Under-23s closing the gap after second win
The 3-1 win against Reading two days ago didn’t move us up the table but it certainly closed the gap on a number of teams above us as we made it seven points from the last three games.
Fulham led the Division 2 table on goal difference ahead of the recent set of fixtures but despite winning 3-1 against Newcastle last Friday, they have now lost top spot on goal difference following Aston Villa’s win on Monday.
New leaders Villa won 8-0 at Stoke. Having gone in front on four minutes, it remained 1-0 until seven minutes before half time. Then, they scored six goals in a 19 minute spell either side of the break before adding a late eighth. Jaden Philogene-Bidace scored a hat trick with four of the other goals coming from the Chukwuemeka brothers, Caleb and Carney, who both scored twice.
Philogene-Bidace wasn’t the only player to notch a hat trick this week. Former Claret Will Harris scored all three for Sunderland in a 3-1 win at Wolves, giving them their first points other than the win against us.
Southampton, beaten 3-2 at Birmingham, remain bottom with just one point. Birmingham kicked off with just three points so this result has left Southampton trailing next to bottom by five points.
Division 1 leaders Manchester City met second place Arsenal with the game ending in a 2-2 draw. It was enough for City to retain the lead although Brighton, winners against Leicester, have moved ahead of Arsenal.
Chelsea beat Liverpool 4-3 to move off the bottom of the league; Derby now occupy that position. It was a good comeback too from Chelsea who trailed 3-1 going into the last 25 minutes with their winner coming in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
There was an even later goal at York’s new ground with Blackburn equalising in the seventh minute of stoppage time against Leeds to earn a point from a 4-4 draw. It wasn’t the quietest of games either with referee Gareth Rhodes showing nine yellow cards alongside a red for Leeds’ forward Amari Miller.
We’ve a full set of fixtures this week with us travelling to Nottingham Forest this Friday.
The player featured this week is Anthony Glennon who played at left-back in the win against Reading.
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 24th September
Brighton 2 Leicester 1
Chelsea 4 Liverpool 3
Everton 0 Manchester United 1
Leeds 4 Blackburn 4
West Ham 1 Crystal Palace 0
Saturday 25th September
Manchester City 2 Arsenal 2
Monday 27th September
Tottenham 3 Derby 1
Division 2
Friday 24th September
Fulham 3 Newcastle 1
Middlesbrough 0 Nottingham Forest 1
Monday 27th September
Birmingham 3 Southampton 2
Burnley 3 Reading 1
Norwich 2 West Brom 5
Stoke 0 Aston Villa 8
Wolves 1 Sunderland 3
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 1st October
Arsenal v Brighton
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Leicester v Leeds
Saturday 2nd October
Manchester City v Derby
Manchester United v Liverpool
West Ham v Everton
Sunday 3rd October
Chelsea v Blackburn
Division 2
Friday 1st October
Aston Villa v Wolves
Newcastle v Middlesbrough
Norwich v Fulham
Nottingham Forest v Burnley
Southampton v Stoke
Monday 4th October
Reading v Birmingham
West Brom v Sunderland
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
9: James Mcatee (Manchester City)
6: Joe Gelhardt (Leeds)
5: Sam Burns (Blackburn), Dilan Markanday (Tottenham), Robert Street (Crystal Palace)
4: Folarin Balogun (Arsenal), Mika Biereth (Arsenal), Alfie Devine (Tottenham), Evan Ferguson (Brighton), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace), Harvey Vale (Chelsea)
Division 2
6: Caleb Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa), Will Harris (Sunderland), Abu Kamara (Norwich), Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle)
4: Terry Ablade (Fulham), Josh Coburn (Middlesbrough), Thomas Dickson-Peters (Norwich), Aaron Ramsey (Aston Villa), Will Swan (Nottingham Forest)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (including cups)
3: Michael Mellon, Sam Unwin
2: Max Thompson, Ne-Jai Tucker
1: Joe McGlynn, Richard Nartey
1: own goals
LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 14 |
| Brighton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 13 |
| Leeds | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
| Tottenham | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 |
| West Ham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Manchester United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| Leicester | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
| Blackburn | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 4 |
| Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| Derby | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 |
| Fulham | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| West Brom | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| Nottingham Forest | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Norwich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 |
| Wolves | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Stoke | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 9 |
| Reading | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Newcastle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Burnley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
| Birmingham | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 6 |
| Southampton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
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