Struggling Sheffield Wed U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nottingham U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional Development League this season. Sheffield Wed U23 have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here.
The Sheffield Wed U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Birmingham U23 here in a Professional Development League match. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sheffield Utd U23.
Sheffield Wed U23 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Sheffield Wed U23 have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Nottingham U23 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (30) in Professional Development League, on their Professional Development League travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. It's three draws from Nottingham U23's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Nottingham U23 are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Professional Development League against Birmingham U23 (placed 2nd). It was a Premier League Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Stoke City U23 wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.
Nottingham U23 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Nottingham U23 have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sheffield Wed U23 won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Nottingham U23 has 8 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Sheffield Wed U23 missing players
Nottingham U23 missing players
| Sheffield Wed U23 | Nottingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 30 |
| 25 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 15% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 111 | 71 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 64 | 110 |
| 56 | 38 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 29 | 51 |
| 36% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 53% |
- All of Sheffield Wed U23's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nottingham U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Nottingham U23 has the most scored goals (30)
- Nottingham U23 has the the best goal difference (+19)
- Nottingham U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheffield Wed U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sheffield Wed U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sheffield Wed 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Birmingham U23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Burnley U23 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Hull City U23 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -8 | 12 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 21 | -27 | 4 |