Struggling Hull City U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Birmingham U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Birmingham U23 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Professional Development League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Bristol City U23, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Birmingham U23.
Hull City U23 form and stats
4-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Hull City U23, who have the most conceded goals (55) in Professional Development League, so far this season.The fans are hoping that Hull City U23 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Professional Development League game against Coventry U23. Before that, Hull City U23 had a home game versus Crystal Palace U23 which ended with a victory 2-1.
Hull City U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Professional Development League, on their travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.It might be tough going out on the road again for Birmingham U23, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Bristol City U23. Before that, Birmingham U23 secured a home win against Cardiff U23 with the score 3-1.
Birmingham U23 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Birmingham U23 - Hull City U23 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Hull City U23 won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Birmingham U23 has 1 win.Hull City U23 missing players
Birmingham U23 missing players
| Hull City U23 | Birmingham U23 | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | Played | 13 | 27 |
| 30 | 18 | Scored | 18 | 45 |
| 55 | 23 | Conceded | 12 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 89% |
| 89% | 85% | Over 1.5 | 69% | 78% |
| 67% | 62% | Over 2.5 | 46% | 56% |
| 30% | 38% | Over 3.5 | 15% | 26% |
| 15% | 23% | Over 4.5 | 8% | 7% |
| 56% | 54% | Both teams to score | 38% | 44% |
| 11% | 15% | Clean Sheet | 38% | 41% |
| 33% | 31% | Failed To Score | 31% | 26% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
- Hull City U23 hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Leeds U23 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 57 |
| 2 | Crewe U23 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 47 |
| 3 | Birmingham U23 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 61 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Nottingham U23 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 43 |
| 6 | Bolton U23 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 43 |
| 7 | Barnsley U23 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 38 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -11 | 38 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 10 | Hull City U23 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -25 | 21 |
