Only round two of the Premier League 2 Divison Two for these contenders and there's points to play for here at St. Andrew's Stadium as Birmingham U23 welcome Newcastle Utd U23. Read this preview!
This should be an action-packed match with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Birmingham U23 form and stats
In the previous season, Birmingham U23's league statistics were 14 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the Professional Development League. From these 28 matches they scored 47 goals and gave away 25. Performing at home in the former season Birmingham U23 generated 7-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 13 conceded. After failing to beat Sheffield Utd U23 here at St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham U23 has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with eight wins in a row.
No payout for Birmingham in their previous match, an away game at Stoke City U23 that ended in defeat 1-2.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sheffield Utd U23 and winning 2-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham as they are travelling to their away game against West Bromwich Albion U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. That match is four days after this one.
Newcastle Utd U23 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Newcastle Utd U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 13/22 goals scored/conceded.
Newcastle's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Reading U23 that finished 1-1.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Aston Villa U23.A quick return to home after this game, as Newcastle Utd U23 are hosting Burnley U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two only four days away.
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| Birmingham U23 | Newcastle Utd U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Birmingham U23 | Last season | Newcastle Utd U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 71 | 35 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Conceded | C | 22 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | ||
| 30% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 17% | ||
| 74% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 7% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 11 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aston Villa U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Fulham U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Stoke City U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wolves U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Reading U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sunderland U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Birmingham U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Nottingham U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Leeds U23 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 33 | 56 |
| 2 | Stoke City U23 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 45 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Sunderland U23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough U23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Burnley U23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Reading U23 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Aston Villa U23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Fulham U23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 30 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 49 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -12 | 25 |
| 13 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -16 | 25 |