The Premier League 2 Divison Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Wolves U23 and Stoke City U23 promises to be an interesting one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Wolves U23 form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League 2 Divison Two game here at Aggborough Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Wolves U23 last season were 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 11 games. Wolves U23 has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Aggborough Stadium. We remember; it was Reading U23.
Wolves manager J. Collins and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Leeds U23 (placed 12th) in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Burnley U23.
Wolves salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Leeds U23, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in L. Cundle equalizing.
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 Wolves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Wolves U23 at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
Stoke City U23 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League 2 Divison Two were 6 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 9 fixtures.
Stoke play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Middlesbrough U23 (placed 4th). That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Leeds U23.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Stoke City U23 wins, three draws and one defeat.
Stoke City U23 have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Wolves U23 victories, two draws and one Stoke City U23 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kyeremateng 4 goals |  T. Corbeanu 2 goals | L. Cundle 1 goals |
Wolves U23 missing players
Stoke City U23 missing players
| Wolves U23 | Stoke City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| Wolves U23 | Last season | Stoke City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 90% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 83% | ||
| 57% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 43% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 38% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 39% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 245 | 133 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 220 | ||
| 113 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 96 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Wolves U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Fulham U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Stoke City U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 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 | Burnley U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Reading U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Leeds U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Sunderland U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -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 | +/- | 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 |
| 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 |