It's the premier match of the new campaign for Sheffield Wednesday U21 and Watford U21. The canvas is blank, the opportunities infinite.
Sheffield Wednesday U21 have less rest than Watford U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Professional Development League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cardiff City U21.
Sheffield Wednesday U21 form and stats
Last season, Sheffield Wednesday U21's league statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 19 losses, leading to 10th position in the Professional Development League. From these 28 matches they scored {22 goals} and gave away 55. Performing as the host team in the previous season Sheffield Wednesday U21 managed 2-1-11 (win-draw-lost) with {9 goals} and 30 conceded.
Watford U21 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Watford U21 performed last season in the Professional Development League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 3 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {66 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 9 with 14/37 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Sheffield Wednesday U21 missing players
Watford U21 missing players
| Sheffield Wednesday U21 | Watford U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Sheffield Wednesday U21 | Last season | Watford U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Lost | L | 9 | 19 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 55 | 30 | Conceded | C | 37 | 66 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 61% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 50% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 43% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 11% | ||
| 46% | 57% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 46% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 27% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 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 | Sheffield United U21 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 60 |
| 2 | Hull City U21 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 42 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 56 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 42 |
| 4 | Coventry City U21 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Burnley U21 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | -12 | 38 |
| 6 | Peterborough United U21 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Barnsley U21 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra U21 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 35 | -21 | 31 |
| 9 | Birmingham City U21 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 36 | -23 | 29 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -33 | 19 |
