Burnley move off the bottom of the U23 League
While Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic wait to find out which north group teams will be joining them in the end of season play-offs, Burnley have finally moved off the bottom of the Professional Development League with Monday’s 2-0 home win against Coventry City.
We kicked off our game a point behind Barnsley who were playing Cardiff at the same time and as the final whistle blew on our victory at Gawthorpe the news from Oakwell was that Barnsley were still likely to be a point ahead of us as they led Cardiff 1-0. That all changed with a 98th minute equaliser from Cardiff which has now left us a point ahead of Barnsley in the table. We both have three games remaining with the first of them the clash between us tomorrow at Barnsley.
Up at the top, the top two places in the north group are still to be confirmed. Bolton currently have 51 points with two games remaining. Only the two Sheffield clubs can now pass them and for United to do so it would need them to win their three remaining games while Bolton lose their final two. Wednesday, currently, have two points less than Bolton but they too are clear favourites to claim a place.
In the south, Palace are now eleven points clear at the top of the league and will win it comfortably. Charlton are second and they can’t be caught either. Down at the bottom, Bristol City did win at QPR two days ago but will finish bottom even with that result.
The player featured this week is Rahis Nabi, one of the players released by the club last week.
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, Burnley’s goalscorers and the current tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Thursday 12th April
Cardiff 0 Colchester 1
Ipswich 2 Watford 5
Friday 13th April
Birmingham 0 Nottingham Forest 2
Leeds 2 QPR 1
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Bristol City 1
Saturday 14th April
Hull 1 Millwall 0
Sheffield United 2 Colchester 1
Monday 16th April
Barnsley 1 Cardiff 1
Birmingham 1 Charlton 2
Bolton 1 Colchester 0
Burnley 2 Coventry 0
Crewe 0 Crystal Palace 4
Huddersfield 2 Ipswich 1
Nottingham Forest 1 Watford 1
Tuesday 17th April
QPR 2 Bristol City 4
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Thursday 19th April
Birmingham v Bolton
Crewe v Sheffield United
Crystal Palace v Hull
Friday 20th April
Barnsley v Burnley
Bristol City v Colchester
Monday 23rd April
Bristol City v Leeds
Cardiff v Nottingham Forest
Charlton v Sheffield United
Colchester v Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry v Barnsley
Crystal Palace v Birmingham
Ipswich v Bolton
Millwall v Burnley
QPR v Crewe
Watford v Huddersfield
LEADING GOALSCORERS
21: Connor Hall (Bolton)
15: Jordan Ponticelli (Coventry), Tyler Smith (Sheffield United)
14: Aramide Oteh (QPR)
13: Virgil Gomis (Nottingham Forest), Dion Pereira (Watford), Lewis Reilly (Crewe)
12: Victor Adeboyejo (Barnsley), Mark Harris (Cardiff), Levi Lumeka (Crystal Palace), Aaron Smith (Nottingham Forest)
11: Michael Folivi (Watford)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (League & Cups)
5: Dwight McNeil
4: Tunde Bayode, Tinashe Chakwana, Ntumba Massanka
3: Khius Metz, Jamie Thomas, Nahki Wells
2: Dan Agyei, Rahis Nabi, Christian N’Guessan
1: James Clarke, Ed Cook, Harry Flowers, Fredrik Ulvestad, Oliver Younger
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 48 | 38 | 51 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 36 | 49 |
| Hull City | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 54 | 45 |
| Nottingham Forest | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 50 | 44 |
| Sheffield United | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 40 | 42 |
| Leeds | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 41 |
| Huddersfield Town | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 38 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 48 | 35 |
| Birmingham City | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 31 |
| Burnley | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 28 |
| Barnsley | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 49 | 27 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Crystal Palace | 27 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 62 | 29 | 56 |
| Charlton Athletic | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 39 | 45 |
| Ipswich Town | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 47 | 41 |
| Watford | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 38 |
| Coventry City | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 55 | 36 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 56 | 35 |
| Cardiff City | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 46 | 35 |
| Millwall | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 34 |
| Colchester United | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 33 |
| Bristol City | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 46 | 23 |
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