What are the Development League fixtures this weekend?

Upcoming fixtures in Development League scheduled for the weekend are: Barnsley U21 vs Brentford U21 and Queens Park Rangers U21 vs Charlton Athletic U21

Which team is on top in the Development League?

Sheffield United U21 is the current leader of the English Professional Development League as they have picked up points in 16 matches.

What is the Development League table right now?

At the moment, the top three teams in the Development League are Sheffield United U21, Peterborough U21, and Bournemouth U21, and the bottom three clubs are Crewe Alexandra U21, Fleetwood Town U21, and Sheffield Wednesday U21. And for a more complete look at the Development League standings, check out the Table section above.

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16	Standings	4
1.8	Goal Scored	2.36
2.53	Goals Conceded	1.07
73%	% Over 2.5	86%
80%	% BTTS	57%
1.21	xG	1.89
1.35	xGA	1.13

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#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Last 5
1	Sheffield United U21	8	7	1	0	20	5	15	22	2.75	D W W W W
2	Peterborough U21	9	7	1	1	30	9	21	22	2.44	W W W W W
3	Bournemouth U21	8	6	0	2	20	8	12	18	2.25	W L W W W
4	Watford U21	8	4	2	2	20	16	4	14	1.75	W W W W L
5	Bristol City U21	9	4	2	3	17	14	3	14	1.56	W D L W W
6	Hull City U21	8	4	1	3	19	15	4	13	1.63	L W L D W
7	Millwall U21	8	4	0	4	17	18	-1	12	1.50	L W W L W
8	Swansea U21	5	4	0	1	16	6	10	12	2.40	L W W W W
9	Huddersfield Town U21	8	3	2	3	14	11	3	11	1.38	D L W W W
10	Colchester United U21	8	3	2	3	14	19	-5	11	1.38	W L L D L
11	Brentford U21	7	3	1	3	17	9	8	10	1.43	L L W W W
12	Charlton Athletic U21	7	2	4	1	15	11	4	10	1.43	L D D W D
13	Sheffield Wednesday U21	8	3	1	4	15	16	-1	10	1.25	W L L L W
14	Wigan Athletic U21	7	2	2	3	14	15	-1	8	1.14	D L W L D
15	Cardiff City U21	7	2	1	4	13	14	-1	7	1.00	L L L W W
16	Coventry City U21	7	2	1	4	9	18	-9	7	1.00	D L L L W
17	Fleetwood Town U21	5	1	2	2	5	5	0	5	1.00	D L D W L
18	Queens Park Rangers U21	7	0	4	3	9	17	-8	4	0.57	L D D L D
19	Barnsley U21	7	0	2	5	12	23	-11	2	0.29	L D L L D
20	Crewe Alexandra U21	8	0	2	6	6	23	-17	2	0.25	L D D L L

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Last 5
1	Sheffield United U21	8	5	1	2	16	12	4	16	2.00	W L L W W
2	Brentford U21	7	5	1	1	16	6	10	16	2.29	W W D L W
3	Cardiff City U21	7	4	2	1	16	7	9	14	2.00	L D W W D
4	Queens Park Rangers U21	8	4	2	2	21	17	4	14	1.75	W L W D W
5	Peterborough U21	7	4	1	2	13	15	-2	13	1.86	D W L W L
6	Charlton Athletic U21	8	4	1	3	16	17	-1	13	1.63	L L W D W
7	Millwall U21	8	4	0	4	15	13	2	12	1.50	W W W W L
8	Coventry City U21	6	4	0	2	16	10	6	12	2.00	W L W W L
9	Barnsley U21	8	3	3	2	15	15	0	12	1.50	L D W W L
10	Watford U21	8	3	2	3	16	16	0	11	1.38	W L L D L
11	Wigan Athletic U21	9	3	2	4	22	19	3	11	1.22	D D W W L
12	Hull City U21	7	2	4	1	10	10	0	10	1.43	L W W D D
13	Swansea U21	7	3	1	3	18	17	1	10	1.43	W D L W L
14	Huddersfield Town U21	8	3	1	4	16	20	-4	10	1.25	W W D W L
15	Bournemouth U21	7	3	0	4	11	16	-5	9	1.29	L W L W L
16	Crewe Alexandra U21	7	1	3	3	11	19	-8	6	0.86	D L L D D
17	Bristol City U21	7	1	1	5	8	16	-8	4	0.57	W L D L L
18	Fleetwood Town U21	9	0	4	5	7	18	-11	4	0.44	L L L D L
19	Colchester United U21	6	1	0	5	4	19	-15	3	0.50	L L L L L
20	Sheffield Wednesday U21	7	0	2	5	5	20	-15	2	0.29	L L D D L

