It's still early in the Premier League 2 Divison Two season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Newcastle Utd U23 - Sunderland U23 preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Newcastle Utd U23 form and stats
The first Premier League 2 Divison Two game here at The Coach Lane Sports Ground resulted in a draw. Last season Newcastle Utd U23's home game statistics were 4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats from 9 games.
Newcastle are returning here after visiting Burnley U23 in a Premier League 2 Divison Two game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. L. Francillette and S. Flaherty (2) scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Middlesbrough U23 that ended 2-2.
Newcastle are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Newcastle Utd U23's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
Sunderland U23 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League 2 Divison Two were 0 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats from 9 fixtures.
Sunderland's previous game was their home loss versus Leeds U23 (1-3). Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Burnley U23's place.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sunderland played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
It's early days yet, but Sunderland U23 has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Newcastle four wins, one draw and Sunderland U23 zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Flaherty 2 goals | L. Francillette 1 goals |
Newcastle Utd U23 missing players
Sunderland U23 missing players
| Newcastle Utd U23 | Sunderland U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| Newcastle Utd U23 | Last season | Sunderland U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 28 | 53 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 39% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 61% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 210 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 59 | 125 | ||
| 85 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 43 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Wolves U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Fulham U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Stoke City U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Burnley U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Sunderland U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -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 | West Ham United U23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 37 | 46 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | -9 | 26 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Swansea City U23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Fulham U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 28 | -43 | 1 |