Birmingham U23 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Nottingham U23.
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 have collected 17 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 5-2-3.
Birmingham U23's last game was hosting Barnsley U23 (placed 8th) and winning 3-1. Before that, Birmingham U23 had a Premier League Cup home game versus Leeds U23 which ended with a victory 2-0.
Goals decide football matches and Birmingham U23 are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Birmingham U23 have conceded 11 goals.
Nottingham U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (42) in Professional Development League, on their Professional Development League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Nottingham U23's previous game versus Sheffield Utd U23 (placed 10th), a Professional Development League 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Wigan U23's place.
Nottingham U23 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Nottingham U23 have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Nottingham U23 - Birmingham U23 3-2 played earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Birmingham U23 won 3, Nottingham U23 won 2 and 0 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.Birmingham U23 missing players
Nottingham U23 missing players
| Birmingham U23 | Nottingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 42 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 94% |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 83% |
| 53% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 37% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 37% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 28% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 11% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 0.8 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 220 | 129 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 97 | 160 |
| 91 | 54 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 41 | 68 |
| 37% | 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 39% | 56% |
- Birmingham U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Birmingham U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (42)
- Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+23)
- Nottingham U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Hull City U23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -42 | 4 |