All the facts and stats for the Premier League Cup clash: Birmingham U23 - Wolves U23

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Competition: England Premier League Cup
Date: Thu 06.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Loughborough University Football Stadium (33597 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Birmingham U23 or Wolves U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Birmingham U23 form and stats

Birmingham U23 participated in Premier League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

Birmingham U23 have played 11 Professional Development League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Premier League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.

The Birmingham U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Nottingham U23 here at Loughborough University Football Stadium in a Professional Development League match. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Barnsley U23.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham U23 as they are travelling to their away game against Burnley U23 in the Professional Development League. That match is four days after this one.

The Birmingham U23 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Birmingham U23 have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Wolves U23 form and stats

They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.

The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.

Wolves U23's last game was the home draw against Liverpool U23 (2-2). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Leeds U23 in the Premier League Cup.

Drawing 2-2 against Liverpool U23 after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager J. Collins needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Wolves U23 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. Wolves U23 have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Wolves U23 - Birmingham U23 2-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Wolves U23
T. Perry
2 goals

Birmingham U23 missing players

Wolves U23 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham U23 Wolves U23
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
11 6   Won W   5 11
5 2   Drew D   4 9
9 4   Lost L   3 5
40 23   Scored S   16 37
32 14   Conceded C   14 27
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
76% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 76%
52% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 48%
36% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 28%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   58% 60%
40% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 28%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners For (avg) C F   4.2 4.3
4.2 3.6   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.4 5.3
0.8 1.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
1 0   Red Cards R C   0 0
 
289 149   Total Shots T S   118 237
116 62   Shots on Target S O   59 115
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 30%

  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 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
2 Derby County U23 3 2 0 1 13 4 3 2 0 1 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
3 Birmingham U23 4 1 1 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 7 -3 4
4 Leeds U23 4 0 2 2 3 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 11 -8 2
  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 19 12 5 2 45 20 9 8 1 0 26 7 10 4 4 2 19 13 25 41
2 Burnley U23 19 9 8 2 36 21 9 5 4 0 19 7 10 4 4 2 17 14 15 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 20 10 3 7 36 25 11 5 2 4 21 14 9 5 1 3 15 11 11 33
5 Wigan U23 18 9 3 6 32 27 9 3 1 5 13 21 9 6 2 1 19 6 5 30
6 Crewe U23 20 9 2 9 34 32 11 3 2 6 13 14 9 6 0 3 21 18 2 29
7 Hull City U23 17 8 2 7 27 33 8 4 1 3 14 13 9 4 1 4 13 20 -6 26
8 Barnsley U23 19 8 1 10 35 37 9 6 0 3 23 14 10 2 1 7 12 23 -2 25
9 Sheffield Wed U23 18 4 5 9 29 35 9 1 2 6 15 22 9 3 3 3 14 13 -6 17
10 Sheffield Utd U23 20 4 4 12 28 40 9 1 2 6 12 18 11 3 2 6 16 22 -12 16
11 Bolton U23 17 1 1 15 14 58 9 0 1 8 7 26 8 1 0 7 7 32 -44 4
  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

Table
  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 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
2 Derby County U23 3 2 0 1 13 4 3 2 0 1 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
3 Birmingham U23 4 1 1 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 7 -3 4
4 Leeds U23 4 0 2 2 3 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 11 -8 2

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