Perhaps a welcome break from league football as West Bromwich Albion U23 & Southampton U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
West Bromwich Albion U23 form and stats
Last season, West Bromwich Albion U23's Premier League Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.West Bromwich Albion U23 are steadily winning Premier League 2 Divison Two games and points here at New Bucks Head Ground. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. 3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Premier League Cup for West Bromwich Albion U23.
The Bromwich fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League 2 Divison Two game also here at New Bucks Head Ground: A 2-4 defeat against Fulham U23. A goal frenzy last time out for Bromwich, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Fulham U23. Fun stuff to watch!
A Premier League Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Bournemouth U23.Goals decide football matches and Bromwich are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the West Bromwich Albion U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Southampton U23 form and stats
Southampton's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Southampton U23 have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, after 2-1-6 (9 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
Southampton U23 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 3-4 to Norwich City U23. A mental fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Southampton, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that match, will this match be as enjoying? Southampton were so close to getting something from the game against Norwich City U23, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Arsenal U23.Southampton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the result Southampton U23 - Bromwich 0-6 logged in the official records. West Bromwich Albion U23-Southampton U23 H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion U23 one win, Southampton U23 four wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).West Bromwich Albion U23 missing players
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| West Bromwich Albion U23 | Southampton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Conceded | C | 43 | 66 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Arsenal U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 3 | Bournemouth U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Southampton U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 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 | Fulham U23 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 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 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | Burnley U23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Nottingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
