Under-23s slip close to the bottom
Our under-23s were thankful to Middlesbrough this week for keeping us off the bottom of Premier League 2 Division 2 following our 1-0 home defeat against Crystal Palace.
Palace were bottom of the league but their three points lifted them above us last Monday afternoon and that saw us drop into bottom place. That was until a few hours later when Sunderland, who were above us on goal difference, suffered a big 6-0 defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough and that saw them fall to the bottom.
There are three of us now on three points, ours came from a win against Sunderland back in September but it has been a difficult start for us this season with the step up in league coupled with the players who have been unavailable because of being on first team duty although this week we did give debuts to two of the latest recruits, goalkeeper Marc Richter and midfielder Anthony Gomez Mancini.
Stoke are the other team with just three points. They fell to defeat against Norwich this week which ensured the winners remained top of the league. Norwich’s lead at the top has now increased to three points. Wolves and Leeds were the closest to them but both were beaten by Aston Villa and Reading. Villa are now in second place.
Chelsea are the new Division 1 leaders. They beat Derby 3-2 last Saturday afternoon while Spurs, the previous leaders, could only draw at Everton on Monday. Manchester City had the biggest win, hitting four against Leicester.
This week sees us face a tough trip to Middlesbrough tomorrow while Sunderland and Stoke both play on Monday. Both are at home, Stoke against Reading and Sunderland facing Fulham.
The player featured this week is goalkeeper Marc Richter.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can now be found 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
Saturday 17th October
Arsenal 3 Manchester United 3
Brighton 1 Liverpool 0
Chelsea 3 Derby 2
Sunday 18th October
Manchester City 4 Leicester 0
Southampton 0 Blackburn 1
Monday 19th October
Everton 0 Tottenham 0
Division 2
Friday 16th October
Norwich 2 Stoke 1
Reading 3 Leeds 2
Monday 19th October
Burnley 0 Crystal Palace 1
Newcastle 2 Fulham 1
Sunderland 0 Middlesbrough 6
Wolves 1 Aston Villa 3
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 23rd October
Brighton v Leicester
Derby v Southampton
Manchester United v Everton
West Ham v Blackburn
Saturday 24th October
Liverpool v Chelsea
Manchester City v Arsenal
Division 2
Friday 23rd October
Middlesbrough v Burnley
West Brom v Newcastle
Monday 26th October
Crystal Palace v Wolves
Leeds v Norwich
Stoke v Reading
Sunderland v Fulham
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
4: Connor McBride (Blackburn)
4: Ellis Simms (Everton), Jack Stretton (Derby)
3: Bryan Fiabema (Chelsea), Joe Hugill (Manchester United), James Mcatee (Manchester City),
Division 2
5: Sam Greenwood (Leeds)
4: Gabriel Kyeremateng (Stoke), Owen Windsor (West Brom)
3: Stanley Flaherty (Newcastle), Isaac Fletcher (Middlesbrough)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS
2: Ashley Barnes, Max Thompson
1: Lewis Richardson, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| Tottenham | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Brighton | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Blackburn | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| Manchester City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Everton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Derby | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Southampton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Leicester | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| Manchester United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Arsenal | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| West Ham | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Norwich | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| Aston Villa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Middlesbrough | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Wolves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Leeds | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Reading | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
| Fulham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| West Brom | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Crystal Palace | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Stoke | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Burnley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Sunderland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
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