Burnley U21 have travelled here for an interesting duel versus the home side Colchester United U21. Get smart on the match with this thorough Professional Development League preview!
Colchester United U21 have less rest than Burnley U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Professional Development League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Crewe Alexandra U21, so at least Colchester United U21 are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Colchester United U21 form and stats
The hosts won their first Professional Development League game here at JobServe Community Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Colchester United U21 last season were 3 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 14 games.
In their previous game, the manager Hall led his Colchester United U21 to a defeat away at Crewe Alexandra U21. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at JobServe Community Stadium. Colchester were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Barnsley U21.Colchester United U21 has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Burnley U21 form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Professional Development League ended in defeat. Last season Burnley U21 had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 7, drew 2 and lost 5.
There were no winners in Burnley U21's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Cardiff City U21 (placed 6th).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Millwall U21's place.{1 goals} so far away for Burnley U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Colchester United U21 missing players
Burnley U21 missing players
| Colchester United U21 | Burnley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 8.3 | 15 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 40% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 22 | 37 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16 | 12.5 |
| 7.7 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 6.5 |
| Colchester United U21 | Last season | Burnley U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 63 | 23 | Conceded | C | 23 | 57 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 75% | ||
| 54% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 46% | ||
| 36% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 82% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 61% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 14% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 29% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | ||
| 13.1 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 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 | 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 | Colchester United U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Swansea City U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cardiff City U21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 7 | Watford U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 |
