2020–21 Professional U23 Development League

The 2020–21 Professional U23 Development League was the ninth season of the Professional Development League system.

Burnley, Crystal Palace and Leeds United joined the Premier League 2 for the 2020–21 season after gaining category one status academies.[1] Prior to the start of the season Swansea City left the league after downgrading their academy to category two.[2]

Premier League 2

Football league season
Premier League 2
Season2020–21

Division 1

Table

As of match played 10 May 2021[3]
Pos Club P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Manchester City U23s (C) 24 17 5 2 79 30 +49 56
2 Chelsea U23s 24 12 6 6 50 36 +14 42
3 Tottenham Hotspur U23s 24 11 5 8 45 44 +1 38
4 Blackburn Rovers U23s 24 10 7 7 48 41 +7 37
5 Everton U23s 24 10 6 8 44 28 +16 36
6 Derby County U23s 24 11 3 10 43 49 –6 36
7 Liverpool U23s 24 10 5 9 48 50 –2 35
8 Manchester United U23s 24 10 4 10 58 59 –1 34
9 Brighton & Hove Albion U23s 24 7 9 8 36 42 –6 30
10 Arsenal U23s 24 6 8 10 37 43 –6 26
11 West Ham United U23s 24 6 6 12 32 48 –16 24
12 Leicester City U23s 24 6 4 14 41 55 –14 22
13 Southampton U23s (R) 24 4 4 16 29 65 –36 16

Results

Home \ Away ARS BLA B&H CHE DER EVE LEI LIV MNC MNU SOU TOT WHU
Arsenal U23s 0–3 5–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–2
Blackburn Rovers U23s 0–6 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 5–1 2–3 4–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U23s 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–4 1–0 1–3 2–5 3–0 1–5 6–1
Chelsea U23s 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 6–1 3–1 3–2 1–0
Derby County U23s 2–3 3–5 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–4 2–6 3–1 1–0 3–2
Everton U23s 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–1
Leicester City U23s 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–6 4–2 7–1 1–3 2–1
Liverpool U23s 4–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–7 3–6 0–0 3–4 1–1
Manchester City U23s 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–1 4–0 3–2 3–0 7–1 4–1 5–0
Manchester United U23s 3–0 6–4 0–0 4–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–5 2–2 3–1 4–2 2–3
Southampton U23s 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–5 5–2 1–2 5–2 1–2 1–1 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur U23s 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–5 4–1 1–6 3–0 2–1 3–0
West Ham United U23s 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–4 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2021. Source: Premier League 2 Division 1 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Table

As of match played 10 May 2021[4]
Pos Club P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Leeds United U23s (P) 24 18 2 4 62 29 +33 56
2 Stoke City U23s 24 14 3 7 41 30 +11 45
3 Crystal Palace U23s (P) 24 11 3 10 45 41 +4 36
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s 24 10 6 8 40 36 +4 36
5 Sunderland U23s 24 10 5 9 42 41 +1 35
6 Middlesbrough U23s 24 10 4 10 44 35 +9 34
7 Burnley U23s 24 10 4 10 38 41 –3 34
8 Reading U23s 24 10 2 12 41 54 –13 32
9 Aston Villa U23s 24 9 4 11 46 48 -2 31
10 Fulham U23s 24 9 3 12 38 46 –8 30
11 Norwich City U23s 24 7 4 13 32 40 –8 25
12 West Bromwich Albion U23s 24 7 4 13 37 49 –12 25
13 Newcastle United U23s 24 7 4 13 31 47 –16 25

Results

Home \ Away AST BUR CRY FUL LEE MID NEW NOR REA STK SUN WBA WOL
Aston Villa U23s 2–3 4–4 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–4 0–2 2–1 4–0
Burnley U23s 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 3–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 0–0
Crystal Palace U23s 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 3–0 4–0 6–0 2–2 1–2 3–3 2–1
Fulham U23s 4–1 1–4 5–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–2
Leeds United U23s 3–2 5–2 4–1 7–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2
Middlesbrough U23s 4–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1
Newcastle United U23s 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–4 3–2 0–3
Norwich City U23s 2–3 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–2
Reading U23s 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 3–2 2–4 3–2 1–3 1–3 0–2 5–2 5–0
Stoke City U23s 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–3 3–1
Sunderland U23s 2–3 3–0 3–4 5–3 1–3 0–6 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1
West Bromwich Albion U23s 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–5 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–4 4–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2021. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Play-offs
Semi-finals Final
      
2 Stoke City 0
5 Sunderland 2
3 Crystal Palace 0 (5)(p)
5 Sunderland 0 (3)
3 Crystal Palace 3
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2

Semifinals

Crystal Palace U23s3–2 (a.e.t.)Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s
 Report
Attendance: 1,031
Referee: Lewis Smith
Stoke City U23s0–2Sunderland U23s
Report
Attendance: 1,481
Referee: Martin Woods

Final

Crystal Palace U23s0–0Sunderland U23s
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tom Reeves

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chelsea confirmed as 2019/20 PL2 champions". Premier League. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Swansea City's academy blow and what the future holds as pathway that brought through glut of stars is downgraded". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION ONE". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION TWO". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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