Turn on the lights for Stoke City U23 - Sunderland U23! Even with their varied results, this fixture should be great fun!
- Stoke City U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland U23 have the most points (12) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
Stoke City U23 have collected 9 points from their Premier League 2 Divison Two home games so far after 3-0-2. Stoke City U23 has recorded two wins in a row here at Lyme Valley Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Stoke City U23 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Wolves U23 in Premier League 2 Divison Two and win 2-0.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with West Bromwich Albion U23 the opponent.Stoke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Stoke with 11 goals conceded in these matches.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
Sunderland U23 have an excellent away record in the Premier League 2 Divison Two so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sunderland, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Sunderland play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Reading U23 (placed 13th). B. Mbunga-Kimpioka certainly enjoyed Sunderland's last game versus Reading U23, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.
Prior to that result Sunderland U23 won their away game at Aston Villa U23. The scoreline was 3-2.The Sunderland manager M. Dodds has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Sunderland have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Stoke City U23 three wins, four draws and Sunderland U23 one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. James-Taylor 3 goals |   T. Dyce 3 goals |
Stoke City U23 missing players
Sunderland U23 missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 70% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 14 | 8.2 | 6.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 8.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 47% |
| 9.7 | 7.6 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.2 | 12.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 6 |
- Stoke City U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sunderland U23 have the most points (12) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U23 have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland 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 | Fulham U23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Stoke City U23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 17 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Norwich City U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Nottingham U23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Southampton U23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough U23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Reading U23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 7 |