draws - Norwich City U21 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Sunderland U21 missing players
Norwich City U21 missing players
| Sunderland U21 | Norwich City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunderland U21 | Last season | Norwich City U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 70% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 85% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 55% | ||
| 30% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 30% | ||
| 70% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 80% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 15% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 10% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| 12.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Tottenham U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Arsenal U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Newcastle United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Leeds United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Fulham U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leicester U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Stoke City U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Everton U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Reading U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Derby County U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Liverpool U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Norwich City U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Manchester United U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Crystal Palace U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolves U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Southampton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Brighton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Aston Villa U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | West Ham United U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 25 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 26 | Manchester City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | Southampton U21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Leeds United U21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | West Brom U21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Norwich City U21 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 29 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Newcastle United U21 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 14 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 32 | -57 | 1 |
England:
