Burnley U23 and Birmingham U23 are both riding high in the Professional Development League with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It's no vacation for neither Burnley U23 nor Birmingham U23 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Burnley U23 form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Professional Development League games here at Turf Moor for Burnley U23. The data says 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Burnley U23, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Happy days for Burnley U23 in their previous game, a Premier League Cup match away at Crystal Palace U23 that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that match, a Professional Development League win away at Bolton U23.
Goals decide football matches and Burnley U23 are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Burnley U23 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Turf Moor in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
As the visiting team in Professional Development League matches, Birmingham U23, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Professional Development League, have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far.
There were no winners in Birmingham U23's previous match, a Premier League Cup home game that ended 2-2 vs Wolves U23. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Nottingham U23.
Birmingham U23 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. 11 goals have been conceded by Birmingham U23 in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Birmingham U23 - Burnley U23 1-3 earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Burnley U23 victories, three draws and one Birmingham U23 wins. five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Burnley U23 missing players
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| Burnley U23 | Birmingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 38 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 36 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 55% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 22% | 15% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 207 | 123 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 91 | 226 |
| 89 | 53 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 37 | 94 |
| 40% | 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 37% |
- Birmingham U23 has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Birmingham U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
- Birmingham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Burnley U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Burnley U23 has the most points from losing position (12)
- Burnley U23 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Burnley U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Burnley U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 38 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Birmingham U23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 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 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Barnsley U23 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Hull City U23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 32 | -46 | 4 |