2023-24 Premier League 2
The 2023-24 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 26 teams will be seeded into five 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 (the same number as in PL2 Division Two in 2022-23 but six fewer than in PL2 Division One).
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.
Reading regained Category One status in the summer of 2023 and return to this level after a one-year hiatus. Manchester City are the defending Division 1 champions.
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League Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 |
| 2 | Reading | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| 7 | Fulham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 8 | Leeds United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 3 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 3 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 3 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Aston Villa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Manchester City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 1 |
| 25 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |
| 26 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 0 |
(Updated: 26th August)
Fixtures
| Sunday 27 August | Blackburn Rovers | vs | Leicester City |
| Monday 28 August | Crystal Palace | vs | Fulham |
| Monday 28 August | Nottingham Forest | vs | Arsenal |
Results
August
| Monday 21 August | West Brom | 3-3 | Blackburn Rovers |
| Monday 21 August | Stoke City | 2-1 | Wolves |
| Sunday 20 August | Reading | 2-0 | Crystal Palace |
| Saturday 19 August | Tottenham | 4-1 | Newcastle United |
| Friday 18 August | Arsenal | 4-1 | Leicester City |
| Friday 18 August | Chelsea | 2-3 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Friday 18 August | Derby County | 1-1 | Liverpool |
| Friday 18 August | Fulham | 2-1 | Manchester City |
| Friday 18 August | Manchester United | 1-2 | Leeds United |
| Friday 18 August | Middlesbrough | 2-2 | Everton |
| Friday 18 August | Norwich City | 2-2 | Nottingham Forest |
| Friday 18 August | Southampton | 4-2 | Aston Villa |
| Friday 18 August | West Ham | 2-0 | Sunderland |
| Monday 14 August | Crystal Palace | 3-2 | Manchester United |
| Monday 14 August | Leicester City | 2-1 | Derby County |
| Monday 14 August | Liverpool | 4-0 | Everton |
| Monday 14 August | Nottingham Forest | 2-2 | Middlesbrough |
| Monday 14 August | Stoke City | 0-2 | Reading |
| Monday 14 August | Sunderland | 2-0 | Norwich City |
| Sunday 13 August | Newcastle United | 5-3 | Southampton |
| Saturday 12 August | Manchester City | 0-5 | Tottenham |
| Friday 11 August | Arsenal | 3-0 | West Ham |
| Friday 11 August | Aston Villa | 0-3 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Friday 11 August | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2-4 | Leeds United |
| Friday 11 August | Chelsea | 6-1 | Blackburn Rovers |
| Friday 11 August | Wolves | 2-3 | Fulham |
Top Goalscorers
(Updated 22nd August)
| Player | Club | Goals |
| Dominic Ballard | Southampton | 6 |
| Yago Alonso | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
| Ronnie Stutter | Chelsea | 4 |
Hat-tricks
(Updated 22nd August)
| Player | Club | Date | Fixture |
| Luca Thomas | Leeds United | 11th August 2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion 2-4 Leeds United |
| Dominic Ballard | Southampton | 13th August 2023 | Newcastle United 5-3 Southampton |
| Dominic Ballard | Southampton | 18th August 2023 | Southampton 4-2 Aston Villa |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Arsenal | 18th August 2023 | Arsenal 4-1 Leicester City |
