With the volatile opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Professional Development League duel of the season. Sheffield Utd U23 are eager to welcome Bristol City U23 in front of their home support.
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.
Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats
The season before, Sheffield Utd U23's league stats were 9 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, providing 9th place in the Professional Development League. In these 28 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 41. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Sheffield Utd U23 managed 6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 19 conceded.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 255 minutes.
Sheffield Utd U23 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Charlton U23's place. The match ended 3-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Watford U23 and winning 4-0.Bristol City U23 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Bristol City U23 performed last season in the Professional Development League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 24/22 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 6-2 against Hull City U23 in their previous game. As mentioned above, Bristol City U23 was the only team on the pitch versus Hull City U23 in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Wigan U23.Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Sheffield victories, zero draws and one Bristol City U23 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Sheffield Utd U23 missing players
Bristol City U23 missing players
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Bristol City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 20 | 15.7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 70% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 44% |
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Last season | Bristol City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 64 | 40 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 63% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 77% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 42% | ||
| 22% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 58% | ||
| 41% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 31% | ||
| 15% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 50% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Peterborough United U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Hull City U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 0 |