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| 1 || [[Brighton & Hove Albion Under-21s|Brighton & Hove Albion]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || +8 || '''6'''
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| 1 || [[Chelsea Under-21s|Chelsea]] || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2 || +8 || '''9'''
 
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| 2 || [[Chelsea Under-21s|Chelsea]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 1 || +7 || '''6'''
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| 2 || [[Manchester United Under-21s|Manchester United]] || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || +4 || '''9'''
 
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| 3 || [[Manchester United Under-21s|Manchester United]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || +3 || '''6'''
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| 3 || [[Leicester City Under-21s|Leicester City]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 2 || +4 || '''7'''
 
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| 4 || [[Fulham Under-21s|Fulham]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 5 || +2 || '''6'''
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| 4 || [[Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-21s|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 4 || +3 || '''7'''
 
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| 5 || [[Ipswich Town Under-21s|Ipswich Town]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 5 || +2 || '''6'''
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| 5 || [[Ipswich Town Under-21s|Ipswich Town]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 9 || 7 || +2 || '''7'''
 
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| 6 || [[Southampton Under-21s|Southampton]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || +2 || '''6'''
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| 6 || [[Southampton Under-21s|Southampton]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 5 || +2 || '''7'''
 
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| 7 || [[Birmingham City Under-21s|Birmingham City]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 2 || +3 || '''4'''
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| 7 || [[Brighton & Hove Albion Under-21s|Brighton & Hove Albion]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 1 || +7 || '''6'''
 
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| 8 || [[Leicester City Under-21s|Leicester City]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 2 || +2 || '''4'''
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| 8 || [[Leeds United Under-21s|Leeds United]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 4 || +3 || '''6'''
 
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| 9 || [[Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-21s|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 3 || +1 || '''4'''
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| 9 || [[Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s|Tottenham Hotspur]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 6 || +2 || '''6'''
 
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| 10 || [[Nottingham Forest Under-21s|Nottingham Forest]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1 || '''4'''
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| 10 || [[Fulham Under-21s|Fulham]] || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 5 || +2 || '''6'''
 
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| 11 || [[Leeds United Under-21s|Leeds United]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 3 || +2 || '''3'''
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| 11 || [[Birmingham City Under-21s|Birmingham City]] || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 4 || +3 || '''5'''
 
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| 12 || [[Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s|Tottenham Hotspur]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 6 || +1 || '''3'''
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| 12 || [[Crystal Palace Under-21s|Crystal Palace]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1 || '''4'''
 
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| 13 || [[Crystal Palace Under-21s|Crystal Palace]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1 || '''3'''
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| 13 || [[Arsenal Under-21s|Arsenal]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 0 || '''4'''
 
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| 14 || [[Everton Under-21s|Everton]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0 || '''3'''
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| 14 || [[Nottingham Forest Under-21s|Nottingham Forest]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 0 || '''4'''
 
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| 15 || [[Burnley Under-21s|Burnley]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0 || '''3'''
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| 15 || [[Norwich City Under-21s|Norwich City]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 6 || -1 || '''4'''
 
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| 16 || [[Manchester City Under-21s|Manchester City]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0 || '''3'''
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| 16 || [[Middlesbrough Under-21s|Middlesbrough]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 3 || +2 || '''3'''
 
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| 17 || [[Aston Villa Under-21s|Aston Villa]] || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4 || -1 || '''3'''
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| 17 || [[Stoke City Under-21s|Stoke City]] || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 0 || '''3'''
 
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| 18 || [[Stoke City Under-21s|Stoke City]] || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || '''2'''
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| 18 || [[Burnley Under-21s|Burnley]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 6 || -1 || '''3'''
 
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| 19 || [[Reading Under-21s|Reading]] || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''2'''
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| 19 || [[Everton Under-21s|Everton]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 6 || -1 || '''3'''
 
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| 20 || [[Arsenal Under-21s|Arsenal]] || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 5 || -1 || '''1'''
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| 20 || [[Manchester City Under-21s|Manchester City]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 6 || -1 || '''3'''
 
