2022-23 Premier League 2

The 2022-23 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 is split into two, with both Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers promoted to the top division. They replace Leeds United and Derby County who were relegated from Division 1. Birmingham City, Burnley and Reading lost Category One status in the summer of 2022 and no longer compete at this level. Manchester City are the defending Division 1 champions.

Promotion and relegation of two teams applies every year. The teams finishing 13th and 14th in Division 1 will be relegated, while the team finishing top of Division 2 will be automatically promoted. Those teams finishing second, third, fourth and fifth in Division 2 will compete in a promotion playoff.

Teams

2022-23 Teams
Division One Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal Meadow Park, Boreham Wood Mehmet Ali Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Mike Sheron Brighton & Hove Albion Broadfield Stadium, Crawley Andrew Crofts Chelsea Kingsmeadow Mark Robinson Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Paddy McCarthy Everton Haig Avenue, Southport Paul Tait Fulham Motspur Park Steve Wigley Leicester City Seagrave Training Ground Ben Petty Liverpool Kirkby Academy Barry Lewtas Manchester City Man City Academy Stadium Brian Barry-Murphy Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Mark Dempsey Tottenham Lamex Stadium, Stevenage Wayne Burnett West Ham Rush Green Mark Robson Wolves Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster James Collins			Division Two Team Training Ground Manager Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath Tony Carss Derby County Loughborough University Pat Lyons Leeds United Thorp Arch Michael Skubala Middlesbrough Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland Mark Tinkler Newcastle United Northumberland FA Elliott Dickman Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Alan Neilson Nottingham Forest Meadow Lane Andy Reid Southampton The Snows Stadium, Totton David Horseman Stoke City Red Industries Stadium Kevin Russell Sunderland Academy of Light Graeme Murty West Brom The Hawthorns Richard Beale

Division 1

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	12	7	3	2	35	18	+17	24
2	Chelsea	13	6	5	2	31	20	+11	23
3	Crystal Palace	12	6	5	1	30	19	+11	23
4	Arsenal	12	6	5	1	24	18	+6	23
5	Liverpool	12	6	4	2	22	14	+8	22
6	Fulham	12	5	4	3	26	13	+13	19
7	Everton	12	6	1	5	22	20	+2	19
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	4	4	4	25	22	+3	16
9	Wolves	13	4	2	7	18	27	-9	14
10	Blackburn Rovers	13	4	1	8	17	25	-8	13
11	Manchester United	13	2	7	4	23	37	-14	13
12	West Ham	14	3	2	9	17	28	-11	11
13	Leicester City	12	2	3	8	14	27	-13	9
14	Tottenham	14	1	6	7	11	27	-16	9

(Updated: 10th January)

Fixtures

Friday 27 January	Arsenal	1-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Friday 27 January	Chelsea	2-3	West Ham United
Friday 27 January	Everton	1-1	Fulham
Friday 27 January	Manchester United	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Friday 27 January	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Liverpool
Monday 30 January	Brighton & Hove Albion	vs	Leicester City
Monday 30 January	Crystal Palace	vs	Manchester City

Results

January

Sunday 22 January	Liverpool	0-1	Crystal Palace
Sunday 22 January	Fulham	2-4	Chelsea
Sunday 22 January	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-2	Everton
Friday 20 January	Leicester City	0-0	Manchester City
Friday 20 January	West Ham United	2-3	Manchester United

Monday 16 January	Crystal Palace	1-2	Fulham
Sunday 15 January	Blackburn Rovers	4-2	Everton
Saturday 14 January	Manchester City	2-1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 14 January	Manchester United	2-1	Liverpool
Friday 13 January	Arsenal	2-1	Leicester City
Friday 13 January	Chelsea	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Monday 9 January	Leicester City	0-2	Chelsea
Sunday 8 January	Liverpool	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday 8 January	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Sunday 8 January	Brighton & Hove Albion	2-4	Crystal Palace
Saturday 7 January	Manchester City	6-0	Arsenal
Friday 6 January	Everton	1-2	West Ham United
Friday 6 January	Fulham	1-2	Manchester United

