Open game expected at WBA Training Ground: West Bromwich Albion U23 vs Manchester United U23 preview

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Date: Fri 09.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: WBA Training Ground (1000 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for West Bromwich Albion U23 and Manchester United U23. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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West Bromwich Albion U23 form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how West Bromwich Albion U23 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 3.

Last season, West Bromwich Albion U23's league statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Over these 21 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season West Bromwich Albion U23 managed 3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 17 conceded.

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Manchester United U23 form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Manchester United U23 in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Manchester United U23, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

It's a day of discovery for Manchester United U23 as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Manchester United U23 have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Manchester United U23 has scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.

Let's have a look at how Manchester United U23 performed last season in the Premier League 2 Divison Two: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 15/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 2 - 0 (West Bromwich Albion U23 wins - draws - Manchester United U23 wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

West Bromwich Albion U23 missing players

Manchester United U23 missing players

West Bromwich Albion U23 Manchester United U23
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
West Bromwich Albion U23 Last season Manchester United U23
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
22 11   Played   11 22
5 3   Won   4 8
9 5   Drew   4 6
8 3   Lost   3 8
33 16   Scored   17 33
38 18   Conceded   15 31
86% 91%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
82% 91%   Over 1.5   82% 82%
55% 45%   Over 2.5   45% 50%
45% 45%   Over 3.5   36% 36%
32% 27%   Over 4.5   18% 18%
68% 73%   BTTS   64% 64%
23% 18%   Clean Sheets   36% 32%
23% 18%   Failed To Score   0% 5%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners For (avg)   5.7 5.7
5 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   5.8 5.1
1.1 1.3   Yellow Cards (avg)   0.9 0.9
3 2   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Manchester United U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Manchester United U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

West Bromwich Albion U23
All EFL Trophy Premier League 2 Divison Two Premier League Cup
All Home Away
11-03-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 0 - 0 Fulham U23
05-04-19 Pr Manchester United U23 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion U23
18-04-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 1 - 1 Southampton U23
29-04-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion U23
09-08-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 18:00 Manchester United U23
19-08-19 Pr Fulham U23 18:00 West Bromwich Albion U23
23-08-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 18:00 Sunderland U23
02-09-19 Pr Reading U23 18:00 West Bromwich Albion U23
16-09-19 Pr West Ham United U23 18:00 West Bromwich Albion U23
23-09-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 13:00 Newcastle Utd U23
Manchester United U23
All Premier League 2 Divison Two Club Friendlies Premier League International Cup
All Home Away
05-04-19 Pr Manchester United U23 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion U23
15-04-19 Pr Newcastle Utd U23 0 - 5 Manchester United U23
26-04-19 Pr Manchester United U23 2 - 3 Wolves U23
12-07-19 CF Austria Wien II 2 - 1 Manchester United U23
09-08-19 Pr West Bromwich Albion U23 18:00 Manchester United U23
16-08-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 Reading U23
23-08-19 Pr Newcastle Utd U23 18:00 Manchester United U23
30-08-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 West Ham United U23
13-09-19 Pr Manchester United U23 18:00 Fulham U23
23-09-19 Pr Aston Villa U23 18:00 Manchester United U23

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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