Only a few games have been played in the Professional Development League so far, with Nottingham U23 placed 2nd and Hull City U23 sitting in the 1st position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nottingham U23 form and stats
The hosts won their first Professional Development League game here at The City Ground, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Nottingham U23 last season were 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 10 games.
It's back home for Nottingham U23, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wigan U23 away with the result 5-1. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Sheffield Utd U23 the opponent.
As mentioned above, Nottingham U23 "killed" Wigan U23 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Early season league goal statistics from Nottingham U23's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Hull City U23 form and stats
Only one away game in the Professional Development League so far for Hull City U23 and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 1 draw and 4 losses from 11 travels.
279 minutes! That's how long the Hull goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Hull's previous game versus Sheffield Wed U23 (placed 9th), a Professional Development League 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Hull City U23 won their away game at Wigan U23. The scoreline was 3-0.
Hull City U23 have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Nottingham three wins, one draw and Hull City U23 zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Nottingham U23 missing players
Hull City U23 missing players
| Nottingham U23 | Hull City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 27 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 60% |
- Hull City U23 has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Professional Development League
- Hull City U23 has the fewest conceded goals (0) in Professional Development League
- Hull City U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Professional Development League
- Hull City U23 has the most clean sheets (3) in Professional Development League
- Hull City U23 has the the best goal difference (+6) in Professional Development League
- Hull City U23 is in the best form (3-0-0)
- Nottingham U23 has the most matches over the total-line (3) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (9) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Professional Development League
| Nottingham U23 | Last season | Hull City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 20 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 67% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 70% | ||
| 57% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 30% | ||
| 67% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 55% | ||
| 29% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 209 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 142 | ||
| 94 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 62 | ||
| 52% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 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 | Hull City U23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Nottingham U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Barnsley U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 7 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Birmingham U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 32 | 47 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Wigan U23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Birmingham U23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | Hull City U23 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 41 | -58 | 4 |