2023–24 Professional U21 Development League

Premier League 2
Season	2023–24
Matches played	260
Goals scored	1,026 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Will Lankshear; (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester United U21 10–1 Stoke City U21
Biggest away win	Leeds United U21 1–7 Crystal Palace U21; Manchester City U21 0–6 Norwich City U21; Newcastle United U21 1–7 Chelsea U21
Highest scoring	Manchester United U21 10-1 Stoke City U21
Longest winning run	11 Tottenham Hotspur U21 August 12, 2023- January 27, 2024
Longest unbeaten run	12 Tottenham Hotspur U21 August 12, 2023-February 17, 2024
Longest losing run	4
Highest attendance	3,040 Leeds United U21 2–5 West Ham United U21 August 25, 2023
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 17 March 2024.

The 2023–24 Professional U21 Development League is the 12th season of the Professional Development League system.

The Premier League 2 changed format for 2023–24 with one division instead of two.^[1]

Reading regained Category One status in the summer.^[2]

Premier League 2[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (C)	20	14	4	2	54	28	+26	46	Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs and Premier League International Cup
2	West Ham United U21	20	13	3	4	53	29	+24	42
3	Fulham U21	20	11	5	4	52	30	+22	38
4	Chelsea U21	20	11	3	6	53	32	+21	36
5	Arsenal U21	20	10	6	4	47	33	+14	36
6	Reading U21	20	10	5	5	35	35	0	35
7	Sunderland U21	20	10	4	6	45	32	+13	34
8	Liverpool U21	20	10	3	7	34	27	+7	33
9	Crystal Palace U21	20	9	4	7	49	42	+7	31
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	20	9	4	7	39	36	+3	31
11	Middlesbrough U21	20	9	4	7	38	39	−1	31
12	Manchester United U21	20	8	5	7	56	43	+13	29
13	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	20	8	5	7	35	38	−3	29	Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs
14	Nottingham Forest U21	20	7	7	6	30	33	−3	28
15	Blackburn Rovers U21	20	8	3	9	41	58	−17	27
16	Aston Villa U21	20	7	4	9	40	48	−8	25
17	Southampton U21	20	7	3	10	43	47	−4	24
18	Norwich City U21	20	7	2	11	43	42	+1	23
19	Stoke City U21	20	7	2	11	38	55	−17	23
20	Leicester City U21	20	5	5	10	33	41	−8	20
21	West Bromwich Albion U21	20	5	4	11	24	36	−12	19
22	Newcastle United U21	20	5	4	11	29	46	−17	19
23	Manchester City U21	20	4	6	10	32	50	−18	18
24	Leeds United U21	20	5	3	12	28	48	−20	18
25	Everton U21	20	4	5	11	25	40	−15	17
26	Derby County U21	20	5	1	14	30	38	−8	16

