Sunderland U21 have come here for an entertaining duel versus the hosting West Brom U21. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Premier League 2 Division One preview!
These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League 2 Division One. Thankfully the previous game, versus Blackburn Rovers U21, was also a home game here at Aggborough Stadium. The away team is better rested.
West Brom U21 form and stats
The first Premier League 2 Division One game here at Aggborough Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season West Brom U21's home game statistics were 6 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 10 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for West Brom U21, who played 3-3 against Blackburn Rovers U21. That match was also played at this venue (Aggborough Stadium). A goal frenzy last time out for Brom, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Blackburn Rovers U21. Fun stuff to watch! The hometeam coach Beale made a successful contribution in the game against Blackburn Rovers U21, bringing on Love who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Aston Villa U21 with a 3-0 scoreline.At Aggborough Stadium, West Brom U21 has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sunderland U21 form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League 2 Division One ended in defeat. Last season Sunderland U21 had these away match statistics: Played 10; won 2, drew 2 and lost 6.
Sunderland U21 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to West Ham United U21 (placed 15th).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Norwich City U21.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League Cup trip to Tottenham U21.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sunderland U21 has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): West Brom U21 one win, one draw and Sunderland U21 zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 2 red cards from the last two encounters. One of the profiles has been Thompson with 2 goals scored against West Brom U21 in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Andrews 2 goals |   E. Taylor 2 goals | L. Love 1 goals |
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| West Brom U21 | Sunderland U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 6.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 15 | 17 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 24 | 17 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| West Brom U21 | Last season | Sunderland U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 47 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 70% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 30% | ||
| 76% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 70% | ||
| 14% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 10% | ||
| 19% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 41% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Arsenal U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Reading U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Leeds United U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Liverpool U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | West Brom U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Chelsea U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | Southampton U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sunderland U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Newcastle United U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Brighton U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Stoke City U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | West Ham United U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Leicester U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Derby County U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwich City U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Everton U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Manchester United U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Wolves U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Aston Villa U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 26 | Manchester City U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 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 |
