Back to the league for under-23s after cup draw at Liverpool
Burnley remain bottom of Group C after two games in the Premier League Cup. Bournemouth, who beat us 7-1 in the opening fixture, lead the way with six points, followed by West Brom who have three points and then both Liverpool and ourselves with one point each.
That point came at Liverpool last Sunday in what was a real against the odds result after Jordan Cropper had been sent off ten minutes before half time for handling the ball on the line. It was 0-0 at the time and the score remained so after Liverpool missed the penalty.
Ten minutes into the second half, we went in front through Tinashe Chakwana, but the lead lasted only a couple of minutes with a goal from Glen McAuley.
We conceded two penalties in our last league game and it was another two in this game. Adam Legzdins (pictured) saved it, as he’d done with the two in the league game against Barnsley, and he made a terrific double save right at the end to ensure we got our point.
There is one game in the Premier League Cup this week, but it involves two teams not in our league which has a full fixture list. We face Nottingham Forest at Curzon Ashton on Monday with Steve Stone in charge for the first time, and we go into the week’s games in third place behind Bolton and Leeds. It’s Leeds who go first with a home game against fifth place Birmingham tomorrow while Bolton end the week’s fixtures with an evening kick off against fourth place Sheffield United on Monday.
In the south, Crystal Palace won the only game last week, beating bottom of the league Colchester, and that’s taken them into second place just two points behind leaders Ipswich. The pair meet on Monday and a Palace win would take them top of the league and they are very much the team in form.
The League Tables and the Premier League Cup Group Tables are updated as results are confirmed and can be found with our Fixtures and Results within U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last week’s results, this week’s fixtures, the league’s leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the current tables can all be found below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Monday 12th November
Crystal Palace 4 Colchester 1
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Thursday 8th November
Charlton 0 Stoke 0
Derby 0 Aston Villa 1
Exeter 1 Norwich 1
Friday 9th November
Blackburn 0 Everton 1
Bournemouth 2 West Brom 1
Bristol City 0 Plymouth 0
Southampton 1 Newcastle 1
Saturday 10th November
Swansea 1 Wolves 1
Fulham 5 Colchester 0
Sunday 11th November
Liverpool 1 Burnley 1
Monday 12th November
Hull 2 Oxford 1
Leicester 1 Nottingham Forest 2
Reading 3 Birmingham 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Friday 16th November
Leeds v Birmingham
Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley
Monday 19th November
Bolton v Sheffield United
Burnley v Nottingham Forest
Hull v Crewe
Cardiff v Watford
Charlton v QPR
Colchester v Bristol City
Coventry v Millwall
Ipswich v Crystal Palace
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Monday 19th November
Peterborough v Sunderland
LEADING GOALSCORERS (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE)
8: Dan Agyei (Burnley), Tinashe Chakwana (Burnley), Kyle McFarlane (Birmingham), Lucas Navarro (Bolton), Aramide Oteh (QPR)
7: Virgil Gomis (Nottingham Forest)
6: Ryan Edmondson (Leeds), Kian Flanagan (Crystal Palace), Michael Folivi (Watford), Danny Rowe (Ipswich)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE & CUPS)
11: Tinashe Chakwana
10: Dan Agyei
3: Tunde Bayode, Dwight McNeil
2: Ali Koiki
1: Josh Benson, Jordan Cropper, Rob Harker, Mark Howarth, Christian N’Guessan, Kai Smith, Matěj Vydra, Nahki Wells, Oliver Younger
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 25 |
| Leeds | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 24 |
| Burnley | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 22 |
| Sheffield United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
| Birmingham City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 20 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Nottingham Forest | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 15 |
| Hull City | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 11 |
| Barnsley | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 10 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Ipswich Town | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 23 |
| Crystal Palace | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 21 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 18 |
| Millwall | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 18 |
| Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 |
| Coventry City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 |
| Charlton Athletic | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 |
| Cardiff City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 10 |
| Watford | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 10 |
| Colchester United | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 6 |
Share this page :