Villa and Burnley level on points ahead of today’s under-23 clash
Burnley would have been sat in third place in Premier League 2 Division 2 today had we beaten West Brom last Monday but we fell to a 2-1 defeat against a very experienced Baggies team which left us where we started the week in seventh place.
The result was guaranteed to move West Brom up one place in the table. They knew they would go ahead of the losers in the north east derby between Newcastle and Sunderland. As it happened, that game ended in a draw which saw West Brom go ahead of both of them on goal difference.
It was a second game in the week for Newcastle who had made the slightly longer trip to Middlesbrough last Friday where they were beaten 2-1 and on the same day Norwich won at Reading while Leeds recorded a 2-0 win at Wolves. That result kept Wolves in third place, four points behind Stoke, but Leeds are now 13 points clear at the top of the league although they have played two games more than Stoke.
In Division 1, the top two both had a good day on Monday. Blackburn won 5-1 against Southampton and Manchester City went one better beating West Ham 5-0 which included a hat trick from Cole Palmer. That keeps the gap between them at five points with City having played a game more.
It’s a Friday game for us this week which potentially means the team won’t be quite as experienced with some of the players being required for the first team and to add to that we will be without Richard Nartey who is serving a one match ban having been sent off at West Brom four days ago.
The player featured this week is striker Rob Harker who had mysteriously disappeared recently. We got news this week; he’s been out with a knee injury since November. His last appearance was in the home game against Villa when we twice came from behind to draw 2-2.
Today’s game will be played at their Bodymoor Heath Training Ground with a 1.30 p.m. kick off.
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 5th March
Southampton 2 Arsenal 2
Tottenham 2 Everton 1
Sunday 7th March
Chelsea 0 Brighton 0
Liverpool 1 Derby 4
Monday 8th March
Blackburn 5 Southampton 1
Manchester City 5 West Ham 0
Division 2
Friday 5th March
Middlesbrough 2 Newcastle 1
Reading 1 Norwich 3
Wolves 0 Leeds 2
Monday 8th March
Sunderland 1 Newcastle 1
West Brom 2 Burnley 1
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 12th March
Arsenal v Blackburn
Chelsea v Everton
Manchester United v Brighton
Saturday 13th March
Liverpool v West Ham
Monday 15th March
Derby v Tottenham
Manchester City v Southampton
Division 2
Friday 12th March
Aston Villa v Burnley
Reading v Crystal Palace
West Brom v Middlesbrough
Monday 15th March
Leeds v Newcastle
Stoke v Fulham
Wolves v Sunderland
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
16: Liam Delap (Manchester City)
10: Joe Hugill (Manchester United), Connor McBride (Blackburn)
8: Cole Palmer (Manchester City), Ellis Simms (Everton), Jack Stretton (Derby)
7: Folarin Balogun (Arsenal), Nathan Broadhead (Everton), Kion Etete (Tottenham)
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)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS
6: Joel Mumbongo, Max Thompson
5: Lewis Richardson
2: Ashley Barnes, Anthony Gomez Mancini, Ryan Viggars
1: Owen Dodgson, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Manchester City | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 23 | 37 |
| Blackburn | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 29 | 32 |
| Tottenham | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 29 |
| Manchester United | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 43 | 27 |
| Derby | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 27 |
| Everton | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 25 |
| Chelsea | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 25 |
| Liverpool | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 23 |
| Brighton | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 36 | 21 |
| Arsenal | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 20 |
| Leicester | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 17 |
| Southampton | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 16 |
| West Ham | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Leeds | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 43 |
| Stoke | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 30 |
| Wolves | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 26 |
| Crystal Palace | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 26 |
| Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 41 | 25 |
| Aston Villa | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| Burnley | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 24 |
| Norwich | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 23 |
| Fulham | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 22 |
| Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 21 |
| West Brom | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 17 |
| Sunderland | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 17 |
| Newcastle | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 17 |
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