The managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Professional Development League league table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Professional Development League games here for Birmingham U23. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Birmingham U23 here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The fans are hoping that Birmingham U23 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Professional Development League game against Nottingham U23 (placed 2nd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Derby County U23 (1-5).
Goals decide football matches and Birmingham U23 are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Birmingham U23 have conceded only 5 goals.
Burnley U23 form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League. In general it has been a productive period now for Burnley U23 as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. Burnley U23 are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
206 minutes! That's how long the Burnley U23 goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Burnley U23 won their last game, 5-0 versus Bolton U23 played at home. Prior to that result Burnley U23 won their away game at Hull City U23. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, Burnley U23 was the only team on the pitch versus Bolton U23 in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
The travelling fans enjoy Burnley U23's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Burnley U23 have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham U23-Burnley U23 H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham U23 1 win, Burnley U23 1 win, 2 draws. 3 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Birmingham U23 missing players
Burnley U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Burnley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 29 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 73% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 87% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 73% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 5.6 | 6.9 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| 0.6 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | 90 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 44 | 160 |
| 65 | 33 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 67 |
| 43% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 40% |
- Birmingham U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Birmingham U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Birmingham U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Birmingham U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Birmingham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Birmingham U23 is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Burnley U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Burnley U23 has the most points from losing position (9)
- Burnley U23 have not yet lost a game.
- Burnley U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 | Burnley U23 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Nottingham U23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 3 | Birmingham U23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Wigan U23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Hull City U23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 | -32 | 4 |