The visiting Barnsley U23 side should be favourites in this visit to Crewe U23, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
- Crewe U23 has the most points from losing position (8) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U23 has the most matches under the total-line (7) 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.
Crewe U23 form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Crewe U23 so far this season.
The Crewe fans got no joy from their last match, a Professional Development League game also here at Alexandra Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Nottingham U23 (placed 1st). 1-1 away at Sheffield Wed U23 before that.
Crewe lost the game against Nottingham U23 in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
A decent goal production from Crewe in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Crewe have conceded 9 from these games.
Barnsley U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Professional Development League, on their Professional Development League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Barnsley failed to get anything from their last game, a Professional Development League home match vs Nottingham U23 (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Coventry U23 that ended 4-4.
Barnsley did not look prepared in the first half against Nottingham U23 and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.
A new game in only four days for Barnsley, the Professional Development League home match versus Sheffield Utd U23. Busy days.
The Barnsley manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Barnsley in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Barnsley U23 - Crewe 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Crewe one win, zero draws and Barnsley U23 six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Crewe U23 missing players
Barnsley U23 missing players
| Crewe U23 | Barnsley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 85% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 69% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 15% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 27% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 7.8 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 59% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 50% | 47% |
- Barnsley U23 has the most clean sheets (3) away in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U23 has the most matches under the total-line (7) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Barnsley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crewe U23 has the most points from losing position (8) in Professional Development League
- Crewe U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crewe 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 | Nottingham U23 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Barnsley U23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Wigan U23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Hull City U23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Coventry U23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 7 |