Premier League 2 Divison Two match prediction: Little separates West Bromwich Albion U23 and Southampton U23 in quality

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Divison Two
Competition: Mon 07.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Bucks Head Ground (6300 seats)

West Bromwich Albion U23 make preparations for this game following their 2-3 result vs Birmingham U23, a match that produced some answers. Will they show it against Southampton U23?

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion U23 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Southampton U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

West Bromwich Albion U23 and Southampton 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.

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West Bromwich Albion U23 form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 Premier League 2 Divison Two games here at New Bucks Head Ground for West Bromwich Albion U23. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

West Bromwich Albion U23 lost their last game at Birmingham U23 (placed 13th) after a 2-3 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Aston Villa U23 in a game that was won 2-1.

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 one, drawn zero and lost three.

On the other hand, West Bromwich Albion U23 have conceded 13 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Southampton U23 form and stats

There's been little loot from Southampton U23's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Southampton U23 only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Horseman, the Southampton U23 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Before that, Southampton secured a home win against Middlesbrough U23 with the score 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Southampton U23 manager Horseman as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bournemouth U23.

The visiting Southampton U23 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Southampton U23 - West Bromwich Albion U23 3-1 was the product when this pair of squads previously did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): West Bromwich Albion U23 one win, two draws and Southampton U23 four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Southampton U23K. Olaigbe
K. Olaigbe
9 goals

West Bromwich Albion U23 missing players

Southampton U23 missing players

West Bromwich Albion U23 Southampton U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
8 6 2 Won W 0 2 7
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 2 6 8
33 18 6 Scored S 3 10 26
32 13 4 Conceded C 7 18 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
94% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 76%
71% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 65%
53% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 35%
41% 44% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 24%
82% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 41%
12% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
4.8 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.8 5.2
4.8 4 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.7 4.4
2.1 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13 13.6 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.8 11.6
5.5 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.9 5.4
35% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 23% 29%
 
11.4 9.3 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 9.7 8.8
5.1 4.1 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.3 4.2
Key stats in Premier League 2 Divison Two this season:
  • Southampton U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion U23 have scored in all their home 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 Fulham U23 19 16 1 2 46 17 9 9 0 0 25 4 10 7 1 2 21 13 29 49
2 Norwich City U23 18 10 2 6 51 37 10 7 0 3 27 19 8 3 2 3 24 18 14 32
3 West Bromwich Albion U23 17 8 4 5 33 32 9 6 2 1 18 13 8 2 2 4 15 19 1 28
4 Newcastle Utd U23 16 8 2 6 31 24 9 4 2 3 17 11 7 4 0 3 14 13 7 26
5 Aston Villa U23 17 7 4 6 41 31 9 4 3 2 24 15 8 3 1 4 17 16 10 25
6 Stoke City U23 16 7 4 5 19 24 8 4 1 3 11 14 8 3 3 2 8 10 -5 25
7 Burnley U23 18 6 5 7 28 27 9 3 3 3 15 13 9 3 2 4 13 14 1 23
8 Southampton U23 17 7 2 8 26 26 8 5 1 2 16 8 9 2 1 6 10 18 0 23
9 Wolves U23 16 6 4 6 18 27 8 3 2 3 8 13 8 3 2 3 10 14 -9 22
10 Nottingham U23 17 5 5 7 24 25 7 2 3 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 11 15 -1 20
11 Sunderland U23 18 6 2 10 31 34 8 2 1 5 15 18 10 4 1 5 16 16 -3 20
12 Middlesbrough U23 19 6 0 13 22 38 9 4 0 5 12 16 10 2 0 8 10 22 -16 18
13 Birmingham U23 17 4 4 9 24 35 9 3 1 5 12 18 8 1 3 4 12 17 -11 16
14 Reading U23 17 3 5 9 20 37 9 2 3 4 12 17 8 1 2 5 8 20 -17 14