This fixture features two participants dwelling in the basement of the Professional Development League, Crewe U23 having 7th place and Barnsley U23 sitting at 6th. A good chance for one of the participants to better their situation.
- Crewe U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U23 have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Professional Development League
Crewe U23 and Barnsley U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Crewe U23 form and stats
Crewe U23 have played three Professional Development League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Crewe has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.
Crewe U23 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hull City U23 (0-4). Crewe U23 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was the home game against Wigan U23 that was lost 1-3.A decent goal production from Crewe in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Crewe U23 have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Barnsley U23 form and stats
Playing away, Barnsley U23, who have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Professional Development League, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Professional Development League this season.
Barnsley's last game was the home draw against Ipswich U23 (1-1).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sheffield Wed U23.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Barnsley have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. For Barnsley, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings featuring these teams: Crewe won three, Barnsley U23 triumphed in five and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Crewe U23 missing players
Barnsley U23 missing players
| Crewe U23 | Barnsley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 6.7 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 44% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 40% |
- All of Crewe U23's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Barnsley U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Barnsley U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barnsley U23 have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U23 have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Professional Development League
- Barnsley U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Barnsley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crewe U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Crewe U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crewe U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Crewe U23 have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Professional Development League
- Crewe U23 have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Professional Development League
- Crewe U23 have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Professional Development League
- Crewe U23 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Professional Development League
- 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 | Coventry U23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Peterborough United U23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | Hull City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 6 | Barnsley U23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 7 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 3 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 2 |