Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Leeds U23 languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Barnsley U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Leeds U23 form and stats
Overall Professional Development League stats at home this season for Leeds U23 are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
In their previous game, led his Leeds U23 to a defeat in the Premier League Cup match away at Derby County U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. In the match before that, Leeds U23 hosted Burnley U23 and drew the Professional Development League game 1-1.
Leeds 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 Leeds U23 manager has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Leeds U23 have conceded 5 goals.
Barnsley U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (26) in Professional Development League, on their Professional Development League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Barnsley U23 won their last game, 4-1 versus Crewe U23 played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Sheffield Wed U23.
Barnsley U23 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Barnsley U23 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Leeds U23 won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Barnsley U23 has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 1Leeds U23 missing players
Barnsley U23 missing players
| Leeds U23 | Barnsley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.2 | 8.4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 14 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- All of Barnsley U23's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Barnsley U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Barnsley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leeds U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Leeds U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Leeds U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Crewe U23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Hull City U23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Wigan U23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Leeds U23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -19 | 3 |