It's still early in the Professional Development League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Barnsley U23 - Colchester U23 preview!
The visiting Colchester U23 played their last game only four days ago, a Professional Development League match. That game was a home fixture for Colchester U23, against Crewe U23. But now it's all about beating Barnsley U23!
Barnsley U23 form and stats
Perfect Professional Development League season at home so far for Barnsley U23, as mentioned below. 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Barnsley U23 bring valid hopes of a third.
The Barnsley U23 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Crystal Palace U23 in Professional Development League and win 3-0. Heartbreak before that as Barnsley U23 lost 1-4 at Bristol City U23's place.
Barnsley U23 has the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Colchester U23 form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Professional Development League ended in defeat. Last season Colchester U23 had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 2, drew 1 and lost 11.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Professional Development League match played at their home ground. Colchester U23 suffered a 1-2 loss to Crewe U23 (placed 5th). Prior to that match, the Colchester U23 manager faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield Wed U23 and losing 1-4.
Colchester U23 have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Barnsley U23, 1 draw and 0 wins for Colchester U23. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.Barnsley U23 missing players
Colchester U23 missing players
| Barnsley U23 | Colchester U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnsley U23 | Last season | Colchester U23 | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | 14 | 28 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | 11 | 20 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | 16 | 30 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Conceded | 47 | 77 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 64% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 54% | 43% | Over 2.5 | 93% | 75% | ||
| 39% | 36% | Over 3.5 | 64% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 14% | Over 4.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 43% | 50% | BTTS | 71% | 61% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 4% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Failed To Score | 29% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
- All of Colchester U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Colchester U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Colchester U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Colchester U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Colchester U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 16-04-19 | | Watford U23 | 2 - 2 | Barnsley U23 |
| 12-08-19 | | Coventry U23 | 2 - 1 | Barnsley U23 |
| 20-08-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 3 - 1 | Cardiff U23 |
| 27-08-19 | | Bristol City U23 | 4 - 1 | Barnsley U23 |
| 02-09-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 3 - 0 | Crystal Palace U23 |
| 13-09-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 13:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 20-09-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 13:00 | Wigan U23 |
| 27-09-19 | | Nottingham U23 | 12:00 | Barnsley U23 |
| 11-10-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 13:00 | Birmingham U23 |
| 21-10-19 | | Burnley U23 | 13:00 | Barnsley U23 |
| 15-04-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 12-08-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 3 | Wigan U23 |
| 26-08-19 | | Colchester U23 | 2 - 2 | Burnley U23 |
| 02-09-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 - 1 | Colchester U23 |
| 09-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 1 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 13-09-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 13:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Millwall U23 |
| 30-09-19 | | Bristol City U23 | 12:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 21-10-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Cardiff U23 |
| 25-10-19 | | Watford U23 | 12:00 | Colchester U23 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Nottingham U23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Leeds U23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Burnley U23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Barnsley U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Crewe U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Hull City U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Birmingham U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Wigan U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Leeds U23 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 57 |
| 2 | Birmingham U23 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Crewe U23 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 48 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Nottingham U23 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 43 |
| 6 | Bolton U23 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 43 |
| 7 | Barnsley U23 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 39 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -11 | 38 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 10 | Hull City U23 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -27 | 21 |
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