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Last 5
1	Sheffield United U21	16	12	2	2	36	17	19	38	2.38	D W W W L
2	Peterborough U21	16	11	2	3	43	24	19	35	2.19	W D W W W
3	Bournemouth U21	15	9	0	6	31	24	7	27	1.80	L W W L W
4	Brentford U21	14	8	2	4	33	15	18	26	1.86	L W W L W
5	Watford U21	16	7	4	5	36	32	4	25	1.56	W W L W W
6	Millwall U21	16	8	0	8	32	31	1	24	1.50	W L W W W
7	Hull City U21	15	6	5	4	29	25	4	23	1.53	L W L L W
8	Charlton Athletic U21	15	6	5	4	31	28	3	23	1.53	L L L D D
9	Swansea U21	12	7	1	4	34	23	11	22	1.83	W D L W L
10	Cardiff City U21	14	6	3	5	29	21	8	21	1.50	L L D W L
11	Huddersfield Town U21	16	6	3	7	30	31	-1	21	1.31	D L W W W
12	Wigan Athletic U21	16	5	4	7	36	34	2	19	1.19	D D L D W
13	Coventry City U21	13	6	1	6	25	28	-3	19	1.46	W D L L W
14	Queens Park Rangers U21	15	4	6	5	30	34	-4	18	1.20	L W L D W
15	Bristol City U21	16	5	3	8	25	30	-5	18	1.13	W D W L D
16	Barnsley U21	15	3	5	7	27	38	-11	14	0.93	L L D D L
17	Colchester United U21	14	4	2	8	18	38	-20	14	1.00	W L L L D
18	Sheffield Wednesday U21	15	3	3	9	20	36	-16	12	0.80	W L L L L
19	Fleetwood Town U21	14	1	6	7	12	23	-11	9	0.64	L L L D D
20	Crewe Alexandra U21	15	1	5	9	17	42	-25	8	0.53	D L L D D

