Birmingham U23 are ready to clash heads with Southampton U23 in this Premier League 2 Divison Two fixture. Everything you must know about the match can be found here!
- Birmingham U23 have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Southampton U23 have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
The visiting Southampton U23 played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League Cup match.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
Only two Premier League 2 Divison Two home games for Birmingham U23 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Birmingham U23 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nottingham U23 (0-5). Birmingham were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League Cup game against Huddersfield Town U23 that was lost 1-2.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Birmingham U23 at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Southampton U23 form and stats
The Premier League 2 Divison Two season is young and Southampton U23 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. It's a growing despair in Southampton as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Southampton U23 have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 184 minutes ago. K. Olaigbe was the goal scorer.
The manager D. Horseman was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League Cup match played at their home ground Staplewood Training Ground. Southampton suffered a 0-6 loss to West Bromwich Albion U23 (placed 7th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against West Bromwich Albion U23 was particularly ugly (0-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The game before that, in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Burnley U23.A new game in only four days for Southampton, the Premier League 2 Divison Two home match versus Stoke City U23. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Southampton's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. In the opposite end, Southampton have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Dos Reis Muñiz 2 goals |  K. Olaigbe 1 goals |
Birmingham U23 missing players
Southampton U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Southampton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.3 | 8 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 22% | 17% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 6% |
- Birmingham U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Birmingham U23 have scored more than double the goals of Southampton U23.
- Birmingham U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) 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.
- Southampton U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southampton U23 have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Southampton U23 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Southampton U23 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Southampton U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Southampton U23 have yet to win a game.
- Southampton U23 is in the worst form (0-1-4)
| Birmingham U23 | Last season | Southampton U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 71 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 93% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 78% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 22% | ||
| 30% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 17% | ||
| 74% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 61% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 30% | ||
| 7% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 13% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Stoke City U23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Reading U23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Nottingham U23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Burnley U23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 13 | Birmingham U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 1 |