Under-23s just two points behind third
Last Monday’s 3-1 win against West Brom was only able to move the under-23s up one place to seventh in Premier League 2 Division 2 with both Reading and Aston Villa, who kicked off just ahead of us, both winning against north east pair Newcastle and Sunderland respectively.
Wolves, winners at Fulham, and Crystal Palace, shock winners against leaders Leeds, are currently third and fourth. Both have 26 points. Behind them come Reading on 25 and then Aston Villa and us with 24. Fulham’s defeat meant they dropped three places to eighth.
Those wins for Wolves and Palace have taken them within four points of Stoke in second place with Wolves having two games in hand. Despite their defeat, Leeds still lead the table by ten points.
Taking a look at Division 1 and Manchester City have increased their lead at the top over Blackburn to five points. City won 3-1 at Brighton while Blackburn could only draw against Spurs. Biggest winners of last week were Liverpool who beat Arsenal 4-0. It looks strange at the moment seeing Liverpool record a home win.
This week see us play the same West Brom team who we beat last Monday at Curzon Ashton. This time it will be at the Birmingham FA. The big game in our division is that between Wolves and Leeds. A win for the home side will move them even closer to Stoke who have no game.
The player featured this week is central defender Richard Nartey.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results are both within U23/U18 Stats which can be found on the top menu.
All of last week’s results, this week’s fixtures, the leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the current league tables are all below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Division 1
Friday 26th February
Brighton 1 Manchester City 3
Tottenham 1 Blackburn 1
West Ham 0 Derby 0
Saturday 27th February
Liverpool 4 Arsenal 0
Southampton 1 Manchester United 2
Monday 1st March
Leicester 1 Chelsea 1
Division 2
Friday 26th February
Fulham 0 Wolves 2
Middlesbrough 0 Norwich 3
Monday 1st March
Burnley 3 West Brom 1
Crystal Palace 2 Leeds 0
Newcastle 1 Reading 2
Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 3
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 5th March
Southampton v Arsenal
Tottenham v Everton
Sunday 7th March
Chelsea v Brighton
Liverpool v Derby
Monday 8th March
Blackburn v Southampton
Manchester City v West Ham
Division 2
Friday 5th March
Middlesbrough v Newcastle
Reading v Norwich
Wolves v Leeds
Monday 8th March
Sunderland v Newcastle
West Brom v Burnley
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
15: Liam Delap (Manchester City)
10: Joe Hugill (Manchester United), Connor McBride (Blackburn)
8: Ellis Simms (Everton), Jack Stretton (Derby)
7: Folarin Balogun (Arsenal)
Division 2
10: Louie Barry (Aston Villa), Fabio Carvalho (Fulham)
8: Jean-Pierre Tiehi (Fulham), Ethan Varian (Stoke)
7: Mitch Curry (Sunderland), Stanley Flaherty (Newcastle), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds), Sam Greenwood (Leeds)
6: Cheikh Diaby (West Brom), Nahum Melvin-Lambert (Reading), Joel Mumbongo (Burnley), Taylor Perry (Wolves), Sion Spence (Crystal Palace), Max Thompson (Burnley)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS
6: Joel Mumbongo, Max Thompson
5: Lewis Richardson
2: Ashley Barnes, Ryan Viggars
1: Owen Dodgson, Anthony Gomez Mancini, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Manchester City | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 34 |
| Blackburn | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 28 | 29 |
| Manchester United | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 43 | 27 |
| Tottenham | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 26 |
| Everton | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 25 |
| Chelsea | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 24 |
| Derby | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 24 |
| Liverpool | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 23 |
| Brighton | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 36 | 20 |
| Arsenal | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 19 |
| Leicester | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 17 |
| Southampton | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 15 |
| West Ham | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 9 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Leeds | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 40 |
| Stoke | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 30 |
| Wolves | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 26 |
| Crystal Palace | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 26 |
| Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 38 | 25 |
| Aston Villa | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| Burnley | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 24 |
| Fulham | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 22 |
| Norwich | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 20 |
| Middlesbrough | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 18 |
| Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 16 |
| Newcastle | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 16 |
| West Brom | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 14 |
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