Owls go nine points clear
At the beginning of November the two Sheffield clubs were level on points at the top of the northern group of the Professional Development League, but it’s Wednesday who have taken a big stride forward in the last month since they beat their local rivals.
Their lead at the top has now extended to nine points following their most recent win against Leeds two days ago. They won that game as United were losing again, this time to Forest, and that’s allowed Forest to get above them on goal difference while Barnsley have also moved level with them on points with a win against Hull last Friday.
As Burnley sat this week out, there was a chance we could fall further down the league, but that’s not been the case. Huddersfield, the closest to us were beaten at Birmingham, Leeds lost that game at Wednesday and Crewe, who were are now bottom, fell to a 5-2 defeat against Bolton which featured a second hat trick of the season for striker Connor Hall.
There is only three points between that bottom group of four teams and we could drop down the table in the next week with two of those below us having games and us missing out again as we play our Premier League Cup game at Swansea.
Things have tightened up at the top of the south group with leaders QPR beaten at home by second place Crystal Palace who are now just one point behind. Coventry missed the opportunity to go top when they were beaten at Colchester.
With a number of Premier League Cup games coming up, there are only four fixtures this coming week in the league. All four are in the north group and will be played next Monday.
The player shown in this article is left-back Ali Koiki.
The League Tables will be updated as results are confirmed and can be found along with the Premier League Cup Group Tables and our Fixtures and Results within U23/U18 Stats which can be found on the top menu.
Last week’s results, this week’s fixtures, the leading scorers, Burnley’s goalscorers and the current league tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday 24th November
Barnsley 3 Hull 0
Birmingham 2 Huddersfield 1
Monday 27th November
Bolton 5 Crewe 2
Sheffield United 1 Nottingham Forest 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Leeds 1
Cardiff 2 Bristol City 2
Charlton 1 Ipswich 1
Colchester 4 Coventry 2
QPR 0 Crystal Palace 3
Watford 2 Millwall 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Monday 4th December
Bolton v Birmingham
Crewe v Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield v Sheffield United
Hull v Nottingham Forest
LEADING GOALSCORERS
10: Michael Folivi (Watford), Tyler Smith (Sheffield United)
9: Connor Hall (Bolton)
8: Jordan Ponticelli (Coventry)
7: Ben Folami (Ipswich), Aramide Oteh (QPR), Lewis Reilly (Crewe), Aaron Smith (Nottingham Forest)
6: Victor Adeboyejo (Barnsley), Terrique Anderson (Charlton), Mark Harris (Cardiff), Dion Pereira (Watford)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (League & Cups)
4: Dwight McNeil
3: Khius Metz, Jamie Thomas, Nahki Wells
2: Tunde Bayode, Tinashe Chakwana
1: Dan Agyei, Harry Flowers, Rahis Nabi, Christian N’Guessan, Fredrik Ulvestad, Oliver Younger
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 30 |
| Nottingham Forest | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 23 | 21 |
| Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 21 |
| Barnsley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 21 |
| Hull City | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 20 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 |
| Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 17 |
| Burnley | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 13 |
| Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 12 |
| Leeds | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 11 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 10 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 25 |
| Crystal Palace | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 24 |
| Coventry City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 24 |
| Ipswich Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 22 |
| Charlton Athletic | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 22 |
| Colchester United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Watford | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 18 |
| Cardiff City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
| Millwall | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 |
| Bristol City | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 11 |
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