Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Crystal Palace U23 languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Coventry U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Crystal Palace U23 form and stats
Crystal Palace U23's results here in the Professional Development League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Crystal Palace U23 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager R. Shaw and the players.
The fans are hoping that Crystal Palace U23 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Professional Development League game against Bristol City U23 (placed 8th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Cardiff U23 (2-3).
Crystal Palace U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Crystal Palace U23 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).
Coventry U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional Development League travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Coventry U23 has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Coventry U23 are looking to quickly end their 195 minutes long goal drought in the Professional Development League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Professional Development League home defeat versus Queens Park Rangers U23 with 0-2 on the scoreboard. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Ipswich U23.
Coventry U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Coventry U23 have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Crystal Palace U23 wins - draws - Coventry U23 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Crystal Palace U23 missing players
Coventry U23 missing players
| Crystal Palace U23 | Coventry U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 33 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 35% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 24% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 65% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 59% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 154 | 83 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 109 | 175 |
| 55 | 32 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 46 | 77 |
| 38% | 38% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 30% |
- Coventry U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Coventry U23 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Coventry U23 has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
- Coventry U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coventry U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Coventry U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crystal Palace U23 has the fewest points (6) at home
- Crystal Palace U23 has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Crystal Palace U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (21)
- Crystal Palace U23 has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Watford U23 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Millwall U23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Charlton U23 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Coventry U23 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Cardiff U23 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 | Ipswich U23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Bristol City U23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Colchester U23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 12 |