Wolves go top in Premier League 2
West Brom, Middlesbrough and Wolves all kicked off the last week in Premier League 2 at the top of Division 2 with four points each from two games, but Wolves have come out of the recent fixtures with a clear lead at the top of the league.
While Middlesbrough sat without a game, and West Brom lost at home against Fulham, Wolves moved ahead with a comfortable 3-0 home win against Stoke yesterday to stay a point clear of Fulham who had started in fourth place. Both Wolves and Fulham, along with Newcastle and Middlesbrough, remain unbeaten but the first two both have 100% records with Fulham three points behind the leaders due to having played one less game.
Newcastle’s win against us saw us slip to tenth place in the league. We are one of four teams on three points, behind both Aston Villa and Stoke on goal difference while holding a better goal difference than Reading who sit below us as do Crystal Palace and Sunderland who are two and three points behind us.
Norwich, like Wolves, won 3-0, their victory coming against Crystal Palace, and these were the biggest wins of the week in Division 2 but it might be best not to make too much mention of the biggest winners in Division 1 although we have to confirm it was Blackburn who beat Leicester 4-0.
The game of the week in the top division came between Manchester United and Liverpool in which eight goals were scored, Liverpool winning it 5-3. Liverpool led 5-1 early in the second half in the game played at Leigh Sports Village but it must have been a lively affair with the referee handing out a total of seven yellow and two red cards.
Tottenham currently lead Division 1, a point ahead of Everton, Blackburn, Liverpool and Chelsea while Manchester United sit at the bottom, the only team in Division 1 without a point.
This weekend, Division 1 games will be played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday while those in Division 2 are to be played on Friday with two games, including ours at Stoke, on Monday.
The player featured this week is right-back Marcel Elva-Fountaine. Signed just under six weeks ago from Reading, he’s played in all of the under-23 fixtures to date this season.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
Friday 25th September
Brighton 2 Chelsea 0
Manchester United 3 Liverpool 5
Saturday 26th September
Arsenal 0 Tottenham 1
Southampton 2 West Ham 2
Monday 28th September
Blackburn 4 Leicester 0
Everton 4 Derby 1
Division 2
Friday 25th September
Aston Villa 1 Reading 2
Burnley 1 Newcastle 3
Norwich 3 Crystal Palace 0
Monday 28th September
Sunderland 1 Leeds 3
West Brom 1 Fulham 2
Wolves 3 Stoke 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Division 1
Friday 2nd October
Blackburn v Manchester United
Derby v Leicester
Saturday 3rd October
Tottenham v Southampton
West Ham v Brighton
Sunday 4th October
Chelsea v Arsenal
Everton v Manchester City
Division 2
Friday 2nd October
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Fulham v Norwich
Leeds v Middlesbrough
West Brom v Reading
Monday 5th October
Newcastle v Sunderland
Stoke v Burnley
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Division 1
3: James Mcatee (Manchester City), Connor McBride (Blackburn), Ellis Simms (Everton)
Division 2
4: Sam Greenwood (Leeds), Gabriel Kyeremateng (Stoke)
3: Owen Windsor (West Brom)
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS
2: Ashley Barnes, Max Thompson
1: Lewis Richardson, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLES
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Tottenham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Everton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Blackburn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Brighton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Derby | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Southampton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Leicester | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Arsenal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| West Ham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Wolves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Fulham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Norwich | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| West Brom | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Leeds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Stoke | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Burnley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Reading | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
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