An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 8th and the visitors in 11th place.
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.
Hull City U23 form and stats
Hull City U23 have collected 10 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 3-1-3.
In their previous game, led his Hull City U23 to a defeat in the Professional Development League match away at Leeds U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. In the match before that, Hull City U23 hosted Barnsley U23 and drew the game 1-1.
Hull City 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.
The Hull City U23 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hull City U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bolton U23 form and stats
Bolton U23, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Professional Development League, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Professional Development League, after 1-0-5 (6 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Bolton U23 who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Sheffield Utd U23 was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Bolton U23 are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Professional Development League home defeat versus Millwall U23 with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A loss against Leeds U23 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Bolton U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Bolton U23 defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 26 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bolton U23 - Hull City U23 0-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's {3 Hull City U23 victories}, 0 draws and {2 Bolton U23 wins}. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Hull City U23 missing players
Bolton U23 missing players
| Hull City U23 | Bolton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 31 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 26 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 40% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 | 50 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 32 | 96 |
| 41 | 18 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 19 | 43 |
| 44% | 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 37% | 30% |
- Bolton U23 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest points (3) away
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals (13)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals (7) away
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals (26) away
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals (50)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
- Bolton U23 has the the worst goal difference (-19) away
- Bolton U23 has the the worst goal difference (-37)
- Bolton U23 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Bolton U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bolton U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bolton U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bolton U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bolton U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hull City U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hull City U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hull City 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 | Burnley U23 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Leeds U23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Nottingham U23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Hull City U23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 | -37 | 4 |