Premier League 2 Divison Two preview: Can Swansea City U23 edge out victory against Stoke City U23?

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (21028 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Premier League 2 Divison Two table has to be read with caution. So far Swansea City U23 find themselves in 8th position and Stoke City U23 are placed 7th.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Swansea City U23 and Stoke City U23.

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Swansea City U23 form and stats

The first Premier League 2 Divison Two game here at Liberty Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Swansea City U23's home game statistics were 4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from five games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The points were shared in Swansea City U23's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stoke City U23 travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Swansea City U23 lost 2-3 at Middlesbrough U23's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swansea City U23 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Early season league goal statistics from Swansea City U23's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Stoke City U23 form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats from ten matches.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Swansea City U23 in their previous outing. The Premier League 2 Divison Two match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Fulham U23.

Stoke City U23 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

It's early days yet, but Stoke City U23 has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

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Swansea City U23 Stoke City U23
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won 0 1 1
2 2 1 Drew 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
4 1 1 Scored 0 2 3
4 1 1 Conceded 0 0 2
75% 50% 100% Over 0.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 50%
 
6 3.5 7 Corners For (avg) 0 3.5 5.2
4.8 6 9 Corners Against (avg) 0 2.5 2.5
1.2 1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Swansea City U23 Last season Stoke City U23
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
4 2   Played   2 4
1 0   Won   1 1
2 2   Drew   1 2
1 0   Lost   0 1
4 1   Scored   2 3
4 1   Conceded   0 2
75% 50%   Over 0.5   50% 75%
50% 50%   Over 1.5   50% 50%
25% 0%   Over 2.5   0% 0%
25% 0%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
25% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
50% 50%   BTTS   0% 25%
50% 50%   Clean Sheets   100% 50%
25% 50%   Failed To Score   50% 50%
 
6 3.5   Corners For (avg)   3.5 5.2
4.8 6   Corners Against (avg)   2.5 2.5
1.2 1   Yellow Cards (avg)   0.5 1.5
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Swansea City U23
All EFL Trophy Premier League 2 Divison Two Premier League Cup Premier League International Cup
All Home Away
04-05-19 PLC Swansea City U23 0 - 2 Everton U23
09-08-19 Pr Norwich City U23 0 - 1 Swansea City U23
19-08-19 Pr Swansea City U23 1 - 1 Aston Villa U23
23-08-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 3 - 2 Swansea City U23
31-08-19 Pr Swansea City U23 11:00 Stoke City U23
16-09-19 Pr Reading U23 18:00 Swansea City U23
19-09-19 Pr Swansea City U23 18:00 PSV U19
22-09-19 Pr Swansea City U23 11:00 Sunderland U23
25-09-19 Pr Swansea City U23 18:00 Porto U23
30-09-19 Pr Newcastle Utd U23 18:00 Swansea City U23
Stoke City U23
All EFL Trophy Premier League 2 Divison Two Premier League Cup
All Home Away
26-04-19 Pr Stoke City U23 2 - 1 Reading U23
12-08-19 Pr Stoke City U23 1 - 1 Sunderland U23
16-08-19 Pr Middlesbrough U23 0 - 2 Stoke City U23
26-08-19 Pr Stoke City U23 0 - 1 Fulham U23
31-08-19 Pr Swansea City U23 11:00 Stoke City U23
16-09-19 Pr Stoke City U23 18:00 Aston Villa U23
20-09-19 Pr Norwich City U23 18:00 Stoke City U23
30-09-19 Pr Reading U23 18:00 Stoke City U23
21-10-19 Pr Stoke City U23 18:00 West Ham United U23
25-10-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 Stoke City U23

