A win is the only result that will suffice for the Aston Villa U23 club members in this Bodymoor Heath Training Ground duel with Birmingham U23, seeing as they have a robust lead on the away team in the Premier League 2 Divison Two standings.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Birmingham U23 have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
Aston Villa U23 have collected 11 points from their Premier League 2 Divison Two home games so far after 3-2-1.
The Villa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Burnley U23 in Premier League 2 Divison Two and win 4-1.
2-2 away at Reading U23 before that.Goals are plentiful at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground in the league this season as Aston Villa U23 has scored 16 goals here in 6 home games. Aston Villa U23 have conceded 9 from these games.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
Birmingham U23 have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Birmingham, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Watford U23.
A loss against Wolves U23 was the result prior to that, in a Premier League 2 Divison Two home game.Birmingham have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. For Birmingham, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Birmingham has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The teams involved faced each other earlier this season: Birmingham U23 - Villa 1-2.Aston Villa U23 missing players
Birmingham U23 missing players
| Aston Villa U23 | Birmingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 32 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 6 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.7 | 11.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 52% | 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | 34% |
| 12.2 | 11 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
- All of Birmingham U23's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have scored more than double the goals of Birmingham U23.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Birmingham U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Birmingham U23 have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Birmingham 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 | Fulham U23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 21 |
| 5 | Norwich City U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolves U23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 18 |
| 7 | Southampton U23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Burnley U23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Nottingham U23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 10 |