Birmingham City U21 are ready to battle it out with Wigan Athletic U21 in this Professional Development League match. All you need to learn about the fixture is right here!
- Wigan Athletic U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Professional Development League
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham nor Wigan Athletic U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Birmingham City U21 form and stats
Birmingham City U21 have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Professional Development League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus Millwall U21 last time out and are looking for a win here. A goal frenzy last time out for Birmingham City U21, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Millwall U21. Fun stuff to watch!
2-2 away at Charlton Athletic U21 before that.Birmingham City U21 are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League Cup match at Ipswich Town U21 awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Birmingham City U21's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Birmingham City U21 have conceded 4 goals.
Wigan Athletic U21 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Professional Development League for Wigan Athletic U21 with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Wigan won their last game, 3-0 versus Colchester United U21 played at home. That victory felt nice as this side had gone three league games without winning.
Prior to that match, the Wigan Athletic U21 manager faced defeat when travelling to Bristol City U21 and losing 1-2.{3 goals} so far away for Wigan Athletic U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham City U21-Wigan Athletic U21 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham City U21 zero wins, Wigan Athletic U21 two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Birmingham City U21 missing players
Wigan Athletic U21 missing players
| Birmingham City U21 | Wigan Athletic U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 5.2 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 13.2 |
| 6.2 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 35% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 13.2 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 12.8 |
| 6.6 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
- Wigan Athletic U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Professional Development League
| Birmingham City U21 | Last season | Wigan Athletic U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 28 | 56 | ||
| 61 | 25 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 89% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 75% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 61% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 61% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 18% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7.8 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 44% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United U21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 12 |
| 2 | Birmingham City U21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Fleetwood Town U21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Burnley U21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Barnsley U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Hull City U21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra U21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Coventry City U21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Peterborough United U21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -14 | 0 |
