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Professional Development League statistics and predictions
Season to date: 60 matches since 14 Aug 2026, last updated 22 Oct 2026.
Professional Development League in numbers
Analysis
60 matches have been played in the Professional Development League (England) since 14 Aug 2026, averaging 3.83 goals a game. That makes it a higher-scoring competition than the average across our archive (3.06 goals a game).
Home sides won 26 (43%), 14 matches were drawn (23%) and away sides won 20 (33%). Home advantage is about typical. Both teams scored in 68% of matches, 72% went over 2.5 goals, 90% over 1.5, and 1 finished goalless.
Our team-strength model, refitted every night, rates the strongest attacks as Huddersfield Town U21 (1.45), Bristol City U21 (1.30), Bolton Wanderers Res. (1.26), and the meanest defences as Sheffield United U21 (0.63), Bolton Wanderers Res. (0.71), Swansea City U21 (0.76). A rating of 1.00 is an average side in this competition.
Recent and upcoming PunterPick predictions
- Queens Park Rangers U21 vs Bristol City U21 · 18 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC · Professional Development League
Published pick: Double Chance X2 - Fleetwood Town U21 vs Barnsley U21 · 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Professional Development League
Published pick: Double Chance 1X @ 1.50 · FT 2–2 - Wigan Athletic U21 vs Bolton Wanderers Res. · 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Professional Development League
Published pick: Double Chance X2 @ 1.44 · FT 1–3 - Coventry City U21 vs Swansea City U21 · 20 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC · Professional Development League
Published pick: Double Chance X2 @ 1.44 · FT 2–0 - Peterborough United U21 vs Sheffield Wednesday U21 · 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Professional Development League
Published pick: Double Chance X2 @ 1.83 · FT 2–2 - Charlton Athletic U21 vs Cardiff City U21 · 23 Oct 2026, 12:30 UTC · Professional Development League
Published pick: Double Chance X2
Results table
Calculated from the final scores in our archive since 14 Aug 2026. This is not the official table — it applies no points deductions or tie-break rules, and for cup competitions it simply totals results across rounds.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers Res. | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 3 | Coventry City U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sheffield United U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Bristol City U21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Swansea City U21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Cardiff City U21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Barnsley U21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Peterborough United U21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Colchester United U21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Hull City U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Millwall U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
About these statistics
The figures above are counts over final scores (90 minutes) in the PunterPick results archive. Nothing is estimated: a match only counts once its final score is in. Team links lead to each side's own form, home and away record and the predictions we have published for them. How we build our predictions is explained on the methodology page.