23/01/2026 - 08:00

Barnsley U21

v.s

Brentford U21

23/01/2026 - 08:30

Queens Park Rangers U21

v.s

Charlton Athletic U21

26/01/2026 - 08:00

Crewe Alexandra U21

v.s

Hull City U21

27/01/2026 - 07:00

Fleetwood Town U21

v.s

Peterborough U21

27/01/2026 - 08:00

Wigan Athletic U21

v.s

Sheffield Wednesday U21

27/01/2026 - 08:00

Charlton Athletic U21

v.s

Colchester United U21

27/01/2026 - 08:00

Watford U21

v.s

Queens Park Rangers U21

27/01/2026 - 08:00

Swansea U21

v.s

Millwall U21

27/01/2026 - 08:00

Coventry City U21

v.s

Huddersfield Town U21

27/01/2026 - 09:00

Cardiff City U21

v.s

Brentford U21

20/01/2026 - 09:00

Sheffield United U21

1 : 1

Crewe Alexandra U21

20/01/2026 - 09:00

Brentford U21

1 : 2

Millwall U21

20/01/2026 - 08:00

Hull City U21

2 : 4

Coventry City U21

20/01/2026 - 08:00

Huddersfield Town U21

2 : 2

Wigan Athletic U21

20/01/2026 - 08:00

Peterborough U21

5 : 1

Barnsley U21

20/01/2026 - 08:00

Bristol City U21

3 : 1

Cardiff City U21

16/01/2026 - 08:30

Queens Park Rangers U21

0 : 3

Brentford U21

16/01/2026 - 08:30

Millwall U21

2 : 5

Swansea U21

16/01/2026 - 08:00

Colchester United U21

2 : 1

Bournemouth U21

13/01/2026 - 14:00

Cardiff City U21

2 : 5

Watford U21

#	Team	MP	Goal Scored	Avg. Overall	Avg. Home	Avg. Away
1	Peterborough U21	16	43	2.69	3.33	1.86
2	Watford U21	16	36	2.25	2.5	2
3	Sheffield United U21	16	36	2.25	2.5	2
4	Wigan Athletic U21	16	36	2.25	2	2.44
5	Swansea U21	12	34	2.83	3.2	2.57
6	Brentford U21	14	33	2.36	2.43	2.29
7	Millwall U21	16	32	2	2.13	1.88
8	Charlton Athletic U21	15	31	2.07	2.14	2
9	Bournemouth U21	15	31	2.07	2.5	1.57
10	Queens Park Rangers U21	15	30	2	1.29	2.63
11	Huddersfield Town U21	16	30	1.88	1.75	2
12	Cardiff City U21	14	29	2.07	1.86	2.29
13	Hull City U21	15	29	1.93	2.38	1.43
14	Barnsley U21	15	27	1.8	1.71	1.88
15	Bristol City U21	16	25	1.56	1.89	1.14
16	Coventry City U21	13	25	1.92	1.29	2.67
17	Sheffield Wednesday U21	15	20	1.33	1.88	0.71
18	Colchester United U21	14	18	1.29	1.75	0.67
19	Crewe Alexandra U21	15	17	1.13	0.75	1.57
20	Fleetwood Town U21	14	12	0.86	1	0.78

#	Team	MP	Goal Scored	Avg. Home
1	Peterborough U21	9	30	3.33
2	Watford U21	8	20	2.5
3	Sheffield United U21	8	20	2.5
4	Bournemouth U21	8	20	2.5
5	Hull City U21	8	19	2.38
6	Bristol City U21	9	17	1.89
7	Millwall U21	8	17	2.13
8	Brentford U21	7	17	2.43
9	Swansea U21	5	16	3.2
10	Sheffield Wednesday U21	8	15	1.88
11	Charlton Athletic U21	7	15	2.14
12	Colchester United U21	8	14	1.75
13	Huddersfield Town U21	8	14	1.75
14	Wigan Athletic U21	7	14	2
15	Cardiff City U21	7	13	1.86
16	Barnsley U21	7	12	1.71
17	Queens Park Rangers U21	7	9	1.29
18	Coventry City U21	7	9	1.29
19	Crewe Alexandra U21	8	6	0.75
20	Fleetwood Town U21	5	5	1

#	Team	MP	Goal Scored	Avg. Away
1	Wigan Athletic U21	9	22	2.44
2	Queens Park Rangers U21	8	21	2.63
3	Swansea U21	7	18	2.57
4	Cardiff City U21	7	16	2.29
5	Watford U21	8	16	2
6	Sheffield United U21	8	16	2
7	Charlton Athletic U21	8	16	2
8	Huddersfield Town U21	8	16	2
9	Coventry City U21	6	16	2.67
10	Brentford U21	7	16	2.29
11	Millwall U21	8	15	1.88
12	Barnsley U21	8	15	1.88
13	Peterborough U21	7	13	1.86
14	Crewe Alexandra U21	7	11	1.57
15	Bournemouth U21	7	11	1.57
16	Hull City U21	7	10	1.43
17	Bristol City U21	7	8	1.14
18	Fleetwood Town U21	9	7	0.78
19	Sheffield Wednesday U21	7	5	0.71
20	Colchester United U21	6	4	0.67

#	Team	MP	Goals Conceded	Avg. Overall	Avg. Home	Avg. Away
1	Crewe Alexandra U21	15	42	2.8	2.88	2.71
2	Colchester United U21	14	38	2.71	2.38	3.17
3	Barnsley U21	15	38	2.53	3.29	1.88
4	Sheffield Wednesday U21	15	36	2.4	2	2.86
5	Queens Park Rangers U21	15	34	2.27	2.43	2.13
6	Wigan Athletic U21	16	34	2.13	2.14	2.11
7	Watford U21	16	32	2	2	2
8	Millwall U21	16	31	1.94	2.25	1.63
9	Huddersfield Town U21	16	31	1.94	1.38	2.5
10	Bristol City U21	16	30	1.88	1.56	2.29
11	Charlton Athletic U21	15	28	1.87	1.57	2.13
12	Coventry City U21	13	28	2.15	2.57	1.67
13	Hull City U21	15	25	1.67	1.88	1.43
14	Peterborough U21	16	24	1.5	1	2.14
15	Bournemouth U21	15	24	1.6	1	2.29
16	Swansea U21	12	23	1.92	1.2	2.43
17	Fleetwood Town U21	14	23	1.64	1	2
18	Cardiff City U21	14	21	1.5	2	1
19	Sheffield United U21	16	17	1.06	0.63	1.5
20	Brentford U21	14	15	1.07	1.29	0.86

