Second place for under-23s after Crewe suffer defeat
The latest draw two days ago against Sheffield Wednesday took our under-23s up to second in the northern group of the Professional Development League and we stayed there yesterday when Crewe Alexandra suffered a big defeat at Barnsley.
With Nottingham Forest’s home game against Leeds falling victim to the weather, it has left us just one point behind them while we now sit a point ahead of Crewe and two points clear of Birmingham, who have won twice during the week, Barnsley, winners against Crewe, and Hull who won at Wigan. Three of those five all have a game in hand on us; Forest and Hull have played two games less.
It really is very tight with Leeds, currently eighth, able to get past us if they won all of their three games in hand. Only the two Sheffield clubs and Bolton are struggling with Bolton a long way behind having won one and lost the other seven of their games.
Coventry are second in the south group but Watford’s lead over them has now extended to eight points with them bringing Ipswich’s mini-revival to an end. Coventry had no game but they remain second with Charlton only drawing at Millwall and Cardiff losing at home against Birmingham.
There are only two league games in the next week., both of them on Monday. Bristol City are at home against Cardiff in the south group and there is also an outstanding north v south group game between Crewe and Millwall. That’s because it is Premier League Cup week with 15 scheduled games although the first of them between Portsmouth and Exeter, which should have been played this afternoon, was postponed.
The player featured this week is Jordan Cropper who played right back in Monday’s draw against Sheffield Wednesday.
The League Tables are 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 scorers, our scorers and the current tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday 1st November
Birmingham 6 Bolton 0
Monday 4th November
Burnley 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Nottingham Forest v Leeds – match postponed
Wigan 2 Hull 3
Colchester 3 QPR 1
Millwall 2 Charlton 2
Watford 3 Ipswich 0
Cardiff 0 Birmingham 1
Tuesday 5th November
Barnsley 4 Crewe 1
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Monday 11th November
Bristol City v Cardiff
Crewe v Millwall
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Wednesday 6th November
Portsmouth v Exeter – match postponed
Thursday 7th November
Burnley v Crystal Palace
Colchester v Charlton
Friday 8th November
Blackburn v Middlesbrough
Bournemouth v Stoke
Newcastle v West Brom
Reading v Swansea
Saturday 9th November
Southampton v Nottingham Forest
Wolves v Birmingham
Sunday 10th November
Everton v Plymouth
Fulham v Watford
Sunderland v Liverpool
Monday 11th November
Aston Villa v Doncaster
Wigan v Huddersfield
Wednesday 13th November
Derby v Leeds
LEADING GOALSCORERS (League)
9: George Alexander (Millwall)
8: Joseph Hungbo (Watford), Ali Koiki (Burnley), Elliot Simoes (Barnsley)
7: Sam Dalby (Watford)
5: Miguel Fernandez (Birmingham), Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest), Reece York (Sheffield United)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (League & Cups)
8: Ali Koiki
4: Lewis Richardson
2: Rob Harker
1: Tunde Bayode, Josh Benson, Mitch George, Adam Phillips, Bobby Thomas, Scott Wilson
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Nottingham Forest | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 21 |
| Burnley | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 20 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 19 |
| Birmingham City | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 18 |
| Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 18 |
| Hull City | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 18 |
| Wigan | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| Leeds | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| Sheffield United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 11 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 3 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Watford | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 25 |
| Coventry City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 17 |
| Charlton Athletic | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 16 |
| Cardiff City | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Millwall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 |
| Bristol City | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 |
| Ipswich Town | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 |
| Colchester United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 10 |
| Crystal Palace | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
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