It's advantage Aston Villa U23 so far, with the 3rd position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two table and eagerly waiting for Burnley U23 (who are sitting at 5th).
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Burnley U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
Aston Villa U23, who have the most scored goals (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two, have collected 8 points from their Premier League 2 Divison Two home games so far after 2-2-1.
Aston Villa U23 travelled for their previous game, a trip to Reading U23 that ended 2-2.
Heartbreak before that as Villa lost 0-4 at Southampton U23's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Villa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost four.
Villa can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Villa have conceded 8 from these games.
Burnley U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Burnley in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League 2 Divison Two-match, hosting Fulham U23, 1-2.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Birmingham U23 with the score of 2-1.Burnley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
A new game in only four days for Burnley, the Premier League 2 Divison Two home match versus Stoke City U23. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Burnley U23 have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Burnley U23 have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Villa wins - draws - Burnley U23 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Chukwuemeka 6 goals |  M. Mellon 5 goals |
Aston Villa U23 missing players
Burnley U23 missing players
| Aston Villa U23 | Burnley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 6.2 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 11.4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.6 | 10.1 |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 49% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 34% |
| 12.4 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 11.8 | 11.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
- All of Burnley U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Burnley U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Burnley 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 5 | Burnley U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Norwich City U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Wolves U23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Southampton U23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Nottingham U23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Birmingham U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough U23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 9 |