Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wigan U23 & Sunderland U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!
Wigan U23 form and stats
Last season, Wigan's Premier League Cup journey ended in the group stage.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Wigan U23's two home games in the Professional Development League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at The County Ground.
A nice win for Wigan last time playing, versus Mansfield Town U23. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0.
Heartbreak before that as Wigan lost 3-5 at Coventry U23's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wigan U23 as they are travelling to their away game against Sheffield Utd U23 in the Professional Development League. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Wigan U23 at home in the league. 2 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
Sunderland U23 was sent out of Premier League Cup in the group stage last season.4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sunderland U23 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Stoke City U23 in their previous outing. The Premier League 2 Divison Two match ended in a draw 2-2.
Prior to that result Sunderland won their away game at Reading U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. The scoreline was 3-0.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sunderland are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sunderland have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Wigan-Sunderland U23 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Wigan U23 two wins, Sunderland U23 zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Mbunga-Kimpioka 3 goals | V. Steels 3 goals |
Wigan U23 missing players
Sunderland U23 missing players
| Wigan U23 | Sunderland U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Scored | S | 23 | 42 | ||
| 56 | 27 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 46% | ||
| 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Mansfield Town U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Sunderland U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Coventry U23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Hull City U23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 13 |
| 4 | Peterborough United U23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 7 | Barnsley U23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -18 | 7 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 5 | Burnley U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Norwich City U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Wolves U23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Southampton U23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Nottingham U23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Birmingham U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough U23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 9 |