Delightful dogfight as daring Middlesbrough U23 duels with determined Aston Villa U23

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Date: Fri 09.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Heritage Park

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Middlesbrough U23 welcome Aston Villa U23 for the opening game at Heritage Park. Read on!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Middlesbrough U23 form and stats

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough U23 handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D2-L0.

Last season, Middlesbrough U23's league statistics were 6 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Over these 21 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Middlesbrough U23 managed 2-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 18 conceded.

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Aston Villa U23 form and stats

Aston Villa U23 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Let's have a look at how Aston Villa U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 15/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Middlesbrough U23, 1 draw and 2 wins for Aston Villa U23. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Middlesbrough U23 missing players

Aston Villa U23 missing players

Middlesbrough U23 Aston Villa U23
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
1 1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Middlesbrough U23 Last season Aston Villa U23
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
22 11   Played   12 23
6 2   Won   5 11
8 4   Drew   2 4
8 5   Lost   5 8
32 14   Scored   15 35
36 18   Conceded   15 32
91% 82%   Over 0.5   92% 91%
86% 73%   Over 1.5   67% 70%
59% 64%   Over 2.5   50% 52%
45% 36%   Over 3.5   25% 26%
18% 18%   Over 4.5   17% 22%
68% 64%   BTTS   50% 52%
9% 18%   Clean Sheets   42% 39%
32% 36%   Failed To Score   17% 17%
 
5.3 5.2   Corners For (avg)   4.3 5.3
6.1 5   Corners Against (avg)   7.2 6.8
1.8 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.6
0 0   Red Cards   1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Aston Villa U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Middlesbrough U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Middlesbrough U23
All EFL Trophy Premier League 2 Divison Two Premier League Cup
All Home Away
07-04-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 0 - 0 Sunderland U23
12-04-19 Pr Norwich City U23 2 - 3 Middlesbrough U23
19-04-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 2 - 2 Stoke City U23
28-04-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd U23
09-08-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 18:00 Aston Villa U23
16-08-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 18:00 Stoke City U23
23-08-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 12:00 Swansea City U23
30-08-19 Pr Norwich City U23 18:00 Middlesbrough U23
16-09-19 Pr Sunderland U23 18:00 Middlesbrough U23
20-09-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 18:00 West Ham United U23
Aston Villa U23
All Premier League 2 Divison Two Premier League Cup
All Home Away
08-04-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 1 - 0 Wolves U23
12-04-19 Pr Reading U23 3 - 2 Aston Villa U23
29-04-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion U23
03-05-19 Pr Southampton U23 2 - 0 Aston Villa U23
09-08-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 18:00 Aston Villa U23
19-08-19 Pr Swansea City U23 18:00 Aston Villa U23
24-08-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 13:00 Norwich City U23
30-08-19 Pr Sunderland U23 18:00 Aston Villa U23
16-09-19 Pr Stoke City U23 18:00 Aston Villa U23
23-09-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 18:00 Manchester United U23

Last season 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 Wolves U23 21 13 3 5 43 20 11 9 1 1 28 6 10 4 2 4 15 14 23 42
2 Southampton U23 21 12 4 5 35 21 10 7 1 2 21 10 11 5 3 3 14 11 14 40
3 Reading U23 21 12 3 6 43 31 10 6 2 2 20 12 11 6 1 4 23 19 12 39
4 Newcastle Utd U23 21 13 0 8 45 36 11 6 0 5 24 23 10 7 0 3 21 13 9 39
5 Aston Villa U23 21 10 4 7 33 30 10 5 2 3 18 17 11 5 2 4 15 13 3 34
6 Manchester United U23 21 8 5 8 31 29 11 4 2 5 16 16 10 4 3 3 15 13 2 29
7 Middlesbrough U23 21 6 8 7 32 34 11 2 4 5 14 18 10 4 4 2 18 16 -2 26
8 Stoke City U23 21 6 7 8 40 36 11 5 4 2 26 18 10 1 3 6 14 18 4 25
9 West Bromwich Albion U23 21 5 8 8 32 37 10 3 4 3 15 17 11 2 4 5 17 20 -5 23
10 Fulham U23 21 5 6 10 24 32 10 3 3 4 8 12 11 2 3 6 16 20 -8 21
11 Norwich City U23 21 5 4 12 30 50 11 3 3 5 15 24 10 2 1 7 15 26 -20 19
12 Sunderland U23 21 2 6 13 13 45 10 2 3 5 9 14 11 0 3 8 4 31 -32 12

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