Middlesbrough U23 get ready to host Stoke City U23 for another entertaining Premier League 2 Divison Two match here at Riverside Stadium.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League Cup game only three days ago.
Middlesbrough U23 form and stats
Only two Premier League 2 Divison Two home games for Middlesbrough U23 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A nice win for Middlesbrough U23 last time playing, versus Queens Park Rangers U23. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match, Middlesbrough U23 won a home game hosting Southampton U23 (2-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Middlesbrough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost five.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Middlesbrough U23 at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 12 matches.
Home advantage was not enough for Stoke in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League Cup-match, hosting Colchester U23, 2-4. A stark raving crazy match with an abundance of goals last time out for Stoke, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this match be as much fun?
The game before that, in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Reading U23.Stoke are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Stoke City U23 have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior eight meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Middlesbrough U23, two draws and three wins for Stoke City U23. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Fletcher 2 goals |
Middlesbrough U23 missing players
Stoke City U23 missing players
| Middlesbrough U23 | Stoke City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.7 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 5.7 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 10 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11.3 |
| 5.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 24% | 43% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| Middlesbrough U23 | Last season | Stoke City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 46% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 44% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Reading U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Wolves U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Stoke City U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Birmingham U23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 12 | Burnley U23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Nottingham U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 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 |