| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke City U23 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6/15 | 7-10 |
| Burnley U23 | W4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12/15 | 13-6 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-26 | Burnley U23 | 0-1 | Stoke City U23 |
| 2021-02-08 | Burnley U23 | 1-2 | Stoke City U23 |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke City U23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | W | 18 | -17 |
| Burnley U23 | 5 | 26 | 39 | 7 | WWDWL | 2 | +3 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2022-04-22
On the table this was a mismatch: Burnley U23 (5th, 39 pts) held a 36-point advantage over Stoke City U23 (1st, 3 pts). Stoke City U23 had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 1st in the table.
Burnley U23 arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Stoke City U23 against 12/15 for Burnley U23.