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| 21 || [[Norwich City Under-21s|Norwich City]] || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 5 || -2 || '''1'''
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| 21 || [[West Ham United Under-21s|West Ham United]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 6 || -1 || '''3'''
 
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| 22 || [[Middlesbrough Under-21s|Middlesbrough]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || -1 || '''0'''
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| 22 || [[Aston Villa Under-21s|Aston Villa]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 6 || -2 || '''3'''
 
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| 23 || [[Sunderland Under-21s|Sunderland]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 8 || -3 || '''0'''
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| 23 || [[Reading Under-21s|Reading]] || 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6 || -3 || '''2'''
 
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| 24 || [[Liverpool Under-21s|Liverpool]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 7 || -3 || '''0'''
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| 24 || [[Liverpool Under-21s|Liverpool]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 8 || -3 || '''1'''
 
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| 25 || [[West Ham United Under-21s|West Ham United]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 4 || -3 || '''0'''
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| 25 || [[Newcastle United Under-21s|Newcastle United]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 9 || -6 || '''1'''
 
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| 26 || [[Derby County Under-21s|Derby County]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 7 || -4 || '''0'''
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| 26 || [[West Bromwich Albion Under-21s|West Bromwich Albion]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 7 || -6 || '''1'''
 
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| 27 || [[Blackburn Rovers Under-21s|Blackburn Rovers]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 5 || -5 || '''0'''
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| 27 || [[Sunderland Under-21s|Sunderland]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 12 || -5 || '''0'''
 
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| 28 || [[Newcastle United Under-21s|Newcastle United]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 7 || -6 || '''0'''
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| 28 || [[Derby County Under-21s|Derby County]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 9 || -6 || '''0'''
 
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| 29 || [[West Bromwich Albion Under-21s|West Bromwich Albion]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 7 || -6 || '''0'''
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| 29 || [[Blackburn Rovers Under-21s|Blackburn Rovers]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 8 || -7 || '''0'''
 
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<small>''(Updated 25th August)''</small> <br> <br>
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<small>''(Updated 31st August)''</small> <br> <br>
  
 
==Fixtures==
 
==Fixtures==

Revision as of 14:06, 31 August 2025

The 2025-26 Premier League 2 is the top tier of the Professional Development League. It is an Under-21 league where clubs are permitted to field five 'over-age' outfield players and one 'over-age' goalkeeper. The league operates under the so-called 'Swiss Model' where the 28 teams will be seeded into pots based on their historical performance in the competition over the preceding three years, meaning each team will play 20 matches in the regular season.

A 21-game week scenario will see teams playing each club in their own pot plus four or five teams in all other pots, either home or away. After this, the combined table will determine play-off positions, with the top 16 teams qualifying for the knockout format.

Manchester City are the defending champions while Birmingham City, Burnley and Ipswich Town return to Category One football this season.

Contents

Teams

2025-26 Teams
Team Training Ground Manager
Arsenal Meadow Park, Boreham Wood Mehmet Ali
Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath James Shan
Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Mike Sheron
Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Shannon Ruth
Birmingham City St Andrew's Steve Spooner
Burnley Andy Farrell Victory Park, Chorley
Chelsea Kingsmeadow Filipe Coelho
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Darren Powell
Derby County Loughborough University Daniel Maye
Everton Haig Avenue, Southport Paul Tait
Fulham Motspur Park Hayden Mullins
Ipswich Town Playford Road John McGreal
Leeds United Thorp Arch Scott Gardner
Leicester City Seagrave Training Ground Ben Dawson
Team Training Ground Manager
Liverpool Kirkby Academy Rob Page
Manchester City Man City Academy Stadium Ben Wilkinson
Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Travis Binnion
Middlesbrough Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland Mark Tinkler
Newcastle United Northumberland FA TBC
Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Alan Neilson
Nottingham Forest Meadow Lane Warren Joyce
Reading Bearwood Park Peter Grant
Southampton The Snows Stadium, Totton
Stoke City bet365 Stadium Dave Hibbert
Sunderland Academy of Light Graeme Murty
Tottenham Lamex Stadium, Stevenage Wayne Burnett
West Brom The Hawthorns Richard Beale
West Ham Rush Green Mark Robson
Wolves Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster James Collins


