Professional Development League game preview: Swansea City U23 vs Watford U23

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Mon 25.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre (1000 seats)

Professional Development League: Swansea City U23 are 6 points after Watford U23, but are inspired to go full throttle. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Swansea City U23 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Professional Development League
  • Watford U23 have the most clean sheets (2) away in Professional Development League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Swansea City U23 form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Swansea City U23 so far this season. Swansea City U23 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Grey and the players.

In their previous game, the manager J. Grey led his Swansea to a defeat in the Professional Development League match away at Millwall U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre.

Preceding that match was the home game against Ipswich U23 that was lost 0-3.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Swansea, as the Professional Development League home game vs Coventry U23 is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Swansea in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Swansea City U23 with 6 goals conceded in these matches.

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Watford U23 form and stats

Things could have gone better for Watford U23 in their Professional Development League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Professional Development League home defeat versus Bristol City U23 with 2-4 on the scoreboard. A loony match with masses of goals last time out for Watford, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this game be as much fun?

A 0-6 defeat away at Huddersfield Town U23 before that.

The visiting Watford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. 4 goals have been conceded by Watford in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Swansea victories, zero draws and two Watford U23 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Swansea City U23 missing players

Watford U23 missing players

Swansea City U23 Watford U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
7 5 0 Scored S 0 3 12
13 6 3 Conceded C 0 4 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 86%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 86%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 71%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 29%
33% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 43%
 
6.3 6.3 11 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.3 5.6
4.3 5.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.7 4.1
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 7 4 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9 12.7
3.2 3.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.9
37% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 35%
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • All of Swansea City U23's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Swansea City U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Swansea City U23 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Professional Development League
  • Swansea City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Watford U23 have the most clean sheets (2) away in Professional Development League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cardiff U23 6 6 0 0 15 2 5 5 0 0 12 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 13 18
2 Bristol City U23 7 6 0 1 22 11 3 2 0 1 9 6 4 4 0 0 13 5 11 18
3 Millwall U23 7 4 0 3 13 11 4 4 0 0 11 2 3 0 0 3 2 9 2 12
4 Colchester U23 7 3 2 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 8 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 11
5 Ipswich U23 6 3 1 2 12 6 3 1 0 2 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 10
6 Watford U23 7 3 1 3 12 14 4 2 0 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 10
7 Charlton U23 6 2 1 3 13 11 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 9 6 2 7
8 Swansea City U23 6 1 1 4 7 13 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 0 0 3 2 7 -6 4
9 Queens Park Rangers U23 8 1 1 6 7 20 5 1 1 3 5 10 3 0 0 3 2 10 -13 4