It's still early in the Professional Development League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Crewe U23 - Sheffield Wed U23 preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Crewe U23 form and stats
Crewe U23's first Professional Development League home game here ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat from 14 matches.
Happy days for Crewe U23 in their previous game, a Professional Development League match away at Colchester U23 that ended with a 2-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Coventry U23 (3-4).
Early season league goal statistics from Crewe U23's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
Sheffield Wed U23 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Professional Development League for Sheffield Wed U23 with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Sheffield Wed U23 failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cardiff U23 that ended with defeat 2-3. Before that, Sheffield Wed U23 travelled to Queens Park Rangers U23 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Sheffield Wed U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Sheffield Wed U23 have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Crewe U23-Sheffield Wed U23 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Crewe U23 0 wins, Sheffield Wed U23 1 win, 1 draw. 1 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Crewe U23 missing players
Sheffield Wed U23 missing players
| Crewe U23 | Sheffield Wed U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crewe U23 | Last season | Sheffield Wed U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 27 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 71% | ||
| 57% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 57% | ||
| 39% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 39% | ||
| 14% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 18% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
- Crewe U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sheffield Wed U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 15-04-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 12-08-19 | | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 0 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 21-08-19 | | Crewe U23 | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace U23 |
| 28-08-19 | | Coventry U23 | 4 - 3 | Crewe U23 |
| 09-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 1 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Crewe U23 | 12:00 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 30-09-19 | | Leeds U23 | 12:00 | Crewe U23 |
| 09-10-19 | | Crewe U23 | 12:00 | Watford U23 |
| 14-10-19 | | Bolton U23 | 18:00 | Crewe U23 |
| 23-10-19 | | Crewe U23 | 12:00 | Sheffield Utd U23 |
| 12-08-19 | | Charlton U23 | 1 - 1 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 23-08-19 | | Watford U23 | 3 - 1 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 02-09-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 - 1 | Colchester U23 |
| 06-09-19 | | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 2 - 2 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 16-09-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 2 - 3 | Cardiff U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Crewe U23 | 12:00 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 13-10-19 | | Hull City U23 | 11:00 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 21-10-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 12:00 | Bolton U23 |
| 28-10-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 12:00 | Barnsley U23 |
| 04-11-19 | | Burnley U23 | 14:00 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Hull City U23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Barnsley U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Birmingham U23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
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