Season ticket holders at Clayton Wood Training Ground haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Stoke City U23 languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting West Bromwich Albion U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Stoke City U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- West Bromwich Albion U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
Stoke City U23 and West Bromwich Albion 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
The story so far in the Premier League 2 Divison Two for Stoke City U23 at their home stadium (Clayton Wood Training Ground) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Stoke faced defeat in their previous match, away at Newcastle Utd U23 (2-3). Before that game, the home loss against Burnley U23 with the scoreline 0-1.
A decent goal production from Stoke in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Stoke City U23 have conceded only 4 goals.
West Bromwich Albion U23 form and stats
Things could have gone better for West Bromwich Albion U23 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Bromwich's previous game was their home loss versus Wolves U23 (2-4). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Sunderland U23.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Wolves U23 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The travelling fans enjoy West Bromwich Albion U23's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Bromwich's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Stoke wins - draws - West Bromwich Albion U23 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diaby 5 goals |  G. Kyeremateng 4 goals | O. Windsor 3 goals |
Stoke City U23 missing players
West Bromwich Albion U23 missing players
| Stoke City U23 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 44% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 8.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 34% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 50% | 44% |
- Stoke City U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Stoke City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Bromwich Albion U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- West Bromwich Albion 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 | Leeds U23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Wolves U23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Fulham U23 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Sunderland U23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Burnley U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Aston Villa U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 13 | Stoke City U23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 12 |