After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Nottingham U23 and Watford U23 in this fresh Professional Development League season. Read our match preview!
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.
Nottingham U23 form and stats
Perfect Professional Development League season at home so far for Nottingham U23, who have the most scored goals (12) in Professional Development League, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Nottingham U23's previous game was a Professional Development League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Hull City U23 (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Wigan U23 and winning 5-1.
Nottingham U23 has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Watford U23 form and stats
Four points from two away games for Watford U23, meaning one draw and one victory in the Professional Development League so far.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Professional Development League match played at their home ground Grosvenor Vale. Watford suffered a 0-4 loss to Bristol City U23. Preceding that game was the away victory against Charlton U23 with the score of 3-2.
Watford U23 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A new game in only four days for Watford, the Professional Development League home match versus Coventry U23. Busy days.
Watford U23 have the goal stats of 5-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Nottingham U23 missing players
Watford U23 missing players
| Nottingham U23 | Watford U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 32 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 36 |
| 26 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 46% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 83% | 29% |
- Nottingham U23 has the most matches over the total-line (4) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (12) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (5) at home in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+7) in Professional Development League
- Nottingham U23 is in the best form (3-1-0)
- Watford U23 has the most conceded goals (4) away in Professional Development League
| Nottingham U23 | Last season | Watford U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 83% | ||
| 57% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 35% | ||
| 67% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 74% | ||
| 29% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 17% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 9% | ||
| 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 209 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 112 | 206 | ||
| 94 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 95 | ||
| 52% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 48% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Hull City U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 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 |