Professional Development League preview: Can Coventry U23 edge out victory against Crewe U23?

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Date: Wed 28.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

The Professional Development League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 2nd and 5th respectively.

It's no vacation for neither Coventry U23 nor Crewe 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.

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Coventry U23 form and stats

As mentioned below, Coventry U23 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Professional Development League games. Coventry U23 has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Coventry U23 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Crewe U23 in Professional Development League and win 4-3. Preceding that game was the away draw at Burnley U23 that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Coventry U23 handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D0-L0.

Coventry U23 has the goal stats of 6-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Crewe U23 form and stats

Crewe 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).

Two away games in a row for Crewe U23, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 versus Coventry U23 in the Professional Development League. A loss against Crystal Palace U23 was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Crewe U23 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Crewe U23 has managed 5 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Coventry U23 - Crewe U23 4-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Coventry U23 1 win, 1 draw and Crewe U23 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

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Coventry U23 Crewe U23
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played 0 2 3
2 2 0 Won 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
7 6 0 Scored 0 5 5
5 4 0 Conceded 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 0% 50% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 33%
 
5 8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 10 6.5
9 10 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8 7.5
1.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 0.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Coventry U23 Last season Crewe U23
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
3 2   Played   2 3
2 2   Won   1 1
1 0   Drew   0 0
0 0   Lost   1 2
7 6   Scored   5 5
5 4   Conceded   4 5
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5   100% 67%
67% 100%   Over 2.5   50% 33%
33% 50%   Over 3.5   50% 33%
33% 50%   Over 4.5   50% 33%
100% 100%   BTTS   50% 33%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   50% 33%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 33%
 
5 8   Corners For (avg)   10 6.5
9 10   Corners Against (avg)   8 7.5
1.5 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   1 0.5
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Coventry U23
12-04-19 PDL Coventry U23 3 - 0 Hull City U23
29-04-19 PDL Leeds U23 2 - 2 Coventry U23
12-08-19 PDL Coventry U23 2 - 1 Barnsley U23
19-08-19 PDL Burnley U23 1 - 1 Coventry U23
28-08-19 PDL Coventry U23 4 - 3 Crewe U23
09-09-19 PDL Coventry U23 12:00 Hull City U23
13-09-19 PDL Birmingham U23 12:30 Coventry U23
23-09-19 PDL Coventry U23 12:00 Cardiff U23
10-10-19 PDL Millwall U23 12:00 Coventry U23
17-10-19 PDL Wigan U23 13:00 Coventry U23
Crewe U23
08-04-19 PDL Crewe U23 1 - 0 Coventry U23
15-04-19 PDL Colchester U23 0 - 2 Crewe U23
12-08-19 PDL Queens Park Rangers U23 0 - 2 Crewe U23
21-08-19 PDL Crewe U23 0 - 1 Crystal Palace U23
28-08-19 PDL Coventry U23 4 - 3 Crewe U23
09-09-19 PDL Colchester U23 18:00 Crewe U23
23-09-19 PDL Crewe U23 12:00 Sheffield Wed U23
30-09-19 PDL Leeds U23 12:00 Crewe U23
09-10-19 PDL Crewe U23 12:00 Watford U23
14-10-19 PDL Bolton U23 18:00 Crewe 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 Coventry U23 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
3 Bristol City U23 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
4 Millwall U23 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 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