Most people believe in Aston Villa U21 in this match vs Stoke City U21, but the away side will fight to the end. Here's our match preview!
- Aston Villa U21 have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U21 have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Wolves U21. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Aston Villa U21 form and stats
With 1 Premier League 2 Divison Two win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Aston Villa U21 are certainly not brimming with confidence. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Aston Villa U21 has won their last four matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Viljani Sinisalo not having conceded a league goal in 191 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Villa, who won 4-0 against West Brom U21 (placed 5th). As mentioned above, Aston Villa U21 "killed" West Brom U21 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Brentford U21 in the Premier League Cup.
A decent goal production from Aston Villa U21 in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. As for conceded goals, Villa's unpleasant statistic is 15 goals surrendered.
Stoke City U21 form and stats
Stoke City U21 have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, after 1-0-5 (6 played). Bitter travels for Stoke City U21 as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Newcastle United U21 match.
Two away games in a row for Stoke, whose boss Russell could celebrate last time after the Premier League Cup win against Wolves U21.
A 1-2 loss hosting Nottingham Forest U21 before that.Lots of goals? This club have played 11 consecutive league fixtures all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
Stoke City U21 are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. Stoke can't defend away. 19 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Stoke City U21 - Aston Villa U21 3-3. McGuinness loves to meet Aston Villa U21 and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Firth 6 goals |  B. Young 5 goals |  D. McGuinness 4 goals |
Aston Villa U21 missing players
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| Aston Villa U21 | Stoke City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 58% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.4 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6 | 8.3 |
| 4.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 17% | 36% |
| 9.3 | 10.2 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 13.8 | 12.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 7.4 | 7 |
- All of Aston Villa U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Aston Villa U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aston Villa U21 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stoke City U21 have scored away.
- Aston Villa U21 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Aston Villa U21 have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Stoke City U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Stoke City U21 have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U21 have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U21 have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U21 have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Stoke City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southampton U21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 26 |
| 2 | Leeds United U21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 25 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | West Brom U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle United U21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -17 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -30 | 0 |