November

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Friday 11 November	West Ham United	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Monday 7 November	Chelsea	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Monday 7 November	West Ham United	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sunday 6 November	Arsenal	3-1	Everton
Sunday 6 November	Blackburn Rovers	1-2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Sunday 6 November	Liverpool	3-1	Fulham
Saturday 5 November	Manchester United	1-6	Manchester City
Friday 4 November	Crystal Palace	0-0	Leicester City

October

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Monday 31 October	Arsenal	1-1	Crystal Palace
Monday 31 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	Leicester City
Sunday 30 October	Brighton & Hove Albion	2-2	Chelsea
Saturday 29 October	Everton	6-3	Manchester City
Saturday 29 October	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Manchester United
Saturday 29 October	West Ham United	0-3	Liverpool
Friday 28 October	Fulham	3-0	Blackburn Rovers

Monday 24 October	Leicester City	1-2	Arsenal
Saturday 22 October	Chelsea	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 22 October	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Fulham
Saturday 22 October	Manchester City	3-3	Crystal Palace
Saturday 22 October	Liverpool	2-1	Everton
Saturday 22 October	Manchester United	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 22 October	Brighton & Hove Albion	3-2	West Ham United

Saturday 15 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 15 October	Chelsea	3-3	Manchester United
Saturday 15 October	Blackburn Rovers	2-2	West Ham United

Monday 10 October	Leicester City	0-7	Fulham
Sunday 9 October	Crystal Palace	3-4	Everton
Saturday 8 October	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Arsenal
Saturday 8 October	Manchester City	1-3	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 8 October	Manchester United	3-3	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 8 October	Liverpool	5-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday 8 October	West Ham United	0-1	Chelsea

Saturday 1 October	Blackburn Rovers	6-1	Manchester United
Saturday 1 October	Chelsea	2-2	Leicester City
Saturday 1 October	Liverpool	1-1	Arsenal
Saturday 1 October	West Ham	0-1	Crystal Palace
Sunday 2 October	Wolves	1-3	Manchester City

September

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Friday 30 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	4-0	Tottenham
Friday 30 September	Fulham	2-0	Everton
Sunday 18 September	Everton	1-0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 17 September	Arsenal	1-1	Wolves
Saturday 17 September	Tottenham	1-3	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 17 September	Crystal Palace	3-3	Chelsea
Saturday 17 September	Manchester City	1-0	Fulham
Saturday 17 September	Leicester City	0-1	Liverpool
Friday 16 September	Manchester United	1-1	West Ham

Monday 5 September	Wolves	1-1	Fulham
Saturday 3 September	Everton	0-2	Chelsea
Saturday 3 September	Arsenal	4-1	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 3 September	Leicester City	1-4	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 3 September	Crystal Palace	3-0	Tottenham
Saturday 3 September	Liverpool	2-2	Manchester United
Saturday 3 September	Manchester City	4-1	West Ham

August

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Saturday 27 August	Blackburn Rovers	0-4	Leicester City
Saturday 27 August	West Ham	1-2	Everton
Friday 26 August	Crystal Palace	2-1	Wolves
Friday 26 August	Brighton & Hove Albion	2-2	Arsenal
Friday 26 August	Chelsea	2-2	Manchester City
Friday 26 August	Manchester United	2-2	Fulham
Friday 26 August	Tottenham	3-3	Liverpool

Monday 22 August	Wolves	2-0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Sunday 21 August	Manchester City	0-0	Tottenham
Saturday 20 August	Arsenal	4-1	Chelsea
Saturday 20 August	Liverpool	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Friday 19 August	Fulham	2-2	Crystal Palace
Friday 19 August	Everton	2-2	Manchester United
Friday 19 August	Leicester City	3-1	West Ham

Monday 15 August	Chelsea	0-3	Fulham
Sunday 14 August	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Wolves
Sunday 14 August	Manchester City	3-1	Leicester City
Sunday 14 August	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-1	Liverpool
Friday 12 August	Manchester United	1-5	Crystal Palace
Friday 12 August	Tottenham	0-2	Everton
Friday 12 August	West Ham	2-3	Arsenal