Source: Premier League 2 Table
(C) Champions

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BLB	BHA	CHE	CRY	DER	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	NFO	REA	SOU	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal U21	—	3–5	—	6–3	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	4–1	—	3–3	—	1–0	—	—	—	3–0	4–2	—	—	1–1	—	3–0	—
Aston Villa U21	—	—	—	—	0–4	—	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	4–0	—	1–4	—	—	—	2–2^[a]	2–3	—	0–3	—	—
Blackburn Rovers U21	2–2	2–3	—	—	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	4–1	1–0	—	2–5	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	3–6	0–4	—	—	1–3	—
Brighton & Hove Albion U21	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4	0–0	4–2	—	—	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–4	—
Chelsea U21	2–4	—	6–1	2–3	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	1–1	—	—	3–2	—	—	—	2–3	3–2	2–0	—	—	—	3–0	—	—
Crystal Palace U21	—	4–2	—	2–1	2–2	—	—	0–0	2–5	—	—	2–4	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0^[b]	3–0	1–5	—
Derby County U21	—	—	1–3	2–3	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	1–1	4–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	5–1	—	1–2	—	0–2	—	—	1–2
Everton U21	1–1	—	2–3	0–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–1	1–2	—	5–0	—	—	—	1–3	—	0–2
Fulham U21	—	—	1–2	3–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–3	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	—	—	7–1	5–1	—	—	0–2	—	—	—
Leeds United U21	—	—	—	—	0–2	1–7	3–0	1–1^[c]	3–5	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1	1–3	—	—	2–5	—
Leicester City U21	—	—	—	—	—	1–1^[d]	2–1	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–3	—	1–3	2–2^[e]	2–3	—	—	1–2	3–0	—	—	—	—	1–3
Liverpool U21	0–2	0–2	—	—	2–1	—	—	4–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–4	—	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	0–4	2–0
Manchester City U21	—	4–4	—	—	1–2	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–6	2–0	—	—	—	2–2	0–5	2–0	2–2	3–3
Manchester United U21	2–4	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–4	3–1	—	1–2	—	0–3	2–1	—	—	3–2	4–2	—	—	—	10–1	—	—	—	—	—
Middlesbrough U21	—	—	—	—	1–3	2–3	1–0	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	3–2	—	3–2^[f]	—	—	—	—	4–1	—	1–2	0–1	—	3–2
Newcastle United U21	—	0–1^[g]	—	—	1–7	—	—	1–0	1–3	0–2	—	1–2	0–4	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	5–3	—	—	—	3–2	—	—
Norwich City U21	—	—	4–0	—	3–2	—	—	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	—	2–3	—	—	2–2	—	0–2	—	—	3–4	2–1	0–2	3–4
Nottingham Forest U21	2–0	3–0	1–5	—	—	4–3	—	—	—	4–0	—	—	—	0–0	2–2	—	—	—	0–0^[h]	—	—	0–5	—	—	—	2–2
Reading U21s	—	—	7–2	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	—	2–2	1–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—
Southampton U21	—	4–2	—	—	—	4–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	0–3	—	3–6^[i]	—	—	—	1–1	6–0	—	5–1	1–2	2–3	—	—	—
Stoke City U21	2–2	—	—	4–3	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–1	—	—	1–2	4–2	3–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–1
Sunderland U21	1–2	—	—	1–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	4–2^[j]	2–1	—	5–5	1–2	2–3	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–4	—	—	—
Tottenham Hotspur U21	—	5–3	4–0	—	4–2	—	—	1–2	—	1–0	—	—	—	2–2^[k]	—	4–1	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	5–1
West Bromwich Albion U21	3–0^[l]	—	3–3	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–3	4–2	—	—	—	0–3	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	2–4	—
West Ham United U21	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	3–2	3–1	0–3	—	1–3	—	—	—	5–0	—	—	3–1	—	3–3	3–1	2–0	—	—	—	—
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	—	3–2	—	—	2–3	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	1–2	—	3–0	—	—

Source: Premier League 2 Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Originally scheduled to be played on 1 December 2023, the Aston Villa match against Stoke City was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024 and then 29 March 2024, the Crystal Palace matches against Tottenham Hotspur were both postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 15 January 2024, the Leeds United match against Everton was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
^ The match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace was abandoned after 86 minutes due to an injury to Crystal Palace player Joe Sheridan. The Premier League confirmed that the result will stand.
^ On 3 November, the Leicester City match against Newcastle United was abandoned with the score at 2–2.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Middlesbrough match against Newcastle United was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 15 January 2024, the Newcastle United match against Aston Villa was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Nottingham Forest match against Reading was postponed. The rescheduled game on 22 April 2024 was abandoned after an injury to Nottingham Forest player Ben Perry.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Southampton match against Manchester United was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Sunderland match against Leicester City was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 2 December 2023, the Tottenham Hotspur match against Manchester United was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
^ Originally scheduled to be played on 1 December 2023, the West Bromwich Albion match against Arsenal was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Elimination Playoffs[edit]

Round of 16			Quarter-finals		Semi-finals	Final

1	Tottenham Hotspur U21

16	Aston Villa U21


			8	Liverpool U21
8	Liverpool U21	3

9	Crystal Palace U21	2



5	Arsenal U21	6

12	Manchester United U21	2
			5	Arsenal U21

			4	Chelsea U21
4	Chelsea U21	5

13	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	4



6	Reading U21	2

11	Middlesbrough U21	0
			6	Reading U21


3	Fulham U21

14	Nottingham Forest U21



7	Sunderland U21

10	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21


			2	West Ham United U21
2	West Ham United U21	4

15	Blackburn Rovers U21	1

Round of 16[edit]

3 May 2024

13:00

Arsenal U21	6–2	Manchester United U21
Butler-Oyedeji 14', 42' Henry-Francis 27' Cozier-Duberry 30', 90+1' Nwaneri 54' (pen.)	Report	Mather 66' Biancheri 90+6'

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Attendance: 610

Referee: Aaron Farmer

3 May 2024