This match features two teams living in the basement of the Professional Development League, Barnsley U23 holding 8th place and Bolton U23 lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barnsley U23 and Bolton U23.
Barnsley U23 form and stats
Barnsley U23 have collected 19 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 6-1-5.
The spoils were shared in Barnsley U23's previous game, also at home. Visiting Leeds U23 (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Sheffield Wed U23 with the scoreline 0-2.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 12 games), Barnsley U23's attacking play is working. Barnsley U23 have conceded 20 from these games.
Bolton U23 form and stats
There's been little loot from Bolton U23's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 11 away games in the Professional Development League. Bolton U23, who have the most conceded goals (74) in Professional Development League, only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 0 draws. Bolton U23 are desperate to end a 16-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Sheffield Wed U23 fixture. Bitter travels for Bolton U23 as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sheffield Wed U23 match.
Bolton U23 failed to get anything from their last game, a Professional Development League home match vs Nottingham U23 (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-5. A 1-2 defeat away at Sheffield Utd U23 before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nottingham U23 was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bolton U23 as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Bolton U23 defense as they have conceded 41 goals in 11 away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Bolton U23 - Barnsley U23 0-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Barnsley U23 wins - draws - Bolton U23 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Barnsley U23 missing players
Bolton U23 missing players
| Barnsley U23 | Bolton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 37 | 24 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 44 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 41 | 74 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 96% | 92% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 68% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 64% | 55% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 55% | 50% |
| 65% | 58% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 36% | 41% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 64% | 59% |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 203 | 117 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 56 | 132 |
| 77 | 47 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 27 | 56 |
| 44% | 51% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 29% |
- Barnsley U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley U23 have scored more than double the goals of Bolton U23.
- Barnsley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bolton U23 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest points (3) away
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals (16)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals (41) away
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals (74)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (27)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (41)
- Bolton U23 has the the worst goal difference (-32) away
- Bolton U23 has the the worst goal difference (-58)
- Bolton U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Bolton U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bolton U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bolton U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bolton U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bolton U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bolton U23 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nottingham U23 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 32 | 47 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Wigan U23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Birmingham U23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | Hull City U23 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 41 | -58 | 4 |