The Sheffield Wed U23 manager attacks this game with the team placed 9th so far. In the visitors dressing room Birmingham U23 are in 8th place before this match.
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 Wed U23 form and stats
Sheffield Wed U23 have less points than they have played home games in the Professional Development League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Sheffield has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players. Sheffield are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Hillsborough Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Sheffield haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 243 minutes ago. C. Grant scored that one.
Sheffield lost their last game at Hull City U23 (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Sheffield lost 0-1 at home to Barnsley U23.
At Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Wed U23 has the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Birmingham U23 form and stats
One match played away so far in the Professional Development League for Birmingham U23 and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from 10 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Professional Development League home defeat versus Crewe U23 with 4-5 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Coventry U23 that ended 1-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Birmingham U23, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
It's early days yet, but Birmingham U23 has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Sheffield wins - draws - Birmingham U23 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Sheffield Wed U23 missing players
Birmingham U23 missing players
| Sheffield Wed U23 | Birmingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 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 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| Sheffield Wed U23 | Last season | Birmingham U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 22 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 82% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 27% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | ||
| 77% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 14% | ||
| 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 | 0.3 | 0.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 179 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 245 | ||
| 80 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 101 | ||
| 44% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City U23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Nottingham U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Barnsley U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 7 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Birmingham U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 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 |