Sheffield United U21 are hunting the top positions while Barnsley U21 are more nervous about steering clear of relegation. May the best team win!
- Sheffield United U21 have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Professional Development League
Sheffield have less rest than Barnsley U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Professional Development League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Peterborough United U21.
Sheffield United U21 form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Professional Development League games here at Bramall Lane for Sheffield United U21. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
It's back home for Sheffield United U21, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Peterborough United U21 away with the result 4-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Sheffield, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Peterborough United U21. Fun stuff to watch!
Ahead of that match, Sheffield United U21 won a home game hosting Sheffield Wednesday U21 (1-0).A decent goal production from Sheffield United U21 in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Barnsley U21 form and stats
Barnsley U21 have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Professional Development League, after 1-1-5 (7 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Barnsley U21 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Barnsley delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Coventry City U21 (placed 6th) in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Barnsley U21 manager faced defeat when travelling to Hull City U21 and losing 0-3.Observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visiting Barnsley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. Barnsley U21 have conceded 17 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Barnsley U21 has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Barnsley U21 - Sheffield 3-0 written in the official records.
Sheffield United U21 missing players
Barnsley U21 missing players
| Sheffield United U21 | Barnsley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 42 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 28% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 11% |
| 38% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 61% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 43% | 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 9.3 | 8.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- All of Barnsley U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnsley U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Barnsley U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Barnsley U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barnsley U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U21 have the fewest points (4) away in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U21 have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U21 have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Barnsley U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield United U21 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Barnsley U21 have scored away.
- Sheffield United U21 have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the most clean sheets (11) in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the most points (23) at home in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the the best goal difference (+19) in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Professional Development League
- Sheffield United U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sheffield United U21 is in the best form (5-1-0) in Professional Development League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United U21 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Hull City U21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Burnley U21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra U21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Coventry City U21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 7 | Birmingham City U21 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 21 |
| 8 | Peterborough United U21 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Barnsley U21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -25 | 16 |