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester United U23 4 3 1 0 13 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 9 0 11 10
2 West Ham United U23 4 3 1 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 7 10
3 Middlesbrough U23 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 7
4 West Bromwich Albion U23 3 2 0 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
5 Norwich City U23 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
6 Aston Villa U23 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 5
7 Stoke City U23 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
8 Swansea City U23 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
9 Reading U23 3 1 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 3
10 Fulham U23 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 -5 3
11 Newcastle Utd U23 4 1 0 3 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 2 7 -10 3
12 Sunderland U23 4 0 1 3 3 11 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 7 -8 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Brighton U23 13 8 4 1 33 8 7 4 3 0 19 5 6 4 1 1 14 3 25 28
2 Aston Villa U23 13 9 0 4 32 18 6 4 0 2 18 9 7 5 0 2 14 9 14 27
3 Blackburn Rovers U23 11 8 1 2 19 8 6 4 0 2 7 4 5 4 1 0 12 4 11 25
4 Norwich City U23 13 7 1 5 21 19 6 4 0 2 10 9 7 3 1 3 11 10 2 22
5 Southampton U23 13 6 3 4 27 23 6 3 0 3 13 16 7 3 3 1 14 7 4 21
6 Wolves U23 13 5 4 4 20 24 6 2 2 2 8 12 7 3 2 2 12 12 -4 19
7 Swansea City U23 8 5 1 2 12 6 5 4 1 0 11 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 6 16
8 Tottenham U23 8 5 1 2 16 14 4 2 0 2 6 9 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 16
9 Arsenal U23 7 5 0 2 16 9 4 3 0 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 7 15
10 Chelsea U23 10 5 0 5 18 16 3 2 0 1 5 4 7 3 0 4 13 12 2 15
11 Fulham U23 12 4 3 5 18 20 5 0 2 3 3 9 7 4 1 2 15 11 -2 15
12 Manchester City U23 9 4 2 3 17 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 3 1 1 13 3 9 14
13 Reading U23 12 3 3 6 17 23 7 3 2 2 11 10 5 0 1 4 6 13 -6 12
14 Leicester City U23 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 3 1 0 10 2 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 11
15 Everton U23 8 3 1 4 11 16 4 2 0 2 6 7 4 1 1 2 5 9 -5 10
16 Liverpool U23 8 3 0 5 12 13 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 1 0 3 5 9 -1 9
17 Manchester United U23 7 2 3 2 11 12 4 1 1 2 7 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 -1 9
18 Sunderland U23 8 3 0 5 8 17 5 2 0 3 7 12 3 1 0 2 1 5 -9 9
19 Middlesbrough U23 12 2 3 7 15 28 5 1 2 2 8 12 7 1 1 5 7 16 -13 9
20 Stoke City U23 10 2 2 6 13 22 6 2 0 4 9 12 4 0 2 2 4 10 -9 8
21 Newcastle Utd U23 8 2 1 5 11 17 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 1 0 3 7 9 -6 7
22 Derby County U23 7 2 1 4 8 14 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 3 6 9 -6 7
23 West Ham United U23 8 2 1 5 3 9 4 0 1 3 1 5 4 2 0 2 2 4 -6 7
24 West Bromwich Albion U23 10 1 1 8 10 26 6 1 1 4 6 14 4 0 0 4 4 12 -16 4
25 Gjilani 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
26 Kek-U 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Wolves U23 21 13 3 5 43 20 11 9 1 1 28 6 10 4 2 4 15 14 23 42
2 Southampton U23 21 12 4 5 35 21 10 7 1 2 21 10 11 5 3 3 14 11 14 40
3 Reading U23 21 12 3 6 43 31 10 6 2 2 20 12 11 6 1 4 23 19 12 39
4 Newcastle Utd U23 21 13 0 8 45 36 11 6 0 5 24 23 10 7 0 3 21 13 9 39
5 Aston Villa U23 21 10 4 7 33 30 10 5 2 3 18 17 11 5 2 4 15 13 3 34
6 Manchester United U23 21 8 5 8 31 29 11 4 2 5 16 16 10 4 3 3 15 13 2 29
7 Middlesbrough U23 21 6 8 7 32 34 11 2 4 5 14 18 10 4 4 2 18 16 -2 26
8 Stoke City U23 21 6 7 8 40 36 11 5 4 2 26 18 10 1 3 6 14 18 4 25
9 West Bromwich Albion U23 21 5 8 8 32 37 10 3 4 3 15 17 11 2 4 5 17 20 -5 23
10 Fulham U23 21 5 6 10 24 32 10 3 3 4 8 12 11 2 3 6 16 20 -8 21
11 Norwich City U23 21 5 4 12 30 50 11 3 3 5 15 24 10 2 1 7 15 26 -20 19
12 Sunderland U23 21 2 6 13 13 45 10 2 3 5 9 14 11 0 3 8 4 31 -32 12

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