Swansea City U23 fights Wigan U23 in Professional Development League battle

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre (1000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Swansea City U23 languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Wigan U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Swansea City U23 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Professional Development League
  • Wigan U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Swansea City U23 form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional Development League this season. Swansea City U23 have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre. With seven home Professional Development League games in a row without a win, the Swansea fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Nottingham U23 game long ago, can be stopped today.

Swansea manager J. Grey and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Coventry U23 in the Professional Development League. In the match before that, Swansea hosted Crewe U23 and drew the game 1-1.

Swansea City U23 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Swansea have conceded 21 from these games.

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Wigan U23 form and stats

Wigan U23's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Wigan U23 collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Professional Development League. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Crewe U23 in their previous outing. The Professional Development League match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Ipswich U23.

Wigan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. As for defending, Wigan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

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Swansea City U23 missing players

Wigan U23 missing players

Swansea City U23 Wigan U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 1 10 20
4 2 1 Won W 1 6 10
6 5 1 Drew D 0 1 4
11 4 1 Lost L 0 3 6
28 18 5 Scored S 2 15 28
45 21 4 Conceded C 1 15 29
90% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
90% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
67% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 55%
43% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 25%
29% 36% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
62% 73% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 55%
14% 9% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 25%
33% 27% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.4 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
5.5 5.7 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 6.9 9.2
2.6 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.1 4
51% 53% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 48% 35%
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • Swansea City U23 have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Professional Development League
  • Swansea City U23 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Professional Development League
  • Wigan U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bristol City U23 23 14 2 7 45 34 11 8 1 2 25 12 12 6 1 5 20 22 11 44
2 Ipswich U23 23 10 6 7 40 40 11 6 4 1 24 12 12 4 2 6 16 28 0 36
3 Watford U23 23 9 5 9 34 45 11 3 3 5 12 20 12 6 2 4 22 25 -11 32
4 Charlton U23 22 9 3 10 43 41 11 5 1 5 27 21 11 4 2 5 16 20 2 30
5 Cardiff U23 22 9 1 12 39 34 11 8 0 3 31 12 11 1 1 9 8 22 5 28
6 Millwall U23 23 7 6 10 28 33 11 3 2 6 16 16 12 4 4 4 12 17 -5 27
7 Queens Park Rangers U23 23 6 3 14 25 40 11 4 0 7 17 18 12 2 3 7 8 22 -15 21
8 Swansea City U23 21 4 6 11 28 45 11 2 5 4 18 21 10 2 1 7 10 24 -17 18
9 Colchester U23 22 3 6 13 23 47 10 1 3 6 10 17 12 2 3 7 13 30 -24 15