The Professional Development League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Birmingham U23 and Ipswich U23 promises to be an interesting one.
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.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
Birmingham U23's first Professional Development League home game here ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 12 matches.
It's back home for Birmingham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sheffield Wed U23 away with the result 2-1. Ahead of that match, Birmingham lost 4-5 at home to Crewe U23.
Birmingham U23 has the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Ipswich U23 form and stats
Ipswich U23 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Professional Development League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Ipswich go into this game after a win, the home game against Cardiff U23 that ended 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Colchester U23 with the score of 2-0.
It's early days yet, but Ipswich U23 has scored 2 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Birmingham wins - draws - Ipswich U23 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Birmingham U23 missing players
Ipswich U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Ipswich U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 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% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 42 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 54% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 31% |
- Birmingham U23 has the most points from losing position (4) in Professional Development League
- Birmingham U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Professional Development League
| Birmingham U23 | Last season | Ipswich U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 50% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 70% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 45% | ||
| 14% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 50% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 75% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 5% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 245 | 143 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 248 | ||
| 101 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 91 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Hull City U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nottingham U23 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 32 | 47 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Wigan U23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Birmingham U23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | Hull City U23 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 41 | -58 | 4 |