Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Burnley U23 (5th, 39 pts) held a 36-point advantage over Stoke City U23 (1st, 3 pts). On recent form Stoke City U23 sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Stoke City U23 were scoring 2 and conceding 0, Burnley U23 1.77 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.72 goals per team per game.
Burnley U23 arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Stoke City U23 had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Burnley U23, 12.
Lyme Valley Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme, capacity 4,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.




