The visiting Burnley U23 side should be favourites in this visit to Barnsley U23, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Barnsley U23 form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Barnsley U23 have to build on here in the Professional Development League. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Barnsley U23, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Barnsley U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Nottingham U23 here in a Professional Development League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wigan U23 (1-4).
Goals decide football matches and Barnsley U23 are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Barnsley U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Burnley U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional Development League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Burnley U23 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Nottingham U23 (placed 1st). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Birmingham U23 at their stadium, the result 3-1.
Burnley U23 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Burnley U23 have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Burnley U23 - Barnsley U23 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Barnsley U23 1 win, 0 draws and Burnley U23 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Barnsley U23 missing players
Burnley U23 missing players
| Barnsley U23 | Burnley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 19 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 33 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 47% | 62% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 78% | 76% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 24% |
| 18% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 7.1 | 6.5 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 1.1 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | 75 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 67 | 183 |
| 58 | 32 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 32 | 81 |
| 47% | 59% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 44% | 38% |
- Barnsley U23 has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Barnsley U23 has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Barnsley U23 has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
- Barnsley U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Burnley U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Burnley U23 has the most points from losing position (12)
- Burnley U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Burnley U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Burnley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 32 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Hull City U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -41 | 4 |