Stoke City U23 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 10th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two table. Visiting Aston Villa U23 holds 7th place with 10 pts.
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.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
As mentioned below, Stoke City U23 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League 2 Divison Two games.
It's back home for Stoke, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fulham U23 away with the result 2-1. C. Norton and W. Forrester found the net in that victory. Before that, Stoke had a home game versus Reading U23 which ended with a victory 4-1.
Stoke City U23 has scored 8 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.
Aston has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Burnley U23 for a Premier League 2 Divison Two game that ended a draw (2-2). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Sunderland U23.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fulham U23 in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Aston's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Aston have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Stoke City U23 won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Aston Villa U23 has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneTop Goalscorers
  G. Kyeremateng 4 goals |  J. Philogene-Bidace 3 goals | A. Ramsey 3 goals |
Stoke City U23 missing players
Aston Villa U23 missing players
| Stoke City U23 | Aston Villa U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 43% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 37 | 66 |
| 29 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 38% | 73% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | 37% |
- All of Stoke City U23's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Aston Villa U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City U23 has the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Stoke City U23 have won all their matches at home so far.
- Stoke City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Middlesbrough U23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Leeds U23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Norwich City U23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Wolves U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 10 | Stoke City U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Fulham U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Burnley U23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |