It's the second chance for points this league season as Nottingham U23 and Southampton U23 lock horns at The Impact Arena.
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.
Nottingham U23 form and stats
Last season, Nottingham U23's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 5th spot in the Professional Development League. Over these 28 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 42. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Nottingham U23 delivered 8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 15 conceded.
The fans are hoping that Nottingham will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-5 away loss in the Premier League 2 Divison Two game against Aston Villa U23 (placed 1st). Did Nottingham get overconfident in their match against Aston Villa U23? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-5 defeat. A goal frenzy last time out for Nottingham, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Aston Villa U23. Fun stuff to watch! Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at L. Salmon for missing a penalty kick versus Aston Villa U23 in the 72nd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Professional Development League home game that ended 1-1 versus Queens Park Rangers U23.There will be little rest for Nottingham after this match as they are travelling to Wolves U23 for a Premier League 2 Divison Two game in only four days.
Southampton U23 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Southampton U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 14/11 goals scored/conceded.
Southampton failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two home match vs Norwich City U23 (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3.
It was a Premier League Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Stoke City U23 wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.Head 2 Head
Nottingham-Southampton U23 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Nottingham U23 one win, Southampton U23 one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Nottingham U23 missing players
Southampton U23 missing players
| Nottingham U23 | Southampton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Nottingham U23 | Last season | Southampton U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 78% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 22% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 17% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 61% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 30% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 13% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 41% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 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 |