After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Ipswich U23 and Sheffield Wed U23 in this fresh Professional Development League season. Read our match preview!
Ipswich U23 and Sheffield Wed 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.
Ipswich U23 form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Ipswich U23's two home games in the Professional Development League so far this season, having collected 4 points.
Ipswich enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Birmingham U23's place. The match ended 5-4. Ahead of that match, Ipswich U23 won a home game hosting Cardiff U23 (2-1).
The game against Birmingham U23 had lots of late drama as Ipswich came back from being down 0-3 and finally secured the victory through Darren Watson's goal in the 88th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Ipswich U23 has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sheffield Wed U23 form and stats
Sheffield Wed U23 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Professional Development League were 4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 11 fixtures.
Sheffield won their last game, 1-0 versus Cardiff U23 played at home. A loss against Birmingham U23 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
0 goals so far away for Sheffield Wed U23, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Ipswich won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Sheffield Wed U23 has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneIpswich U23 missing players
Sheffield Wed U23 missing players
| Ipswich U23 | Sheffield Wed U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | 18 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 34 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 48% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
- All of Ipswich U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ipswich U23 has the most points from losing position (6) in Professional Development League
- Ipswich U23 has the most scored goals (10) in Professional Development League
- Ipswich U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Professional Development League
- Ipswich U23 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ipswich U23 have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wed U23.
- Ipswich U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ipswich U23 is in the best form (3-1-1)
- Sheffield Wed U23 has the fewest scored goals (0) away in Professional Development League
- Sheffield Wed U23 has the fewest scored goals (3) in Professional Development League
- Sheffield Wed U23 have failed to score a single goal away.
- Sheffield Wed U23 have lost all their away matches so far.
- Sheffield Wed U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Ipswich U23 | Last season | Sheffield Wed U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 90% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 70% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 27% | ||
| 75% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 77% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 9% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 248 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 59 | 179 | ||
| 91 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 80 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ipswich U23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Millwall U23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Charlton U23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Colchester U23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Swansea City U23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | Watford U23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Cardiff U23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 0 |