Under-23s prepare for cup after this week’s league win
Burnley beat Crewe 3-2 last Monday in the Professional Development League and it was a result that has moved us one place up the table to seventh.
It was a much needed result too following Barnsley’s win against Bolton last Friday. They kicked off that game bottom of the league but left us, Crewe and Sheffield Wednesday propping things up with nine points.
Sheffield Wednesday, who included former Claret George Boyd, took a hammering at Birmingham last Saturday, ensuring they would remain bottom, but it was Burnley who won the game against Crewe and that moved us back above Barnsley and ahead of Hull who drew on the same day at Sheffield United.
Sheffield United had led the league on goal difference but they’ve now dropped two points behind Leeds who beat Nottingham Forest,
Nothing has changed in the south group. The top three all won which leaves Ipswich still three points clear of both Bristol City and Millwall. Watford still remain without a win but they are off the bottom thanks to four draws which keeps them one point clear of Colchester.
There are no league games this week with a full fixture list as the Premier League Cup gets underway. We’ve got both Liverpool and West Brom to come, but we kick off with our away game at Bournemouth which will be played at Dean Court tomorrow afternoon with a 1 p.m. kick off.
We played them in the competition two seasons ago. We weren’t a category two club then and had to qualify for the group stages. We beat Bournemouth 3-1 before beating Watford 2-0 to get through to the groups. Dwight McNeil (pictured), Tinashe Chakwana and Freddy Yao scored our goals.
The League Tables are updated as results are confirmed and can be found with our Fixtures and Results in U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last week’s league results, this week’s cup fixtures, the league’s leading goalscorers, our goalscorers and the current league tables can all be found below.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday 28th September
Barnsley 1 Bolton 0
Coventry 1 Bristol City 3
Watford 1 Crystal Palace 1
Saturday 29th September
Birmingham 4 Sheffield Wednesday 0
Monday 1st October
Burnley 3 Crewe 2
Leeds 2 Nottingham Forest 1
Sheffield United 1 Hull 1
Colchester 1 Ipswich 3
Millwall 1 Charlton 0
QPR 3 Cardiff 2
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
PREMIER LEAGUE CUP
Friday 5th October
Aston Villa v Bristol City
Colchester v Reading
Everton v Doncaster
Leicester v Norwich
Sheffield United v Blackburn
Southampton v Leeds
Wolves v Hull
Saturday 6th October
Birmingham v Fulham
Bournemouth v Burnley
Sunday 7th October
Nottingham Forest v Exeter
West Brom v Liverpool
Monday 8th October
Sunderland v Charlton
LEADING GOALSCORERS
7: Virgil Gomis (Nottingham Forest)
6: Danny Rowe (Ipswich)
5: Dan Agyei (Burnley), Keane Lewis-Potter (Hull), Kyle McFarlane (Bimingham)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE & CUPS)
6: Dan Agyei
4: Tinashe Chakwana
2: Tunde Bayode, Ali Koiki
1: Rob Harker, Dwight McNeil, Christian N’Guessan, Kai Smith, Matěj Vydra, Nahki Wells
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Leeds | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 17 |
| Sheffield United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| Birmingham City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 14 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| Nottingham Forest | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 |
| Burnley | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Hull City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 11 |
| Barnsley | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 10 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 9 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Ipswich Town | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 17 |
| Bristol City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
| Millwall | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| Crystal Palace | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Charlton Athletic | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Coventry City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 |
| Cardiff City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 |
| Watford | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| Colchester United | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
Share this page :