Another fun-filled fixture in Premier League 2 Divison Two as Middlesbrough U23 receive Aston Villa U23

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Heritage Park (34988 seats)

Match week two of the Premier League 2 Divison Two campaign and the participants have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the ultimate Middlesbrough U23 - Aston Villa U23 match guide:

Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Premier League 2 Divison Two game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Wolves U23.

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Middlesbrough U23 form and stats

In the previous season, Middlesbrough U23's league statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, ending with 6th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. From these 24 matches they scored 44 goals and let in 35. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Middlesbrough U23 produced 5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 16 conceded.

Middlesbrough U23 lost their last game at Wolves U23 (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Crystal Palace U23 (0-1).

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Aston Villa U23 form and stats

Let's have a look at how Aston Villa U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 22/25 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from C. Archer, F. Thorndike, A. Ramsey and B. Young (2) secured the home win 5-2 against Nottingham U23 in their previous game. What a finish in the last match, as Villa came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through B. Young's goal in the 89th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Villa, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Newcastle Utd U23.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Middlesbrough three wins, two draws and Aston Villa U23 three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Aston Villa U23B. Young
B. Young
2 goals
MiddlesbroughI. Fletcher
I. Fletcher
1 goals
Aston Villa U23A. Ramsey
A. Ramsey
1 goals

Middlesbrough U23 missing players

Aston Villa U23 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough U23 Aston Villa U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
10 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 10
10% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Middlesbrough U23 Last season Aston Villa U23
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 12   Played P   12 24
10 5   Won W   6 9
4 2   Drew D   1 4
10 5   Lost L   5 11
44 18   Scored S   22 46
35 16   Conceded C   25 48
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 96%
58% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 79%
46% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   75% 58%
33% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 38%
58% 50%   BTTS BTTS   83% 79%
21% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
21% 25%   Failed to Score F T   0% 4%
 
6.3 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.8
4.7 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 6.5
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.3 9   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.3
4.1 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.6
44% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aston Villa U23 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Norwich City U23 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Fulham U23 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
4 West Bromwich Albion U23 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Stoke City U23 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wolves U23 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Newcastle Utd U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Reading U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Sunderland U23 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Burnley U23 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Birmingham U23 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Middlesbrough U23 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Nottingham U23 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0
14 Southampton U23 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds U23 24 18 2 4 62 29 12 11 1 0 34 10 12 7 1 4 28 19 33 56
2 Stoke City U23 24 14 3 7 41 30 12 9 1 2 23 10 12 5 2 5 18 20 11 45
3 Crystal Palace U23 24 11 3 10 45 41 12 7 2 3 29 14 12 4 1 7 16 27 4 36
4 Wolves U23 24 10 6 8 40 36 12 6 3 3 23 14 12 4 3 5 17 22 4 36
5 Sunderland U23 24 10 5 9 42 41 12 5 2 5 25 27 12 5 3 4 17 14 1 35
6 Middlesbrough U23 24 10 4 10 44 35 12 5 2 5 18 16 12 5 2 5 26 19 9 34
7 Burnley U23 24 10 4 10 38 41 12 5 3 4 21 21 12 5 1 6 17 20 -3 34
8 Reading U23 24 10 2 12 41 54 12 6 0 6 25 26 12 4 2 6 16 28 -13 32
9 Aston Villa U23 24 9 4 11 46 48 12 3 3 6 24 23 12 6 1 5 22 25 -2 31
10 Fulham U23 24 9 3 12 38 46 12 5 2 5 20 20 12 4 1 7 18 26 -8 30
11 Norwich City U23 24 7 4 13 32 40 12 3 3 6 16 17 12 4 1 7 16 23 -8 25
12 West Bromwich Albion U23 24 7 4 13 37 49 12 5 1 6 17 21 12 2 3 7 20 28 -12 25
13 Newcastle Utd U23 24 7 4 13 31 47 12 5 1 6 18 25 12 2 3 7 13 22 -16 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aston Villa U23 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Norwich City U23 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Fulham U23 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
4 West Bromwich Albion U23 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Stoke City U23 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wolves U23 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Newcastle Utd U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Reading U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Sunderland U23 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Burnley U23 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Birmingham U23 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Middlesbrough U23 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Nottingham U23 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0
14 Southampton U23 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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