Match preview Professional Development League: Sheffield Utd U23 - Hull City U23 at Proact Stadium

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Mon 17.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Proact Stadium (10504 seats)

Season ticket holders at Proact Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sheffield Utd U23 languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Hull City U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Sheffield Utd U23 have less rest than Hull City U23 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Professional Development League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Wigan U23, so at least Sheffield Utd U23 are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats

Sheffield Utd U23's struggle is real here at Proact Stadium with only 6 points collected from 10 Professional Development League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-6. Sheffield Utd U23 are slowly digging their own grave here at Proact Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Bristol City U23 match.

Sheffield Utd U23 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Wigan U23 (0-1). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Barnsley U23.

The Sheffield Utd U23 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Sheffield Utd U23 have conceded 19 from these games.

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Hull City U23 form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hull City U23 are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Two travels in a row for Hull City U23, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Professional Development League win against Barnsley U23. Preceding that game was the away Premier League Cup victory against Scunthorpe United U23 with the score of 3-2.

A new game in only four days for Hull City U23, the Premier League Cup home match versus West Bromwich Albion U23. Busy days.

Hull City U23 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. The Hull City U23 manager has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hull City U23 - Sheffield Utd U23 2-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Sheffield Utd U23 wins - draws - Hull City U23 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Sheffield Utd U23 missing players

Hull City U23 missing players

Sheffield Utd U23 Hull City U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 10 18
4 1 0 Won W 3 5 9
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
13 6 2 Lost L 0 4 7
29 13 5 Scored S 8 16 30
42 19 7 Conceded C 2 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
55% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 72%
36% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 44%
27% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 33%
64% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 61%
9% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 20% 17%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 22%
 
5 6.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.5
5.5 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.2 6.2
1.4 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.7 0.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
185 100 22 Total Shots T S 35 70 120
80 42 14 Shots on Target S O 16 35 53
32% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 45%
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • All of Hull City U23's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hull City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Utd U23 has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
  • Sheffield Utd U23 has the most matches under the total-line (10)
  • Sheffield Utd U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Utd U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield Utd U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 12 5 2 45 20 9 8 1 0 26 7 10 4 4 2 19 13 25 41
2 Leeds U23 19 11 5 3 39 17 10 7 2 1 25 7 9 4 3 2 14 10 22 38
3 Burnley U23 20 10 8 2 38 21 9 5 4 0 19 7 11 5 4 2 19 14 17 38
4 Birmingham U23 20 10 3 7 36 25 11 5 2 4 21 14 9 5 1 3 15 11 11 33
5 Wigan U23 19 10 3 6 33 27 10 4 1 5 14 21 9 6 2 1 19 6 6 33
6 Crewe U23 20 9 2 9 34 32 11 3 2 6 13 14 9 6 0 3 21 18 2 29
7 Hull City U23 18 9 2 7 30 33 8 4 1 3 14 13 10 5 1 4 16 20 -3 29
8 Barnsley U23 21 8 2 11 36 41 10 6 0 4 23 17 11 2 2 7 13 24 -5 26
9 Sheffield Wed U23 19 4 6 9 31 37 10 1 3 6 17 24 9 3 3 3 14 13 -6 18
10 Sheffield Utd U23 22 4 5 13 29 42 10 1 3 6 13 19 12 3 2 7 16 23 -13 17
11 Bolton U23 19 1 1 17 15 64 10 0 1 9 7 28 9 1 0 8 8 36 -49 4