Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Crystal Palace U23 languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Reading U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Crystal Palace U23 and Reading U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Crystal Palace U23 form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League 2 Divison Two numbers at home for Crystal Palace U23 so far this season.
The fans are hoping that Crystal Palace U23 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Premier League 2 Divison Two game against Leeds U23 (placed 2nd). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Wolves U23.
A decent goal production from Crystal in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Reading U23 form and stats
Playing away, Reading U23, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premier League 2 Divison Two, have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League 2 Divison Two this season.
Impressive finishing from N. Lambert, J. Onen and R. East secured the home win 3-2 against Newcastle Utd U23 in their previous game. A 1-4 defeat away at Stoke City U23 before that.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reading have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Reading have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banks 3 goals | K. Flanagan 2 goals |  J. Onen 2 goals |
Crystal Palace U23 missing players
Reading U23 missing players
| Crystal Palace U23 | Reading U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 57% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | 34 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 24 | 41 |
| 24 | 14 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 17 | 26 |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 24% | 38% |
- All of Reading U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crystal Palace U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading U23 has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Reading 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 | Middlesbrough U23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Leeds U23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Norwich City U23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Reading U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 7 | Stoke City U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Fulham U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace U23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Burnley U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 3 |