Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Bristol City U23 welcomes Barnsley U23

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Date: Tue 27.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (27000 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Professional Development League table has to be read with caution. So far Bristol City U23 find themselves in 2nd position and Barnsley U23 are placed 8th.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bristol City U23 form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Bristol City U23's two home games in the Professional Development League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Ashton Gate Stadium.

The Bristol City U23 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Barnsley U23 in Professional Development League and win 4-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Wigan U23 with a 4-1 scoreline.

Early season league goal statistics from Bristol City U23's 2 home games: 5 goals, 4 conceded.

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Barnsley U23 form and stats

It's not happening yet for Barnsley U23 on their Professional Development League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Barnsley U23 seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Barnsley U23 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Bristol City U23. Before that, Barnsley U23 secured a home win against Cardiff U23 with the score 3-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Barnsley U23 has managed 2 goals and let in 6 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bristol City U23 - Barnsley U23 4-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Bristol City U23, 0 draws and 2 wins for Barnsley U23. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Bristol City U23 missing players

Barnsley U23 missing players

Bristol City U23 Barnsley U23
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played 0 2 3
2 1 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 2 2
9 5 0 Scored 0 2 5
5 4 0 Conceded 0 6 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 50% 0% Over 4.5 0% 50% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2 3.5
4 4.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8 6
0.7 0.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Bristol City U23 Last season Barnsley U23
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
3 2   Played   2 3
2 1   Won   0 1
0 0   Drew   0 0
1 1   Lost   2 2
9 5   Scored   2 5
5 4   Conceded   6 7
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 2.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 3.5   50% 67%
67% 50%   Over 4.5   50% 33%
100% 100%   BTTS   100% 100%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 0%
 
5 5.5   Corners For (avg)   2 3.5
4 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   8 6
0.7 0.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   0 0
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Bristol City U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup
All Home Away
05-04-19 PDL Barnsley U23 2 - 0 Bristol City U23
15-04-19 PDL Bristol City U23 2 - 1 Birmingham U23
14-08-19 PDL Bristol City U23 1 - 3 Nottingham U23
19-08-19 PDL Wigan U23 1 - 4 Bristol City U23
27-08-19 PDL Bristol City U23 4 - 1 Barnsley U23
01-09-19 PDL Leeds U23 13:00 Bristol City U23
09-09-19 PDL Bristol City U23 12:00 Birmingham U23
16-09-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 18:00 Bristol City U23
20-09-19 PDL Watford U23 12:00 Bristol City U23
30-09-19 PDL Bristol City U23 12:00 Colchester U23
Barnsley U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
05-04-19 PDL Barnsley U23 2 - 0 Bristol City U23
16-04-19 PDL Watford U23 2 - 2 Barnsley U23
12-08-19 PDL Coventry U23 2 - 1 Barnsley U23
20-08-19 PDL Barnsley U23 3 - 1 Cardiff U23
27-08-19 PDL Bristol City U23 4 - 1 Barnsley U23
02-09-19 PDL Barnsley U23 12:00 Crystal Palace U23
13-09-19 PDL Barnsley U23 13:00 Colchester U23
20-09-19 PDL Barnsley U23 13:00 Wigan U23
27-09-19 PDL Nottingham U23 12:00 Barnsley U23
11-10-19 PDL Barnsley U23 13:00 Birmingham U23

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Watford U23 3 3 0 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 9
2 Bristol City U23 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
3 Millwall U23 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 4
4 Coventry U23 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Crystal Palace U23 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
6 Queens Park Rangers U23 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 3
7 Charlton U23 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
8 Colchester U23 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 1
9 Ipswich U23 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
10 Cardiff U23 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -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 D P
1 Ipswich U23 28 15 7 6 67 38 14 11 2 1 47 17 14 4 5 5 20 21 29 52
2 Coventry U23 28 13 6 9 49 38 14 9 3 2 33 15 14 4 3 7 16 23 11 45
3 Crystal Palace U23 28 12 6 10 55 49 14 8 3 3 31 13 14 4 3 7 24 36 6 42
4 Charlton U23 28 11 7 10 44 41 14 7 5 2 25 16 14 4 2 8 19 25 3 40
5 Bristol City U23 28 11 5 12 45 49 14 8 1 5 28 19 14 3 4 7 17 30 -4 38
6 Millwall U23 28 10 7 11 32 31 14 5 4 5 15 10 14 5 3 6 17 21 1 37
7 Cardiff U23 28 8 8 12 41 43 14 6 4 4 30 18 14 2 4 8 11 25 -2 32
8 Queens Park Rangers U23 28 8 7 13 54 61 14 5 4 5 33 33 14 3 3 8 21 28 -7 31
9 Watford U23 28 6 6 16 32 50 14 3 5 6 19 24 14 3 1 10 13 26 -18 24
10 Colchester U23 28 6 2 20 30 77 14 4 1 9 14 30 14 2 1 11 16 47 -47 20

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