An important duel in the bottom section of the Professional Development League, with both Sheffield Wed U23 and Sheffield Utd U23 experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 10th place.
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.
Sheffield Wed U23 form and stats
Sheffield Wed U23's struggle is real here at Hillsborough Stadium with only 6 points collected from 10 Professional Development League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-6. With nine home Professional Development League games in a row without a win, the Sheffield Wed U23 fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Colchester U23 game long ago, can be stopped today.
Sheffield Wed U23 lost their last game at Wigan U23 (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Barnsley U23 and winning 2-0.
A decent goal production from Sheffield Wed U23 in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sheffield Wed U23 with 24 goals conceded in these matches.
Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sheffield Utd U23 so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Sheffield Utd U23 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Bolton U23 in their previous game. A loss against Hull City U23 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Sheffield Utd U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Sheffield Utd U23 have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sheffield Utd U23 - Sheffield Wed U23 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Sheffield Wed U23 four wins, zero draws and Sheffield Utd U23 one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Sheffield Wed U23 missing players
Sheffield Utd U23 missing players
| Sheffield Wed U23 | Sheffield Utd U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 39 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 46 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 76% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 62% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 8% | 8% |
| 14% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 176 | 117 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 85 | 199 |
| 78 | 52 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 38 | 84 |
| 42% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 33% |
- All of Sheffield Wed U23's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sheffield Utd U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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.
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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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Wigan U23 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Leeds U23 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Birmingham U23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Hull City U23 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Barnsley U23 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Bolton U23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 41 | -53 | 4 |