Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham U23 & Leeds U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Leeds U23 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Professional Development League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Crewe U23, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Leeds U23.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
Last season, Birmingham U23's Premier League Cup journey ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Professional Development League for Birmingham U23 at their home stadium (Pride Park Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. On the other hand, in the Premier League Cup, Birmingham U23 has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Birmingham U23, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Birmingham U23's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Wigan U23. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sheffield Utd U23.
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 Birmingham U23 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 1.
Birmingham U23 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pride Park Stadium with 17 goals in 9 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Leeds U23 form and stats
Last season their Premier League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Leeds U23 in their Professional Development League matches away.
Leeds U23 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Crewe U23. A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Hull City U23.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Leeds U23 in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Leeds U23, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Leeds U23's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Leeds U23 have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Leeds U23 - Birmingham U23 0-0. Birmingham U23-Leeds U23 H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham U23 3 wins, Leeds U23 0 wins, 4 draws. 5 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Birmingham U23 missing players
Leeds U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Leeds U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 298 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 290 | ||
| 117 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 118 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Derby County U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Wolves U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Birmingham U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nottingham U23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Hull City U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -41 | 4 |