#	Team	MP	Goals Conceded	Avg. Home
1	Crewe Alexandra U21	8	23	2.88
2	Barnsley U21	7	23	3.29
3	Colchester United U21	8	19	2.38
4	Millwall U21	8	18	2.25
5	Coventry City U21	7	18	2.57
6	Queens Park Rangers U21	7	17	2.43
7	Sheffield Wednesday U21	8	16	2
8	Watford U21	8	16	2
9	Hull City U21	8	15	1.88
10	Wigan Athletic U21	7	15	2.14
11	Bristol City U21	9	14	1.56
12	Cardiff City U21	7	14	2
13	Charlton Athletic U21	7	11	1.57
14	Huddersfield Town U21	8	11	1.38
15	Brentford U21	7	9	1.29
16	Peterborough U21	9	9	1
17	Bournemouth U21	8	8	1
18	Swansea U21	5	6	1.2
19	Sheffield United U21	8	5	0.63
20	Fleetwood Town U21	5	5	1

#	Team	MP	Goals Conceded	Avg. Away
1	Sheffield Wednesday U21	7	20	2.86
2	Huddersfield Town U21	8	20	2.5
3	Crewe Alexandra U21	7	19	2.71
4	Colchester United U21	6	19	3.17
5	Wigan Athletic U21	9	19	2.11
6	Fleetwood Town U21	9	18	2
7	Queens Park Rangers U21	8	17	2.13
8	Charlton Athletic U21	8	17	2.13
9	Swansea U21	7	17	2.43
10	Bristol City U21	7	16	2.29
11	Watford U21	8	16	2
12	Bournemouth U21	7	16	2.29
13	Barnsley U21	8	15	1.88
14	Peterborough U21	7	15	2.14
15	Millwall U21	8	13	1.63
16	Sheffield United U21	8	12	1.5
17	Hull City U21	7	10	1.43
18	Coventry City U21	6	10	1.67
19	Cardiff City U21	7	7	1
20	Brentford U21	7	6	0.86

Development League: Standings and Season Statistics 2025/26

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Season Standings and Numbers

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English Professional Development League: League Statistics and General Data

Number of matches played: 149/280
Total goals scored: 574
Average goals per match: 3.85
Home wins: 61
Away wins: 57
Draws: 31
Matches with over 2.5 goals: 77%
Matches with under 2.5 goals: 23%
Most common scoreline: 2–2

Team Statistics in Development League 2025/26

Below is a complete overview of how all teams in Development League are performing this season. The data is broken down clearly, helping you understand each team’s current situation and what to expect from upcoming matches.

Offensive and Defensive Performance

Best attack: Peterborough U21 - 43 goals scored
Worst attack: Fleetwood Town U21 - 12 goals scored
Best defense: Brentford U21 - 15 goals conceded
Worst defense: Crewe Alexandra U21 - 42 goals conceded

Results and Consistency

Team with the most wins: Sheffield United U21 - 12 wins
Team with the fewest wins: Fleetwood Town U21 - 1 wins
Team with the most draws: Queens Park Rangers U21 - 6 draws
Team with the fewest draws: Bournemouth U21 - 0 draws
Team with the most losses: Sheffield Wednesday U21 - 9 losses
Team with the fewest losses: Sheffield United U21 - 2 losses

Home and Away Performance

Best home team: Sheffield United U21
Best away team: Sheffield United U21

Cards and Corners

Team with the highest average number of cards: Bristol City U21 - an average of 0 cards per match
Team with the highest average number of corners: Bournemouth U21 - an average of 11.46 corners per match

Individual Player Statistics

Top scorer in Development League: - 0 goals
Top assist provider: - 0 assists
Player with the highest goals-per-game average: - average of 0 goals per match
Most penalty goals: - 0 penalties scored
Player with the most yellow cards: - 0 yellow cards
Player with the most red cards: - 0 red cards
Goalkeeper who conceded the most goals: - 0 goals conceded

In addition, the Development League table also includes recent results (with post-match statistics such as goalscorers, goal minutes, cards, and more), as well as upcoming fixtures.

Upcoming Matches in Development League

Barnsley U21 vs Brentford U21 | 23/01/2026 08:00 AM
Queens Park Rangers U21 vs Charlton Athletic U21 | 23/01/2026 08:30 AM
Crewe Alexandra U21 vs Hull City U21 | 26/01/2026 08:00 AM
Fleetwood Town U21 vs Peterborough U21 | 27/01/2026 07:00 AM
Wigan Athletic U21 vs Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 27/01/2026 08:00 AM

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Football Predictions for This Competition

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Live Streaming of the Competition

You can also watch English Professional Development League throughout the season by following the steps outlined on the Football Live Streaming page.

FAQs about Development League

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How many matches are played in total in Development League?

According to the competition regulations, the total number of matches is 280.

What is the competition format of Development League 2025/26?

Development League is played under a Domestic League format.

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