This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League 2 Divison Two, Norwich City U23 holding 11th place and Sunderland U23 lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Norwich City U23 form and stats
Norwich City U23's results here in the Premier League 2 Divison Two have been very modest with 0 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Middlesbrough U23 game.
The fans are hoping that Norwich City U23 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League 2 Divison Two game against Swansea City U23 (placed 9th). Before that match, a win away at Reading U23.
Norwich City U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Norwich City U23 have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
There's been little loot from Sunderland U23's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Sunderland U23, who have the most conceded goals (33) in Premier League 2 Divison Two, only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sunderland U23, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Stoke City U23 game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Sunderland U23 as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stoke City U23 match.
The attacking players of Sunderland U23 have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 484 minutes.
The manager E. Dickman was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two match played at their home ground Eppleton Colliery Football Ground. Sunderland U23 suffered a 0-1 loss to Stoke City U23 (placed 3rd). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Manchester United U23 wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Goals are few and far between in Sunderland U23's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. The Sunderland U23 defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sunderland U23 - Norwich City U23 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Norwich City U23 1 win, 2 draws and Sunderland U23 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Norwich City U23 missing players
Sunderland U23 missing players
| Norwich City U23 | Sunderland U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 119 | 54 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 45 | 89 |
| 41 | 21 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 23% |
- Norwich City U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Norwich City U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Norwich City U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Norwich City U23 have yet to win a game at home.
- Norwich City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U23 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Sunderland U23 has the fewest points (1) away
- Sunderland U23 has the fewest scored goals (7)
- Sunderland U23 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
- Sunderland U23 has the most conceded goals (19) away
- Sunderland U23 has the most conceded goals (33)
- Sunderland U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Sunderland U23 has the the worst goal difference (-16) away
- Sunderland U23 has the the worst goal difference (-26)
- Sunderland U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sunderland U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sunderland U23 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Sunderland U23 have yet to win a game.
- Sunderland U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U23 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 32 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 31 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough U23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 17 |
| 7 | Reading U23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Fulham U23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Swansea City U23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 10 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -26 | 1 |