Battle at the top of the under-21 league continues
One defeat and one victory in the last week has seen the Clarets remain in sixth place in the Professional Development League but the three team battle at the top continues today with the Steel City derby.
Going into this next set of fixtures, Birmingham are top of the league on 52 points. Behind them are the two Sheffield clubs, both of them one point behind the leaders. However, it?s the games played that is key. Birmingham have just two to play, Sheffield Wednesday have three remaining but Sheffield United, who must be clear favourites again, still have five to play.
Sheffield United won twice last week with the other two winning the one game each they played but United have been the best team this season with only Swansea in the south having scored more goals and no one able to beat their defensive record. We had a difficult day last Friday at home against Barnsley. With a much changed side, we fell to a 4-0 defeat but, having then dropped a place with Hull winning at Peterborough, we moved back above them on Tuesday with our win at Swansea while Hull were surprisingly losing at Bristol City.
If it?s very much game on at the top of the north group, it?s not the case in the south with Millwall having won the league for a second successive season. A draw against Barnsley on Tuesday proved more than good enough with QPR and Swansea, the next two in the table both beaten, this having followed Bournemouth?s defeat against Sheffield United. Millwall are now nine points clear ...
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