The Barnsley U23 & Nottingham U23 managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Professional Development League league table.
- Barnsley U23 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (31) in Professional Development League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Barnsley U23 form and stats
Overall Professional Development League stats at home this season for Barnsley U23 are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). Barnsley U23 has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Colchester U23.
Barnsley drew their last game, 4-4 away at Coventry U23 (placed 8th). Prior to that, an away loss at Wigan U23.
Opportunity lost for Barnsley in the Coventry U23 match as a lead 3-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Barnsley U23 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Barnsley U23 have conceded 5 goals.
Nottingham U23 form and stats
Nottingham U23, who have the most scored goals (31) in Professional Development League, have an excellent away record in the Professional Development League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nottingham, as they have won on their previous two travels.
189 minutes! That's how long the Nottingham goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Nottingham, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Crewe U23 (placed 7th) in the Professional Development League last time out. Before that, Nottingham secured a home win against Sheffield Wed U23 with the score 1-0.
Nottingham U23 delivered their win in the match against Crewe U23 already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Nottingham alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (18 from 6 played). In the opposite end, Nottingham have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nottingham U23 - Barnsley U23 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Barnsley won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Nottingham U23 has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / oneBarnsley U23 missing players
Nottingham U23 missing players
| Barnsley U23 | Nottingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 31 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | 12.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 49% | 44% |
- All of Nottingham U23's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Barnsley U23 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Barnsley U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Barnsley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nottingham U23 has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (18) away in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (31) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+18) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nottingham U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nottingham U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nottingham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Barnsley U23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | Hull City U23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Birmingham U23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Coventry U23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |