Professional Development League match prediction and preview for Nottingham U23 vs Birmingham U23 clash

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Mon 14.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

1st position in the Professional Development League table for Nottingham U23 so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Birmingham U23 visits The Impact Arena.

Insights:
  • Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (28) in Professional Development League
  • Birmingham U23 has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Professional Development League

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.

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Nottingham U23 form and stats

The story so far in the Professional Development League for Nottingham U23, who have the most scored goals (28) in Professional Development League, at their home stadium (The Impact Arena) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

The Nottingham supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sheffield Wed U23 in Professional Development League and win 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Coventry U23 with a 2-1 scoreline.

Nottingham are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Defensively Nottingham have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham U23 form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Birmingham U23 playing as the away team in the Professional Development League this season.

Birmingham U23's previous game was their home loss versus Wigan U23 (1-3). Prior to that match, the Birmingham U23 manager faced defeat when travelling to Barnsley U23 and losing 1-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sheffield Utd U23 in just four days.

Birmingham has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Birmingham U23 in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Nottingham three wins, zero draws and Birmingham U23 two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Nottingham U23 missing players

Birmingham U23 missing players

Nottingham U23 Birmingham U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 1 5 9
8 5 0 Won W 0 3 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 5
28 13 0 Scored S 1 9 20
13 2 0 Conceded C 2 5 21
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 89%
60% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 44%
30% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
70% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 89%
30% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 11%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.4 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.8 13.6
6.7 6.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.6 5.7
42% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 39%
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • All of Birmingham U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Birmingham U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Professional Development League
  • Birmingham U23 has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Professional Development League
  • Birmingham U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Birmingham U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nottingham U23 has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Professional Development League
  • Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (28) in Professional Development League
  • Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Professional Development League
  • Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Professional Development League
  • Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+15) in Professional Development League
  • Nottingham U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nottingham U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Nottingham U23 have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Nottingham 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 Nottingham U23 10 8 1 1 28 13 5 5 0 0 13 2 5 3 1 1 15 11 15 25
2 Hull City U23 10 7 1 2 20 9 5 5 0 0 10 0 5 2 1 2 10 9 11 22
3 Barnsley U23 9 6 2 1 18 8 4 3 1 0 8 5 5 3 1 1 10 3 10 20
4 Wigan U23 8 6 0 2 16 12 5 3 0 2 8 9 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 18
5 Sheffield Utd U23 9 5 2 2 21 8 5 3 2 0 14 4 4 2 0 2 7 4 13 17
6 Birmingham U23 9 3 1 5 20 21 4 0 0 4 11 16 5 3 1 1 9 5 -1 10
7 Crewe U23 9 3 1 5 16 21 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 1 0 4 7 15 -5 10
8 Coventry U23 8 2 2 4 9 10 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 2 1 1 7 5 -1 8
9 Sheffield Wed U23 9 2 0 7 7 13 5 1 0 4 4 7 4 1 0 3 3 6 -6 6