A total of 13 sets of games are finished and both Bristol City U23 and Cardiff U23 are doing great. Game on!
- Bristol City U23 have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Professional Development League
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.
Bristol City U23 form and stats
2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Bristol City U23, who have the fewest points (6) at home in Professional Development League, so far this season. Three consecutive losses here is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Bristol City U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Charlton U23 here.
2-2 away at Swansea City U23 before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bristol have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bristol City U23 at home in the league. 10 on target and 10 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.
Cardiff U23 form and stats
4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cardiff U23, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Professional Development League, in their Professional Development League matches away.
Cardiff U23's last game was the home draw against Swansea City U23 (1-1).
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Ipswich U23.Cardiff are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
The Cardiff U23 manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Bristol City U23, four draws and two wins for Cardiff U23. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Bristol City U23 missing players
Cardiff U23 missing players
| Bristol City U23 | Cardiff U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 77% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 46% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 69% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 43% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 43% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 9.3 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 51% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 65% | 54% |
| 11.8 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 8.6 | 6.4 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- All of Bristol City U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City U23 have the fewest points (6) at home in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U23 have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Professional Development League
- Bristol City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cardiff U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the most clean sheets (6) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the the best goal difference (+21) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cardiff U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cardiff U23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Ipswich U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Charlton U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Millwall U23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -2 | 20 |
| 6 | Watford U23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 7 | Colchester U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Swansea City U23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 10 |