League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
2 Manchester United 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
3 Leicester City 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
5 Ipswich Town 3 2 1 0 9 7 +2 7
6 Southampton 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 6
8 Leeds United 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
9 Tottenham Hotspur 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
10 Fulham 2 2 0 0 7 5 +2 6
11 Birmingham City 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
12 Crystal Palace 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
13 Arsenal 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
14 Nottingham Forest 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
15 Norwich City 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4
16 Middlesbrough 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
17 Stoke City 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
18 Burnley 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
19 Everton 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
20 Manchester City 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
21 West Ham United 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
22 Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
23 Reading 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 2
24 Liverpool 3 0 1 2 5 8 -3 1
25 Newcastle United 3 0 1 2 3 9 -6 1
26 West Bromwich Albion 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6 1
27 Sunderland 3 0 0 3 7 12 -5 0
28 Derby County 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 0
29 Blackburn Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0

(Updated 31st August)

Fixtures

Friday 29 August Birmingham City 2-2 Newcastle United
Friday 29 August Arsenal 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 29 August Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea
Friday 29 August Burnley 2-4 Leeds United
Friday 29 August Derby County 0-2 Leicester City
Friday 29 August Ipswich Town 2-2 Southampton
Friday 29 August Middlesbrough 5-2 Reading
Friday 29 August Norwich City 2-1 Everton
Friday 29 August Stoke City 1-2 Liverpool
Friday 29 August Sunderland 2-4 West Ham United
Friday 29 August West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Crystal Palace
Friday 29 August Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 30 August Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Sunday 31 August Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City


Results

Monday 25 August Liverpool 2-3 Burnley
Monday 25 August West Bromwich Albion 1-3 Aston Villa
Sunday 24 August Leeds United 2-3 Ipswich Town
Saturday 23 August Derby County 0-3 Birmingham City
Friday 22 August Manchester United 4-2 Norwich City
Friday 22 August Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 22 August Everton 3-4 Fulham
Friday 22 August Manchester City 3-1 West Ham United
Friday 22 August Newcastle United 0-5 Chelsea
Friday 22 August Nottingham Forest 2-2 Arsenal
Friday 22 August Reading 0-0 Leicester City
Friday 22 August Southampton 3-2 Sunderland
Friday 22 August Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Crystal Palace
Friday 22 August Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Stoke City


Monday 18 August Burnley 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Monday 18 August Chelsea 3-1 Manchester City
Monday 18 August Everton 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Monday 18 August Leicester City 4-2 Liverpool
Monday 18 August Middlesbrough 0-1 Manchester United
Monday 18 August Sunderland 3-5 Tottenham Hotspur
Monday 18 August West Ham United 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Sunday 17 August Newcastle United 1-2 Southampton
Sunday 17 August Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
Friday 15 August Arsenal 2-3 Fulham
Friday 15 August Aston Villa 0-3 Leeds United
Friday 15 August Birmingham City 2-2 Stoke City
Friday 15 August Ipswich Town 4-3 Derby County
Friday 15 August Norwich City 1-1 Reading


Top Goalscorers

(Updated 25th August)

Player Club Goals
Shumaira Mheuka Chelsea 4
Harry Gray Leeds United 3
Fraser Holman Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
Oliver Irow Tottenham Hotspur 3
Aaron Loupalo-Bi Fulham 3
Zach Marsh Crystal Palace 3
Kian McMahon-Brown Burnley 3
Shane Nti Brighton & Hove Albion 3
Trey Ogunsuyi Sunderland 3


Hat-tricks

(Updated 25th August)

Player Club Date Fixture
Shane Nti Brighton & Hove Albion 17th August 2025 Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
Shumaira Mheuka Chelsea 18th August 2025 Chelsea 3-1 Manchester City
Trey Ogunsuyi Sunderland 18th August 2025 Sunderland 3-5 Tottenham Hotspur
Zach Marsh Crystal Palace 23rd August 2025 Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Crystal Palace