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!
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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% |
- 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.
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| # | 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 |