Bournemouth win keeps cup hope alive for under-23s
Last Friday’s 4-2 win against Bournemouth lifted us, temporarily, to second in the Premier League Cup Group C although it was always a definite that we would drop back to third no matter what the result was two days later between Liverpool and West Brom.
That game ended 1-1, moving West Brom back above us on goal difference, but it is so tight now. Bournemouth lead the group with seven points, West Brom and us both have five points while Liverpool are currently in fourth place with three points. With us all having two games to play, ours at home against Liverpool and West Brom, it is currently a case of potentially any two from four to qualify for the knock out stage of the competition.
A number of the groups are close but three teams are already guaranteed to go through. Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Reading have won all of their first four games in their respective groups and are the first three to qualify for the last 16. No one, as yet, has gone out, but it is going to be very difficult now for Bristol City, Colchester and Notts County. Colchester are without a point while the other two have just the one point each.
There is one game scheduled for the coming week but it is back to the league with it kicking off today with a south group game between Coventry and Watford. All of the north group games will be played on Monday along with three other south group games. The final game in the south group will be played on Tuesday.
The player photographed this week is Rob Harker. The young striker was signed from Bury during the summer. He scored our third in the win against Bournemouth; it was his third goal of the season.
The PDL League Tables and the Premier League Cup Group Tables are updated as results are confirmed and can be found with our Fixtures and Results in U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last week’s results, this week’s fixtures, the league’s leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Friday 18th January
Barnsley 1 Hull 0
Monday 21st January
Colchester 2 Cardiff 1
Tuesday 22nd January
Millwall 1 Crystal Palace 2
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Wednesday 16th January
Leicester 1 Exeter 1
Friday 18th January
Bristol City 0 Aston Villa 3
Burnley 4 Bournemouth 2
Fulham 1 Birmingham 2
Reading 5 Colchester 1
Saturday 19th January
Swansea 2 Oxford 0
Sunday 20th January
Liverpool 1 West Brom 1
Monday 21st January
Blackburn 3 Sheffield United 0
Charlton 1 Sunderland 3
Derby 4 Plymouth 0
Doncaster 3 Everton 3
Exeter 0 Nottingham Forest 5
Hull 0 Wolves 1
Leeds 3 Southampton 2
Norwich 1 Leicester 1
Peterborough 2 Stoke 1
Tuesday 22th January
Notts County 2 Newcastle 2
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Friday 25th January
Coventry v Watford
Monday 28th January
Bolton v Crewe
Burnley v Birmingham
Hull v Barnsley
Leeds v Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest
Bristol City v Cardiff
Colchester v QPR
Ipswich v Millwall
Tuesday 29th January
Charlton v Crystal Palace
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Monday 28th January
Stoke v Sunderland
LEADING GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE)
12: Dan Agyei (Burnley)
11: Aramide Oteh (QPR)
10: Tinashe Chakwana (Burnley), Michael Folivi (Watford)
9: Ben Folami (Ipswich), Kyle McFarlane (Birmingham)
8: Luca Navarro (Bolton), Lewis Reilly (Crewe)
7: Kian Flanagan (Crystal Palace), Virgil Gomis (Nottingham Forest), Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest), Keane Lewis-Potter (Hull), Levi Lumeka (Crystal Palace)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE & CUPS)
15: Dan Agyei
13: Tinashe Chakwana
5: Dwight McNeil
4: Tunde Bayode
3: Marley Blair, Rob Harker
2: Jordan Cropper, Ali Koiki, own goals
1: Josh Benson, Mark Howarth, Christian N’Guessan, Kai Smith, Bobby Thomas, Matěj Vydra, Nahki Wells, Oliver Younger
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Leeds | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 36 |
| Birmingham City | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 33 |
| Burnley | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 30 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 29 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 29 |
| Sheffield United | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 26 |
| Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 23 |
| Nottingham Forest | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 22 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 22 |
| Hull City | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 15 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Ipswich Town | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 36 |
| Crystal Palace | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 29 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 28 |
| Millwall | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 25 |
| Coventry City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 25 |
| Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 23 |
| Watford | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 19 |
| Cardiff City | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 18 |
| Charlton Athletic | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 15 |
| Colchester United | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 52 | 13 |
CURRENT PREMIER LEAGUE GROUP TABLES
Group A
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Sunderland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| Stoke | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Peterborough | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Charlton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Group B
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Everton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Blackburn | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Sheffield United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
Group C
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Bournemouth | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| West Brom | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Burnley | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Liverpool | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Group D
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Nottingham Forest | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| Leicester | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Norwich | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Exeter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Group E
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Wolves | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Swansea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Oxford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Hull | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Group F
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Aston Villa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| Derby | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| Plymouth | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Bristol City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
Group G
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Reading | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 |
| Fulham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Birmingham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Colchester | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
Group H
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Newcastle | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Southampton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Leeds | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| Notts County | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
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