Evenly matched teams: Chelsea U23 vs Tottenham U23 match preview

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Division One
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

Both Chelsea U23 and Tottenham U23 are thirsting for points in this fixture, despite the away team carrying a 12 point lead so far this season.

Insights:
  • Chelsea U23 have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Tottenham U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League 2 Division One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Chelsea U23 form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League 2 Division One, Chelsea U23 have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games. Chelsea U23 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Myers and the players.

Chelsea lost their last game at Arsenal U23 (placed 3rd) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Manchester City U23 (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chelsea U23 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.

A decent goal production from Chelsea U23 in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Chelsea U23 have conceded 16 from these games.

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Tottenham U23 form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Tottenham U23 playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Division One this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Tottenham in their previous game as they lost hosting Crystal Palace U23, 1-4.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Everton U23 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tottenham U23 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Tottenham U23 wins, one draw and two defeats.

The Tottenham U23 manager Burnett has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 8 league matches. As for defending, Tottenham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Chelsea U23 and Tottenham U23 have met already this season: Tottenham U23 - Chelsea U23 2-2. Head to head statistics (for the previous nine meetings): Chelsea U23 won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Tottenham U23 got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three

Chelsea U23 missing players

Tottenham U23 missing players

Chelsea U23 Tottenham U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 2 Played P 2 8 18
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 8
5 3 0 Drew D 1 3 5
9 4 2 Lost L 0 2 5
28 16 1 Scored S 7 19 40
35 16 7 Conceded C 5 14 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 89%
61% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 72%
50% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 56%
28% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 33%
78% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 78%
11% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
11% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
6 6.6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 6.5
6.2 7.3 11 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4 4.2
1.4 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.9 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.1 12.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 14 13.6
4.2 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 6.5 5.9
37% 37% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 37% 38%
 
10.3 10 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11.6 10.7
4.8 4 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Premier League 2 Division One this season:
  • Chelsea U23 have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Chelsea U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tottenham U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tottenham U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Tottenham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City U23 19 12 3 4 48 27 10 8 1 1 30 14 9 4 2 3 18 13 21 39
2 West Ham United U23 18 11 2 5 43 25 10 9 0 1 27 5 8 2 2 4 16 20 18 35
3 Arsenal U23 18 9 5 4 44 34 8 5 2 1 24 13 10 4 3 3 20 21 10 32
4 Tottenham U23 18 8 5 5 40 29 10 5 2 3 21 15 8 3 3 2 19 14 11 29
5 Crystal Palace U23 18 9 1 8 41 36 7 3 0 4 14 17 11 6 1 4 27 19 5 28
6 Manchester United U23 18 8 4 6 31 29 9 5 2 2 20 13 9 3 2 4 11 16 2 28
7 Leicester City U23 17 7 4 6 25 38 7 4 1 2 11 14 10 3 3 4 14 24 -13 25
8 Brighton U23 19 6 6 7 28 31 9 5 3 1 19 10 10 1 3 6 9 21 -3 24
9 Everton U23 19 6 5 8 24 34 10 6 1 3 17 13 9 0 4 5 7 21 -10 23
10 Liverpool U23 18 6 4 8 23 31 8 3 3 2 11 10 10 3 1 6 12 21 -8 22
11 Leeds U23 19 5 4 10 34 42 10 2 4 4 18 21 9 3 0 6 16 21 -8 19
12 Blackburn Rovers U23 18 4 6 8 34 44 9 2 4 3 23 20 9 2 2 5 11 24 -10 18
13 Chelsea U23 18 4 5 9 28 35 10 3 3 4 16 16 8 1 2 5 12 19 -7 17
14 Derby County U23 17 4 2 11 25 33 10 3 2 5 18 18 7 1 0 6 7 15 -8 14