Stadium regulars at Eppleton Colliery Football Ground haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Sunderland U23 struggling in the 14th position. The opposing Aston Villa U23 will hope to protect their higher league position in this game.
- Sunderland U23 have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the Premier League Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Mansfield Town U23, was also a home game here at Eppleton Colliery Football Ground. The away team is better rested.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
1-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League 2 Divison Two numbers at home for Sunderland U23 so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Sunderland's previous game, also at home. Visiting Mansfield Town U23 travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Newcastle Utd U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.Sunderland U23 can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. As for conceded goals, Sunderland's unpleasant statistic is 15 goals surrendered. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Sunderland have let the opposition score 15 times, an average of more than three per game.
Aston Villa U23 form and stats
3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aston Villa U23 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two matches away.
Villa delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Birmingham U23 (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Premier League 2 Divison Two game. It looked so good for Villa vs Birmingham U23, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Birmingham 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?
Before that, Villa secured a home win against Burnley U23 with the score 4-1.Villa are a potent attacking force on the road with their 16 goals in 6 league games. For Aston Villa U23, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa U23 - Sunderland 2-3 was the score in these sides' last h2h game, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Sunderland victories, zero draws and five Aston Villa U23 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Chukwuemeka 7 goals |
Sunderland U23 missing players
Aston Villa U23 missing players
| Sunderland U23 | Aston Villa U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 35 |
| 26 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 62% | 80% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 67% | 69% |
| 38% | 60% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 46% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 62% | 54% |
| 12.7 | 11.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 13.3 | 12.5 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- All of Aston Villa U23's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sunderland U23's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Aston Villa U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sunderland U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sunderland U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland U23 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sunderland U23 have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Burnley U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Nottingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |