The league table in Professional Development League tells a story about these teams so far, with Leeds U23 leading Bolton U23 by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League Cup match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Derby County U23, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Leeds U23 form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 Professional Development League games here for Leeds U23, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Professional Development League,. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Leeds U23 haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Birmingham U23, 115 days ago. After failing to beat Burnley U23 here, Leeds U23 has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Leeds U23's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Derby County U23. 2-2 away at Sheffield Wed U23 before that.
The Leeds U23 manager has got the team scoring with 21 from 9 home games in the league. Leeds U23 are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Bolton U23 form and stats
There's been little loot from Bolton U23's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Professional Development League. Bolton U23, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Professional Development League, only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. Bolton U23 are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Sheffield Wed U23 fixture. Bitter travels for Bolton U23 as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sheffield Wed U23 match.
Bolton U23 are looking to quickly end their 237 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 Burnley U23 with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-2 defeat away at Crewe U23 before that.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Bolton U23 can't defend away. 32 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bolton U23 - Leeds U23 1-5. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Leeds U23 wins - draws - Bolton U23 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Leeds U23 missing players
Bolton U23 missing players
| Leeds U23 | Bolton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 35 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 32 | 60 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 7.1 | 7.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 242 | 140 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 45 | 117 |
| 104 | 61 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 23 | 50 |
| 32% | 34% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 28% |
- Bolton U23 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (5)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest points (3) away
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals (14)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals (7) away
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
- Bolton U23 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals (32) away
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals (60)
- Bolton U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (35)
- Bolton U23 has the the worst goal difference (-25) away
- Bolton U23 has the the worst goal difference (-46)
- 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.
- Bolton U23 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Leeds U23 has the fewest conceded goals (16)
- Leeds U23 has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Leeds U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Leeds U23 has the most clean sheets (5) at home
- Leeds U23 has the most clean sheets (8)
- Leeds U23 have created more than twice as many corners as Bolton U23.
- Leeds U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leeds U23 have scored more than double the goals of Bolton U23.
- Leeds U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Leeds U23 is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Hull City U23 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 32 | -46 | 4 |