It's the second chance for points this season as Aston Villa U23 and Norwich City U23 battle it out at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
The fans are hoping that Aston will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premier League 2 Divison Two game against West Bromwich Albion U23 (placed 3rd). Preceding that match was the home game against Reading U23 that was lost 1-3.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Aston Villa U23 matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and one defeat (from six games).
Last season, Aston Villa U23's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Over these 17 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Aston Villa U23 managed 5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 12 conceded.
Norwich City U23 form and stats
D. Sinani, J. Drmic and A. Omobamidele scored in Norwich City U23's previous match, the home game against Reading U23 that ended 3-0. A 0-4 defeat away at West Ham United U23 before that.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Norwich City U23 when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
Let's have a look at how Norwich City U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 11/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Aston won one game, one match ended with a draw and Norwich City U23 has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
![]() J. Philogene-Bidace 1 goals | ![]() A. Omobamidele 1 goals |
Aston Villa U23 missing players
Norwich City U23 missing players
| Aston Villa U23 | Norwich City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Aston Villa U23 | Last season | Norwich City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 71% | ||
| 41% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 41% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 59% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 71% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 6% | ||
| 29% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 190 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 86 | 179 | ||
| 71 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 71 | ||
| 38% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stoke City U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Aston Villa U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Leeds U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United U23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 37 | 46 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | -9 | 26 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Swansea City U23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Fulham U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 28 | -43 | 1 |