Professional Development League match prediction and preview for Sheffield Wed U23 vs Sheffield Utd U23 clash

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Struggling Sheffield Wed U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sheffield Utd U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wed U23 has the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Utd U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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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, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Development League, have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Hillsborough Stadium.

Sheffield drew their last game, also a home match. Crewe U23 (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nottingham U23 (0-1).

Sheffield have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Sheffield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Professional Development League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sheffield, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Sheffield, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Birmingham U23 (placed 7th) in the Professional Development League last time out. Prior to that result Sheffield won their away game at Coventry U23. The scoreline was 3-2.

Sheffield Utd U23 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Sheffield have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's five Sheffield Wed U23 victories, zero draws and one Sheffield Utd U23 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Sheffield Wed U23 missing players

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Sheffield Wed U23 Sheffield Utd U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 6 1 Played P 2 6 11
2 1 0 Won W 2 4 7
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 2
8 5 0 Scored S 4 11 25
14 8 1 Conceded C 2 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 82%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 64%
20% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 55%
10% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 18%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 45%
10% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 36%
40% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.1 7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.5 10.1
2.9 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 5
23% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 42% 42%
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • Sheffield Utd U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Utd U23 have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wed U23.
  • Sheffield Utd U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Wed U23 has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wed U23 has the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wed U23 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Professional Development League
  • 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 11 9 1 1 31 13 5 5 0 0 13 2 6 4 1 1 18 11 18 28
2 Sheffield Utd U23 11 7 2 2 25 10 5 3 2 0 14 4 6 4 0 2 11 6 15 23
3 Barnsley U23 11 7 2 2 20 10 5 4 1 0 9 5 6 3 1 2 11 5 10 23
4 Hull City U23 11 7 1 3 20 10 5 5 0 0 10 0 6 2 1 3 10 10 10 22
5 Wigan U23 9 7 0 2 18 13 6 4 0 2 10 10 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 21
6 Crewe U23 11 3 2 6 17 25 5 2 1 2 9 9 6 1 1 4 8 16 -8 11
7 Birmingham U23 10 3 1 6 20 22 5 0 0 5 11 17 5 3 1 1 9 5 -2 10
8 Coventry U23 9 2 2 5 11 13 5 0 1 4 4 8 4 2 1 1 7 5 -2 8
9 Sheffield Wed U23 10 2 1 7 8 14 6 1 1 4 5 8 4 1 0 3 3 6 -6 7