Home advantage could prove decisive in Sheffield Utd U23 - Watford U23 battle

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Date: Mon 19.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

It's game two of the Professional Development League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats

Sheffield Utd U23 drew their last game, also a home match. Watford U23 was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Cardiff U23 and winning 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield Utd U23 handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D1-L0.

Last season, Sheffield Utd U23's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Professional Development League. Over these 28 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Sheffield Utd U23 managed 6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 19 conceded.

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Watford U23 form and stats

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sheffield Utd U23 in their previous outing. The Professional Development League match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Hull City U23.

We have checked recent matches where Watford U23 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W1-D2-L2.

Let's have a look at how Watford U23 performed last season in the Professional Development League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 10 with 13/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's {1 Sheffield Utd U23 victories}, 3 draws and {1 Watford U23 wins}. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Sheffield Utd U23 missing players

Watford U23 missing players

Sheffield Utd U23 Watford U23
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored 0 0 5
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 50%
 
2 2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sheffield Utd U23 Last season Watford U23
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played 5 14 28
9 6 2 Won 2 3 6
9 3 1 Drew 0 1 6
10 5 1 Lost 3 10 16
35 20 3 Scored 6 13 32
41 19 3 Conceded 10 26 50
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 93%
79% 79% 50% Over 1.5 80% 79% 79%
50% 57% 0% Over 2.5 60% 57% 57%
29% 36% 0% Over 3.5 40% 29% 36%
11% 7% 0% Over 4.5 40% 21% 18%
61% 64% 25% BTTS 60% 57% 54%
21% 29% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 7% 14%
21% 7% 25% Failed To Score 40% 43% 39%
 
4 3.5 2.5 Corners For (avg) 5 3.6 4
5.2 5.2 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 6 4.8
1.2 0.7 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.2 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 2
Key stats last season:
  • Sheffield Utd U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Utd U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Sheffield Utd U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-04-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 1 - 1 Coventry U23
08-04-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers U23
15-04-19 PDL Millwall U23 0 - 0 Sheffield Utd U23
12-08-19 PDL Cardiff U23 1 - 3 Sheffield Utd U23
19-08-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 18:00 Watford U23
26-08-19 PDL Queens Park Rangers U23 12:00 Sheffield Utd U23
02-09-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 12:00 Charlton U23
06-09-19 PDL Millwall U23 12:00 Sheffield Utd U23
16-09-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 18:00 Bristol City U23
23-09-19 PDL Birmingham U23 12:30 Sheffield Utd U23
Watford U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-04-19 PDL Ipswich U23 2 - 1 Watford U23
16-04-19 PDL Watford U23 2 - 2 Barnsley U23
18-04-19 PDL Crystal Palace U23 2 - 3 Watford U23
12-08-19 PDL Watford U23 5 - 0 Hull City U23
19-08-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 18:00 Watford U23
23-08-19 PDL Watford U23 12:00 Sheffield Wed U23
06-09-19 PDL Watford U23 13:00 Wigan U23
16-09-19 PDL Leeds U23 18:00 Watford U23
20-09-19 PDL Watford U23 12:00 Bristol City U23
09-10-19 PDL Crewe U23 12:00 Watford U23

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Nottingham U23 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sheffield Utd U23 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Crewe U23 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Leeds U23 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Wigan U23 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3
6 Hull City U23 2 1 0 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -4 3
7 Birmingham U23 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Burnley U23 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 Sheffield Wed U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Barnsley U23 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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 D P
1 Leeds U23 28 17 6 5 59 31 14 9 3 2 28 12 14 8 3 3 31 19 28 57
2 Birmingham U23 28 14 6 8 47 25 14 7 4 3 27 13 14 7 2 5 20 12 22 48
3 Crewe U23 28 13 8 7 46 37 14 8 5 1 27 14 14 5 3 6 19 23 9 47
4 Burnley U23 28 14 3 11 61 48 14 10 0 4 36 21 14 4 3 7 25 27 13 45
5 Nottingham U23 28 12 7 9 53 42 14 8 3 3 27 15 14 4 4 6 26 27 11 43
6 Bolton U23 28 13 4 11 39 42 14 7 4 3 25 18 14 6 0 8 14 24 -3 43
7 Barnsley U23 28 10 9 9 36 44 14 6 5 3 18 18 14 4 4 6 18 26 -8 39
8 Sheffield Wed U23 28 11 5 12 35 46 14 7 1 6 20 19 14 4 4 6 15 27 -11 38
9 Sheffield Utd U23 28 9 9 10 35 41 14 6 3 5 20 19 14 3 6 5 15 22 -6 36
10 Hull City U23 28 5 6 17 30 57 14 4 2 8 18 25 14 1 4 9 12 32 -27 21

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