Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham U23 & Newcastle Utd U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Birmingham U23 and Newcastle Utd 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.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
Birmingham participated in Premier League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Birmingham U23's struggle is real here at Liberty Way with only 7 points collected from 7 Premier League 2 Divison Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. This match is a Premier League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses in this competition.
Birmingham U23 drew their last game, also a home match. Stoke City U23 was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A 1-1 draw away in the Premier League 2 Divison Two before that, with Burnley U23 the opponent.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham U23, as the Premier League 2 Divison Two home game vs West Bromwich Albion U23 is only three days away.
The Birmingham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Newcastle Utd U23 form and stats
Last season their Premier League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.4-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Newcastle Utd U23 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two matches away. When we have look at the Premier League Cup statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
Newcastle Utd U23 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Reading U23.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Watford U23.A quick return to home after this game, as Newcastle Utd U23 are hosting Nottingham U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two only three days away.
The Newcastle Utd U23 manager Dickman has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Newcastle have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the sides played each other earlier this season; Newcastle Utd U23 - Birmingham U23 4-0. Birmingham U23-Newcastle Utd U23 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham U23 zero wins, Newcastle Utd U23 two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Stephenson 10 goals |
Birmingham U23 missing players
Newcastle Utd U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Newcastle Utd U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 49 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 11.4 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huddersfield Town U23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Watford U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | Burnley U23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland U23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Nottingham U23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough U23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 13 | Reading U23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 13 |
