After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Sheffield Utd U23 and Bristol City U23 in this fresh Professional Development League season. Read our match preview!
Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats
Sheffield Utd U23 have less points than they have played home games in the Professional Development League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Sheffield have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sheffield, who played 1-1 against Barnsley U23. That match was also played at this venue (Bramall Lane). In the match before that, Sheffield hosted Nottingham U23 and drew the game 2-2.
Early season league goal statistics from Sheffield Utd U23's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
Bristol City U23 form and stats
Bristol City U23 are yet to lose a point on their Professional Development League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Bristol have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 204 minutes since they last conceded in Professional Development League.
Two travels in a row for Bristol, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Professional Development League win against Watford U23. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Swansea City U23.
As mentioned above, Bristol was the only team on the pitch versus Watford U23 in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bristol City U23 has managed 6 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Sheffield won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Bristol City U23 has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneSheffield Utd U23 missing players
Bristol City U23 missing players
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Bristol City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 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 |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 32 |
| 12 | 10 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| 25% | 30% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 53% |
- Bristol City U23 has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Professional Development League
| Sheffield Utd U23 | Last season | Bristol City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 81% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 67% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 209 | 114 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 200 | ||
| 86 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 88 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| 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 |