Match preview Premier League 2 Divison Two: Manchester United U23 - Reading U23 at Leigh Sports Village Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Date: Fri 16.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Leigh Sports Village Stadium (11000 seats)

Only the second game in the Premier League 2 Divison Two for these teams and it's all to play for here at Leigh Sports Village Stadium as Manchester United U23 welcomes Reading U23. Check out this preview!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.

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Manchester United U23 form and stats

Happy days for Manchester United U23 in their previous game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two match away at West Bromwich Albion U23 that ended with a 5-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Newcastle Utd U23 with a 5-0 scoreline.

Last season, Manchester United U23's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Over these 21 matches they scored 31 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Manchester United U23 managed 4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 16 conceded.

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Reading U23 form and stats

Reading U23 won their last game, 6-0 versus Newcastle Utd U23 played at home. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Newcastle Utd U23.

Let's have a look at how Reading U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 23/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Manchester United U23 1 win, 1 draw and Reading U23 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Manchester United U23 missing players

Reading U23 missing players

Manchester United U23 Reading U23
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
5 0 0 Scored 0 0 6
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 4
4 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 6
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Manchester United U23 Last season Reading U23
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
22 11   Played   11 23
8 4   Won   6 12
6 2   Drew   1 5
8 5   Lost   4 6
33 16   Scored   23 47
31 16   Conceded   19 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 96%
82% 82%   Over 1.5   91% 87%
50% 55%   Over 2.5   73% 70%
36% 36%   Over 3.5   36% 43%
18% 18%   Over 4.5   36% 30%
64% 64%   BTTS   73% 65%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets   9% 17%
5% 9%   Failed To Score   18% 22%
 
5.7 5.6   Corners For (avg)   5.1 6.7
5.1 4.4   Corners Against (avg)   6.3 5.5
0.9 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   0.9 1.1
2 1   Red Cards   1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Manchester United U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reading U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Reading U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Manchester United U23
All Premier League 2 Divison Two Club Friendlies Premier League International Cup
All Home Away
05-04-19 Pr Manchester United U23 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion U23
15-04-19 Pr Newcastle Utd U23 0 - 5 Manchester United U23
26-04-19 Pr Manchester United U23 2 - 3 Wolves U23
12-07-19 CF Austria Wien II 2 - 1 Manchester United U23
09-08-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 0 - 5 Manchester United U23
16-08-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 Reading U23
23-08-19 Pr Newcastle Utd U23 18:00 Manchester United U23
30-08-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 West Ham United U23
13-09-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 Fulham U23
23-09-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 18:00 Manchester United U23
Reading U23
All EFL Trophy Premier League 2 Divison Two Premier League Cup Premier League International Cup
All Home Away
05-04-19 Pr Fulham U23 0 - 3 Reading U23
12-04-19 Pr Reading U23 3 - 2 Aston Villa U23
26-04-19 Pr Stoke City U23 2 - 1 Reading U23
03-05-19 Pr Reading U23 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd U23
12-08-19 Pr Reading U23 6 - 0 Newcastle Utd U23
16-08-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 Reading U23
23-08-19 Pr West Ham United U23 18:00 Reading U23
02-09-19 Pr Reading U23 18:00 West Bromwich Albion U23
16-09-19 Pr Reading U23 18:00 Swansea City U23
20-09-19 Pr Fulham U23 18:00 Reading U23

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Reading U23 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
2 Manchester United U23 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
3 West Ham United U23 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Middlesbrough U23 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Swansea City U23 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Stoke City U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Sunderland U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Aston Villa U23 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Norwich City U23 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Fulham U23 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
11 West Bromwich Albion U23 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
12 Newcastle Utd U23 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0

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