Point against Wolves keeps us off the bottom
When last week’s Premier League 2 games kicked off both us and Birmingham were still looking for a first point of the season. We got ours in a 1-1 home draw against Wolves, but Birmingham, who were below us on goal difference, beat Sunderland.
It’s moved them one place ahead of us, but we’ve been kept off the bottom courtesy of Southampton’s poor record. They, like us, have one point, and their 3-0 defeat at Fulham has seen them score just once in their four games while conceding eight, leaving them behind us on goal difference. We are the only two teams without a win, but that could change this Sunday when we meet the newly relegated Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium.
No team has a 100% record in Division 2. Four teams kicked off the week with seven points but only Fulham, with that win against Southampton, were able to move onto ten points. Newcastle, Aston Villa and Reading were all beaten and that’s allowed both Norwich and West Brom, who had beaten Aston Villa and Newcastle, to move two points ahead of them.
The top two in Division 1, Manchester City and Brighton, were both winners, against Chelsea and Blackburn, and remain a point ahead of Arsenal who recorded a win against Manchester United.
Down at the other end of the table we find Derby on zero points, and that’s without having had any deducted. They and next to bottom Leicester have a game in hand. Leicester are one of four teams on two points along with Manchester United, Chelsea and Blackburn.
Leicester played in the final game of the week, taking a 6-1 home beating at the hands of Crystal Palace for whom all of David Omilabu, Robert Street and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi all scored twice.
The player featured this week is Dara Costelloe. The 18-year-old wide player was signed for Galway in February of this year.
Unlike the U18 league, there is a full fixture list coming up in this league between tomorrow and Monday.
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 10th September
Brighton 4 Blackburn 1
Everton 1 Derby 0
Saturday 11th September
Arsenal 3 Manchester United 1
Leeds 2 West Ham 2
Manchester City 4 Chelsea 1
Tottenham 2 Liverpool 1
Monday 13th September
Leicester 1 Crystal Palace 6
Division 2
Friday 10th September
Birmingham 1 Sunderland 0
Burnley 1 Wolves 1
Fulham 3 Southampton 0
Norwich 4 Aston Villa 2
Sunday 12th September
Reading 0 Nottingham Forest 2
Monday 13th September
Middlesbrough 2 Stoke 0
West Brom 2 Newcastle 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 17th September
Blackburn v Tottenham
Saturday 18th September
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Manchester United v Brighton
Sunday 19th September
Chelsea v Arsenal
Liverpool v Leeds
Monday 20th September
Derby v West Ham
Leicester v Everton
Division 2
Friday 17th September
Aston Villa v West Brom
Sunday 19th September
Southampton v Burnley
Monday 20th September
Newcastle v Stoke
Nottingham Forest v Birmingham
Reading v Norwich
Sunderland v Middlesbrough
Wolves v Fulham
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
7: James Mcatee (Manchester City)
4: Evan Ferguson (Brighton), Dilan Markanday (Tottenham), Robert Street (Crystal Palace), Harvey Vale (Chelsea)
3: Sam Burns (Blackburn), Alfie Devine (Tottenham), Sam Greenwood (Leeds), Marc Leonard (Brighton), Armstrong Oko-Flex (West Ham), Jeserun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace), Tai Sodje (Manchester City), Charlie Whittaker (Everton)
Division 2
5: Abu Kamara (Norwich), Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle)
3: Terry Ablade (Fulham), Kelvin Ehibhationham (Reading), Mo Faal (West Brom), Will Harris (Sunderland), Vinnie Steels (Sunderland), Jonathan Tomkinson (Norwich)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (including cups)
2: Michael Mellon, Max Thompson
1: Richard Nartey, Ne-Jai Tucker, Sam Unwin
1: own goals
LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Brighton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| West Ham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| Tottenham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Leeds | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Liverpool | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Everton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Manchester United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Blackburn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Leicester | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Derby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Fulham | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| Norwich | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
| West Brom | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Newcastle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Aston Villa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Reading | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Wolves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Middlesbrough | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Stoke | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Nottingham Forest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Sunderland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Burnley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Southampton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
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