It's early days in the Professional Development League and both Sheffield Utd U23 and Barnsley U23 are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats
A Professional Development League draw at home so far for Sheffield Utd U23. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 12 matches.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sheffield, who played 2-2 against Nottingham U23. That match was also played at this venue (Proact Stadium). Prior to that, an away loss at Hull City U23.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sheffield Utd U23 at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Barnsley U23 form and stats
Things could have gone better for Barnsley U23 in their Professional Development League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Barnsley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Sheffield Wed U23 (placed 9th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nottingham U23 wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
It's early days yet, but Barnsley U23 has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Sheffield Utd U23 victories, two draws and zero Barnsley U23 wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Sheffield Utd U23 missing players
Barnsley U23 missing players
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Barnsley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 14 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 33% |
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Last season | Barnsley U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 70% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 43% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 65% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 13% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 209 | 114 | Total Shots | T S | 86 | 203 | ||
| 86 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 77 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 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 | Nottingham U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Hull City U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Crewe U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Barnsley U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 6 | Coventry U23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Birmingham U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 |