Under-23s remain fourth after win at Birmingham
When Newcastle drew against Norwich last Friday, it saw our under-23s drop a place to fifth but we Monday’s 2-1 at Birmingham took us back up to fourth.
That’s seventeen points from the last seven games and, after that difficult start, we are behind Aston Villa on goal difference but five points behind West Brom and eight points adrift of Fulham who are our next opponents.
It’s all very close and we are one of three teams on seventeen points with three more teams just three points behind. Things really are tightening up with a Southampton win taking them off the bottom, leaving Birmingham one point adrift. They beat Villa 4-0 and the other big winners were Sunderland who beat Reading 3-0. There was no hat trick for Will Harris, he didn’t play in this game; all three Sunderland goals were scored by Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka.
Fulham beat Middlesbrough to extend their lead at the top with West Brom drawing and Villa losing.
Manchester City have lost top spot in Division 1. They could only draw at Brighton and that opened the door for Arsenal who took advantage with a 4-2 win at Leeds. At the other end of the table, Derby remain bottom after losing at Liverpool.
There is a full fixture list over the next few days before the league takes a break for the internationals.
The player featured this week is central defender Jacob Bedeau who was signed from Scunthorpe in the last transfer window.
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 29th October
Brighton 1 Manchester City 1
Leeds 2 Arsenal 4
Saturday 30th October
Chelsea 1 Everton 1
Liverpool 3 Derby 1
Tottenham 1 Manchester United 0
Monday 1st November
Crystal Palace 1 Blackburn 2
Leicester 2 West Ham 1
Division 2
Friday 29th October
Newcastle 2 Norwich 2
Sunday 31st October
Southampton 4 Aston Villa 0
Monday 1st November
Birmingham 1 Burnley 2
Fulham 2 Middlesbrough 0
Nottingham Forest 2 West Brom 2
Reading 0 Sunderland 3
Stoke 2 Wolves 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 5th November
Brighton v Tottenham
Derby v Blackburn
Saturday 6th November
Arsenal v Leicester
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Everton v Manchester City
Manchester United v Leeds
West Ham v Liverpool
Division 2
Friday 5th November
Norwich v Nottingham Forest
Southampton v Newcastle
Wolves v West Brom
Sunday 7th November
Middlesbrough v Birmingham
Stoke v Sunderland
Monday 8th November
Burnley v Fulham
Reading v Aston Villa
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
10: James Mcatee (Manchester City)
9: Folarin Balogun (Arsenal), Dilan Markanday (Tottenham)
8: Armstrong Oko-Flex (West Ham)
7: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace)
6: Sam Burns (Blackburn), Alfie Devine (Tottenham), Evan Ferguson (Brighton), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds), Robert Street (Crystal Palace)
Division 2
9: Will Harris (Sunderland)
8: Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle)
7: Terry Ablade (Fulham), Thomas Dickson-Peters (Norwich)
6: Caleb Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa), Abu Kamara (Norwich)
5: Michael Mellon (Burnley), Will Swan (Nottingham Forest)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (including cups)
7: Michael Mellon
5: Ne-Jai Tucker
4: Sam Unwin
3: Max Thompson
2: Joe McGlynn
1: Jacob Bedeau, Anthony Glennon, Richard Nartey
2: own goals
LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Arsenal | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 22 |
| Manchester City | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 21 |
| West Ham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 19 |
| Brighton | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
| Tottenham | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 17 |
| Manchester United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 |
| Crystal Palace | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 12 |
| Leeds | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 12 |
| Liverpool | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| Leicester | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 12 |
| Blackburn | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 11 |
| Chelsea | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 10 |
| Everton | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 8 |
| Derby | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Fulham | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 25 |
| West Brom | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 22 |
| Aston Villa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 17 |
| Burnley | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
| Stoke | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 17 |
| Newcastle | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 |
| Norwich | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 14 |
| Wolves | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| Sunderland | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 12 |
| Nottingham Forest | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
| Middlesbrough | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| Reading | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 |
| Southampton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 |
| Birmingham | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 |
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