Clarets stay third in under-23 league
The under-23s have played two games during the last week, in the cup against West Brom a week ago today and at Ipswich in a league game last Monday.
The win against West Brom has taken us through to the Round of 16 in the Premier League Cup where we’ve been paired with Leicester at home, a game for which the date and venue are still to be confirmed, but last Monday we missed the chance to go second in the table when we suffered a 2-0 defeat at Ipswich.
We currently sit behind Birmingham, who also drew at Coventry, on goal difference, but Leeds won comfortably at Watford to stretch their lead at the top of the table to eight points although they have played a game more.
Looking for a place in the top two to reach the play-offs, we also be aware of the pack of clubs behind us with all but Hull still harbouring hopes of climbing into those lofty positions but we do have an opportunity in three days time to move up into second place. Birmingham have no game this week so a result against Watford will see us move ahead of them.
Ipswich’s win against us has taken them seven points clear at the top of the south group with Crystal Palace currently occupying second place although only three points clear of Coventry. Palace were expected to win last week but were beaten at home by Bolton when they could have gone six points clear of third place.
There are two games today which include the much improved Barnsley hosting Ipswich, and there are five games next Monday, including ours and Leeds at home to Charlton.
The player pictured this week is Will Harris who this week was rewarded with a third year scholarship and he will move into the under-23s next season.
The League Tables will be 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 leading goalscorers, our goalscorers, the current league tables and the final Premier League Cup Group tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Friday 1st March
Charlton 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Coventry 0 Birmingham 0
QPR 2 Hull 1
Watford 0 Millwall 1
Monday 4th March
Ipswich 2 Burnley 0
Bristol City 3 Nottingham Forest 4
Cardiff 1 Sheffield United 1
Colchester 0 Barnsley 4
Crystal Palace 0 Bolton 1
Watford 0 Leeds 3
Tuesday 5th March
Millwall 1 Crewe 1
Thursday 7th March
Charlton 3 Colchester 1
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Friday 1st March
Burnley 1 West Brom 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Friday 8th March
Barnsley v Ipswich
Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace
Monday 11th Match
Burnley v Watford
Hull v Cardiff
Leeds v Charlton
Nottingham Forest v Colchester
Sheffield United v Coventry
LEADING GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE)
15: Dan Agyei (Burnley)
11: Aramide Oteh (QPR)
10: Tinashe Chakwana (Burnley), Michael Folivi (Watford)
9: Oli Finney (Crewe), Kian Flanagan (Crystal Palace), Ben Folami (Ipswich), Keane Lewis-Potter (Hull), Kyle McFarlane (Birmingham)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE & CUPS)
21: Dan Agyei
13: Tinashe Chakwana
5: Dwight McNeil
4: Tunde Bayode, Marley Blair, Rob Harker
3: Jordan Cropper, Lewis Richardson, Bobby Thomas
2: Josh Benson, Ali Koiki, own goals
1: Michael Fowler, Mark Howarth, Christian N’Guessan, Ne-Jai Tucker, Matěj Vydra, Nahki Wells, Oliver Younger
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Leeds | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 47 |
| Birmingham City | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 39 |
| Burnley | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 40 | 39 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 36 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 35 |
| Barnsley | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 32 |
| Nottingham Forest | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 30 |
| Sheffield United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 30 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 28 |
| Hull City | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 47 | 17 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Ipswich Town | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 27 | 45 |
| Crystal Palace | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 38 |
| Coventry City | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 35 |
| Bristol City | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 32 |
| Millwall | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 32 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 52 | 31 |
| Charlton Athletic | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 30 |
| Cardiff City | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 25 |
| Watford | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 19 |
| Colchester United | 23 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 67 | 16 |
FINAL PREMIER LEAGUE GROUP TABLES
Group A
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Stoke | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 |
| Charlton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
Group B
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Everton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
| Blackburn | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 |
| Sheffield United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Doncaster | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
Group C
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Burnley | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| Bournemouth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| West Brom | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Group D
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Nottingham Forest | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 16 |
| Leicester | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Exeter | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Norwich | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
Group E
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Swansea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| Wolves | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Oxford | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Hull | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
Group F
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Derby | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 13 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 12 |
| Plymouth | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 2 |
Group G
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Reading | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| Fulham | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 12 |
| Birmingham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Colchester | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
Group H
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Leeds | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| Newcastle | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 |
| Notts County | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 1 |
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