After three games we know a little more about the qualities of West Bromwich Albion U23 and Reading U23 in this fresh Premier League 2 Divison Two season. Read our match preview!
Bromwich have less rest than Reading U23 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League 2 Divison Two game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The Hawthorns. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Reading U23 have had more rest.
West Bromwich Albion U23 form and stats
Only two Premier League 2 Divison Two home games for West Bromwich Albion U23 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Crystal Palace U23 that finished 3-3.
West Bromwich Albion U23 has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Reading U23 form and stats
Things could have gone better for Reading U23 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Reading U23 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Aston Villa U23 (placed 8th). A loss against Fulham U23 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
It's early days yet, but Reading U23 has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Bromwich two wins, one draw and Reading U23 three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Thorndike 2 goals | Z. Brown 1 goals | C. Diaby 1 goals |
West Bromwich Albion U23 missing players
Reading U23 missing players
| West Bromwich Albion U23 | Reading U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 25% |
- Reading U23 has the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Reading U23 has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
| West Bromwich Albion U23 | Last season | Reading U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 83% | ||
| 75% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 62% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 31% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 39% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 211 | 100 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 223 | ||
| 104 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 100 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wolves U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Fulham U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Norwich City U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Leeds U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Stoke City U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Sunderland U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United U23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 37 | 46 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | -9 | 26 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Swansea City U23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Fulham U23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Norwich City U23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 28 | -43 | 1 |