Stoke City U23 welcome Aston Villa U23 for another entertaining Premier League 2 Divison Two fixture here at Lyme Valley Stadium.
- All of Stoke City U23's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
Stoke City U23 and Aston Villa U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Stoke City U23's two home games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Lyme Valley Stadium.
Stoke enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Newcastle Utd U23's place. The match ended 3-2 with T. Campbell, T. Sparrow and D. Wright-Phillips scoring.
Prior to that, an away loss at Middlesbrough U23.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stoke City U23 as they are travelling to their away game against Southampton U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Stoke City U23's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
Aston Villa U23 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Villa go into this game after a win, the home game against West Bromwich Albion U23 that ended 4-2. A stark raving crazy game with an abundance of goals last time out for Villa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this game be as much fun? Caleb Chukwuemeka certainly enjoyed Villa's last game versus West Bromwich Albion U23, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-2 victory.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Norwich City U23 wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wolves U23 in just four days.
Aston Villa U23 have the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Stoke City U23 victories, zero draws and two Aston Villa U23 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Chukwuemeka 4 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 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.2 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8 | 10.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 5.4 |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 52% |
- All of Aston Villa U23's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Stoke City U23's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Aston Villa U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U23 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Aston Villa U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Stoke City U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Stoke City U23 | Last season | Aston Villa U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 79% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 58% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 38% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 79% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 17% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Stoke City U23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Reading U23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Nottingham U23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Burnley U23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 13 | Birmingham U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 1 |