A drop in Premier League 2 after losing at Villa
The under-23s kicked off the last week in fifth place in Premier League 2 Division 2 but the 4-1 defeat at Aston Villa last Monday meant the week came to an end with us dropping three places to eighth.
We would have actually gone up to fourth with a draw Villa, a win would have seen us go third. We currently sit just one point behind fourth place in a very tight table.
Wolves, Norwich and Newcastle are the three teams who have gone above us; Wolves are a point clear with the other two ahead on goal difference. Norwich, like us, lost but the three goal defeat saw them move ahead of us. Newcastle won at Nottingham Forest while Wolves were winners at Birmingham.
Nothing has changed at the top. Fulham won convincingly against Stoke but Middlesbrough’s win against Norwich has moved them off the bottom. They’ve gone above both Reading and Birmingham.
The week kicked off in Division 1 with the top three separated by just two points but Manchester City, who were third and still are, lost ground having suffered a 1-0 defeat at second place West Ham. Leaders Arsenal were 3-2 winners at Blackburn. Arsenal, having had a player sent off, scored the winner in the 89th minute; Blackburn at least equalised in numbers having a player sent off in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
We’ve featured right back Ethen Vaughan this week. He’s in his first season at Burnley having signed from Norwich.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can be found within U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
All last week’s results and this week’s fixtures are below along with, the league’s leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the current league tables.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Division 1
Friday 19th November
Derby 1 Manchester United 1
Leeds 1 Chelsea 3
Saturday 20th November
Liverpool 0 Crystal Palace 3
West Ham 1 Manchester City 0
Monday 22nd November
Blackburn 2 Arsenal 3
Everton 2 Brighton 1
Leicester 1 Tottenham 4
Division 2
Friday 19th November
Birmingham 1 Wolves 2
Fulham 3 Stoke 0
Sunday 21st November
Middlesbrough 3 Norwich 2
Sunderland 3 Southampton 2
Monday 22nd November
Aston Villa 4 Burnley 1
Nottingham Forest 1 Newcastle 3
West Brom 1 Reading 1
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 26th November
Arsenal v Derby
Chelsea v Brighton
Tottenham v Everton
West Ham v Blackburn
Saturday 27th November
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
Sunday 28th November
Liverpool v Leicester
Monday 29th November
Manchester City v Leeds
Division 2
Friday 26th November
Burnley v Stoke
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Sunday 28th November
Southampton v West Brom
Monday 29th November
Birmingham v Fulham
Reading v Middlesbrough
Sunderland v Nottingham Forest
Wolves v Norwich
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
11: Folarin Balogun (Arsenal)
10: Dilan Markanday (Tottenham), James Mcatee (Manchester City)
8: Armstrong Oko-Flex (West Ham), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace)
7: Sam Burns (Blackburn), Evan Ferguson (Brighton)
6: Alfie Devine (Tottenham), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds), Robert Street (Crystal Palace), Jack Stretton (Derby)
Division 2
10: Will Harris (Sunderland)
8: Terry Ablade (Fulham), Thomas Dickson-Peters (Norwich), Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle)
7: Caleb Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa), Abu Kamara (Norwich)
6: Kelvin Ehibhationham (Reading), Michael Mellon (Burnley), Jadon Philogene-Bidace (Aston Villa), Jon Rowe (Norwich)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (including cups)
8: Michael Mellon
5: Ne-Jai Tucker
4: Sam Unwin
3: Max Thompson
2: Jacob Bedeau, Joe McGlynn
1: Anthony Glennon, Richard Nartey
2: own goals
LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Arsenal | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 26 |
| West Ham | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 25 |
| Manchester City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 21 |
| Tottenham | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 21 |
| Brighton | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 19 |
| Crystal Palace | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 18 |
| Manchester United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| Everton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 14 |
| Chelsea | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 13 |
| Leicester | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 13 |
| Leeds | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 12 |
| Liverpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 12 |
| Blackburn | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 11 |
| Derby | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 7 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Fulham | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 31 |
| West Brom | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 24 |
| Aston Villa | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 21 |
| Wolves | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 18 |
| Stoke | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 18 |
| Norwich | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 17 |
| Newcastle | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 17 |
| Burnley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 17 |
| Sunderland | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 16 |
| Southampton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| Nottingham Forest | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 12 |
| Middlesbrough | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 |
| Reading | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 |
| Birmingham | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 |
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