Straining Birmingham U23 cross their fingers to pull off a surprise win when they greet hard-driving Stoke City U23 in the next league round. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home crowd will have modest expectations.
- Birmingham U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U23 have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
The hosts Birmingham saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. That game was an away game at Burnley U23, so at least Birmingham are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Birmingham U23 form and stats
Birmingham U23's results here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the Premier League 2 Divison Two have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Game days at St. Andrew's Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Birmingham as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Birmingham drew their last game, 1-1 away at Burnley U23 (placed 6th). Walker felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Burnley U23 as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 33rd minute.
Heartbreak before that as Birmingham lost 1-3 at Huddersfield Town U23's place.Birmingham U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League 2 Divison Two matches, Stoke City U23 have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far.
The Stoke City U23 goalkeeper Nathan Broome is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Stoke City U23 go into this game after a win, the home game against Southampton U23 that ended 3-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Burnley U23 at their stadium, the result 1-0.Stoke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Stoke have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier on this match year: Stoke City U23 - Birmingham U23 2-1.Top Goalscorers
  D. James-Taylor 5 goals |  K. Hurst 3 goals | O. Soldevila Puig 3 goals |
Birmingham U23 missing players
Stoke City U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Stoke City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 29 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 79% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 |
| 4.3 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 31% |
| 12.8 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.9 | 9.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- Birmingham U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Birmingham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Stoke City U23 have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Stoke City 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Burnley U23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Sunderland U23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough U23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 13 | Nottingham U23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 12 |
