Football betting preview: Derby County U23 with moderate expectations before welcoming Manchester City U23

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Division One
Competition: Mon 07.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: St George's Park National Football Centre (30089 seats)

Derby County U23 saw a 1-1 scoreline vs Arsenal U23 last game, a fixture to learn from. The next assignment is this robust Manchester City U23 team.

Insights:
  • Derby County U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester City U23 is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League 2 Division One

This could be an intriguing match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Derby County U23 form and stats

Derby County U23 have collected 11 points from their Premier League 2 Division One home games so far after 3-2-4. When Derby County U23 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Tottenham U23, Arsenal U23 and West Ham United U23), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The spoils were shared in Derby County U23's previous game, also at home. Visiting Arsenal U23 (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at Leeds U23.

On the other hand, Derby County U23 have conceded 13 goals.

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Manchester City U23 form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Manchester City U23, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premier League 2 Division One, playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Division One this season. The fact that Manchester have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Manchester City U23 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Chelsea U23 (placed 12th).

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Manchester United U23.

Manchester City U23 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. Manchester City U23 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other already this season, with the match result Manchester City U23 - Derby County U23 1-0 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - one - six (Derby County U23 wins - draws - Manchester City U23 wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Derby County U23 missing players

Manchester City U23 missing players

Derby County U23 Manchester City U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 9 2 Played P 3 8 18
4 3 1 Won W 2 3 11
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
10 4 0 Lost L 0 3 4
25 18 4 Scored S 6 13 43
28 13 2 Conceded C 3 13 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
81% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 78%
50% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 72%
50% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 67%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 38% 44%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 67%
6% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 22%
38% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 17%
 
5.6 5.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 10.3 7.6 6.3
5.6 6 10 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.8 4
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 10.2 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 11.2 13.1
4.1 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.5 6.2
38% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 36% 39%
 
11.1 11.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.6 7.4
4.9 4.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Premier League 2 Division One this season:
  • Derby County U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Derby County U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manchester City U23 have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Manchester City U23 have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Manchester City U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Manchester City U23 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Manchester City U23 is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League 2 Division One

  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 18 11 3 4 43 27 10 8 1 1 30 14 8 3 2 3 13 13 16 36
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 17 8 5 4 39 25 9 5 2 2 20 11 8 3 3 2 19 14 14 29
5 Manchester United U23 18 8 4 6 31 29 9 5 2 2 20 13 9 3 2 4 11 16 2 28
6 Crystal Palace U23 17 8 1 8 37 35 7 3 0 4 14 17 10 5 1 4 23 18 2 25
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 17 6 4 7 23 28 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 3 1 5 12 18 -5 22
11 Blackburn Rovers U23 18 4 6 8 34 44 9 2 4 3 23 20 9 2 2 5 11 24 -10 18
12 Chelsea U23 18 4 5 9 28 35 10 3 3 4 16 16 8 1 2 5 12 19 -7 17
13 Leeds U23 18 4 4 10 31 42 9 1 4 4 15 21 9 3 0 6 16 21 -11 16
14 Derby County U23 16 4 2 10 25 28 9 3 2 4 18 13 7 1 0 6 7 15 -3 14