Professional Development League preview: Can Charlton Athletic U21 edge out victory against Birmingham City U21?

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Mon 04.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Charlton Athletic U21 welcome Birmingham City U21 for another interesting Professional Development League match here at The Valley.

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.

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Charlton Athletic U21 form and stats

A Professional Development League draw at home so far for Charlton Athletic U21. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 14 matches.

In their previous game, the manager Serrar led his Charlton Athletic U21 to a defeat away at Coventry City U21. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Valley. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

In the match before that, Charlton hosted Wigan Athletic U21 and drew the game 2-2.

The manager Serrar will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sheffield Wednesday U21 in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Charlton Athletic U21's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Birmingham City U21 form and stats

Only one away game in the Professional Development League so far for Birmingham City U21 and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 8 losses from 14 travels.

Birmingham City U21 had fun at their own home (The Valley) last time out, beating Bristol City U21 3-0.

Prior to that result Birmingham City U21 won their away game at Ipswich Town U21. The scoreline was 2-1.

Birmingham City U21 have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Kamara loves to face Birmingham City U21 and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.

Charlton Athletic U21 missing players

Birmingham City U21 missing players

Charlton Athletic U21 Birmingham City U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 2 2 6
9 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.3 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 7.3
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 4.3
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 12.3
5 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 6.3
27% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 32%
 
10.7 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 21 21 12.7
5.3 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 9 5.7
Charlton Athletic U21 Last season Birmingham City U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
10 6   Won W   3 7
7 4   Drew D   3 8
11 4   Lost L   8 13
56 34   Scored S   16 38
59 30   Conceded C   36 61
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
96% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 93%
75% 86%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 64%
61% 64%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 46%
43% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 32%
68% 86%   BTTS BTTS   64% 61%
11% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 21%
21% 14%   Failed to Score F T   29% 25%
 
5.4 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.1
5.2 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 5.2
1.2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.5
3 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.4 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 7.8
4.5 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.1
41% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 44%
 
12.3 13.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 11.1
5.1 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queens Park Rangers U21 3 3 0 0 14 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 10 3 9 9
2 Millwall U21 3 2 1 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 7
3 AFC Bournemouth U21 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
4 Colchester United U21 4 2 0 2 7 10 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 6
5 Cardiff City U21 4 1 2 1 8 10 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 6 -2 5
6 Watford U21 4 1 1 2 7 10 2 1 0 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 4
7 Swansea City U21 3 1 0 2 8 9 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 8 -1 3
8 Charlton Athletic U21 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 1
9 Bristol City U21 3 0 1 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 -7 1
10 Ipswich Town U21 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 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 Millwall U21 28 18 7 3 70 32 14 10 4 0 43 12 14 8 3 3 27 20 38 61
2 Bristol City U21 28 16 5 7 47 26 14 7 3 4 28 14 14 9 2 3 19 12 21 53
3 Swansea City U21 28 16 4 8 80 46 14 12 1 1 52 16 14 4 3 7 28 30 34 52
4 Cardiff City U21 28 13 3 12 47 57 14 9 1 4 33 26 14 4 2 8 14 31 -10 42
5 Reading U21 28 12 5 11 44 40 14 8 2 4 23 15 14 4 3 7 21 25 4 41
6 Ipswich Town U21 28 11 6 11 60 61 14 7 3 4 28 27 14 4 3 7 32 34 -1 39
7 Queens Park Rangers U21 28 10 8 10 54 52 14 6 2 6 27 27 14 4 6 4 27 25 2 38
8 Charlton Athletic U21 28 10 7 11 56 59 14 6 4 4 34 30 14 4 3 7 22 29 -3 37
9 Colchester United U21 28 7 7 14 46 63 14 3 5 6 23 23 14 4 2 8 23 40 -17 28
10 Watford U21 28 6 3 19 31 66 14 2 2 10 17 29 14 4 1 9 14 37 -35 21