Sheffield Wed U23 are ready to do battle with Cardiff U23 in this Professional Development League match. All you can know about the fixture is located here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sheffield Wed U23 form and stats
Sheffield Wed U23 have collected 0 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 0-0-1.
The home team returns to Hillsborough Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Colchester U23 on their last time out; the Professional Development League game ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Watford U23 (0-3).Sheffield Wed U23 has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Cardiff U23 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cardiff U23 performed last season in the Professional Development League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 2 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 11/24 goals scored/conceded.
Cardiff had fun at their own home (Hillsborough Stadium) last time out, beating Peterborough United U23 3-1.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Wigan U23.Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Sheffield victories, two draws and one Cardiff U23 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Sheffield Wed U23 missing players
Cardiff U23 missing players
| Sheffield Wed U23 | Cardiff U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 7.3 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.7 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| Sheffield Wed U23 | Last season | Cardiff U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 11 | 43 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Peterborough United U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Hull City U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 0 |