Evenly matched teams: Leeds U23 vs Burnley U23 match preview

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Date: Mon 28.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)

Struggling Leeds U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Burnley U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Leeds U23 form and stats

2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Leeds U23, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Professional Development League, so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Leeds U23 to get some points in this home game.

Leeds U23 lost their last game at Birmingham U23 (placed 6th) after a 0-3 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a Premier League Cup home game that ended 0-0 versus Birmingham U23.

This is expected to be a close game, with Leeds U23 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leeds U23 as a small favourite), we find two games. Leeds U23 has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Leeds U23 has scored 10 goals here in 4 attempts. Leeds U23's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Burnley U23 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional Development League travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Burnley U23 as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Burnley U23 won their last game, 2-1 versus Barnsley U23 played at home. A 1-1 draw at Wigan U23's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Burnley U23 playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were {0 Burnley U23 wins}, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Burnley U23 are regular goalscorers on their travels. Burnley U23 have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Leeds U23 3 wins, 1 draw and Burnley U23 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

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Leeds U23 Burnley U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
12 10 1 Scored S 3 10 17
9 4 2 Conceded C 0 6 10
75% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 80%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 20%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
9 10 8 Corners For (avg) C F 7 8 7
3 2.8 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.7 3.9
1 0.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Burnley U23's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Burnley U23 have not yet lost a game.
  • Burnley U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Burnley U23 have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Burnley U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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.

Leeds U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
16-09-19 PDL Leeds U23 6 - 0 Watford U23
20-09-19 PDL Hull City U23 2 - 1 Leeds U23
30-09-19 PDL Leeds U23 1 - 2 Crewe U23
04-10-19 PLC Leeds U23 0 - 0 Birmingham U23
18-10-19 PDL Birmingham U23 3 - 0 Leeds U23
28-10-19 PDL Leeds U23 20:00 Burnley U23
04-11-19 PDL Nottingham U23 20:00 Leeds U23
13-11-19 PLC Derby County U23 20:00 Leeds U23
18-11-19 PDL Leeds U23 13:00 Barnsley U23
25-11-19 PDL Wigan U23 20:00 Leeds U23
Burnley U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
23-09-19 PDL Burnley U23 1 - 1 Nottingham U23
30-09-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 0 - 3 Burnley U23
06-10-19 PLC Middlesbrough U23 1 - 1 Burnley U23
14-10-19 PDL Wigan U23 1 - 1 Burnley U23
21-10-19 PDL Burnley U23 2 - 1 Barnsley U23
28-10-19 PDL Leeds U23 20:00 Burnley U23
04-11-19 PDL Burnley U23 15:00 Sheffield Wed U23
07-11-19 PLC Burnley U23 14:00 Crystal Palace U23
25-11-19 PDL Burnley U23 15:00 Crewe U23
29-11-19 PLC Blackburn Rovers U23 14:00 Burnley U23

  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 9 6 2 1 21 9 4 4 0 0 13 3 5 2 2 1 8 6 12 20
2 Crewe U23 9 6 0 3 22 14 4 2 0 2 9 7 5 4 0 1 13 7 8 18
3 Burnley U23 10 4 6 0 17 10 5 2 3 0 7 4 5 2 3 0 10 6 7 18
4 Hull City U23 9 5 0 4 14 19 5 3 0 2 9 11 4 2 0 2 5 8 -5 15
5 Wigan U23 9 4 1 4 15 16 5 1 1 3 4 13 4 3 0 1 11 3 -1 13
6 Birmingham U23 9 3 3 3 15 11 5 2 2 1 8 4 4 1 1 2 7 7 4 12
7 Barnsley U23 9 4 0 5 19 21 5 4 0 1 15 8 4 0 0 4 4 13 -2 12
8 Leeds U23 8 3 2 3 12 9 4 2 1 1 10 4 4 1 1 2 2 5 3 11
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 8 2 2 4 18 18 3 1 0 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 10 10 0 8
11 Bolton U23 6 1 0 5 9 20 3 0 0 3 2 11 3 1 0 2 7 9 -11 3

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