Monday 8 August	Crystal Palace	3-2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Monday 8 August	Leicester City	2-2	Tottenham
Monday 8 August	Wolves	1-7	Chelsea
Sunday 7 August	Liverpool	0-3	Manchester City
Saturday 6 August	Arsenal	3-1	Manchester United
Friday 5 August	Fulham	3-1	West Ham
Friday 5 August	Everton	2-0	Blackburn Rovers

Division 2

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	10	8	1	1	33	13	+20	25
2	Southampton	10	7	1	2	31	14	+17	22
3	Norwich City	11	5	4	2	23	18	+5	19
4	Nottingham Forest	11	6	1	4	21	18	+3	19
5	West Brom	9	5	2	2	25	19	+6	17
6	Middlesbrough	11	5	2	4	30	32	-2	17
7	Aston Villa	11	4	3	4	21	20	+1	15
8	Newcastle United	11	4	2	5	18	19	-1	14
9	Sunderland	11	2	2	7	19	27	-8	8
10	Stoke City	11	2	2	7	14	30	-16	8
11	Derby County	10	0	0	10	5	30	-25	0

(Updated 10th January)

Fixtures

Friday 27 January	Middlesbrough	2-2	Southampton
Friday 27 January	Norwich City	5-2	Leeds United
Friday 27 January	Nottingham Forest	7-2	Derby County
Friday 27 January	West Bromwich Albion	0-4	Aston Villa
Monday 30 January	Sunderland	vs	Newcastle United

Results

January

Monday 16 January	Leeds United	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Sunday 15 January	Stoke City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Friday 13 January	Sunderland	0-0	Norwich City
Friday 13 January	Southampton	4-1	Newcastle United

Monday 9 January	Newcastle United	0-2	Aston Villa
Monday 9 January	Sunderland	5-7	Middlesbrough
Friday 6 January	Norwich City	3-0	Stoke City
Friday 6 January	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Leeds United
Friday 6 January	Southampton	3-0	Derby County

November

Monday 7 November	Leeds United	4-2	Newcastle United
Monday 7 November	Sunderland	1-3	Southampton
Monday 7 November	Stoke City	4-0	Derby County
Monday 7 November	West Bromwich Albion	1-5	Nottingham Forest
Friday 4 November	Aston Villa	2-1	Norwich City

October

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Monday 31 October	Newcastle United	1-1	Sunderland
Monday 31 October	Nottingham Forest	4-1	Norwich City
Monday 31 October	West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Stoke City
Sunday 30 October	Southampton	8-1	Middlesbrough
Saturday 29 October	Derby County	0-2	Aston Villa

Sunday 23 October	Newcastle United	3-2	Southampton
Sunday 23 October	Stoke City	2-3	Sunderland
Saturday 22 October	Middlesbrough	2-4	Leeds United
Friday 21 October	Aston Villa	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Friday 21 October	Norwich City	1-1	West Bromwich Albion

Monday 17 October	Nottingham Forest	4-1	Stoke City
Friday 14 October	Aston Villa	1-2	Newcastle United

Monday 10 October	West Bromwich Albion	5-2	Middlesbrough
Monday 10 October	Derby County	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 10 October	Sunderland	0-1	Leeds United
Sunday 9 October	Stoke City	2-2	Norwich City
Saturday 8 October	Southampton	2-0	Aston Villa

September

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Friday 30 September	Aston Villa	2-6	West Bromwich Albion
Friday 30 September	Leeds United	4-0	Stoke City
Friday 30 September	Middlesbrough	1-1	Newcastle United
Friday 30 September	Norwich City	2-1	Derby County
Monday 30 September	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Sunderland

Friday 23 September	Middlesbrough	2-0	Sunderland
Sunday 18 September	Middlesbrough	1-3	Norwich City
Sunday 18 September	Stoke City	3-3	Aston Villa
Friday 16 September	Leeds United	6-2	Southampton
Friday 16 September	Newcastle United	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Friday 16 September	West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Derby County

August

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Monday 29 August	Leeds United	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 29 August	Sunderland	3-3	West Bromwich Albion
Friday 26 August	Middlesbrough	4-1	Stoke City
Friday 26 August	Newcastle United	4-0	Derby County
Friday 26 August	Southampton	1-1	Norwich City

Monday 22 August	Nottingham Forest	1-4	Middlesbrough
Sunday 21 August	Derby County	0-4	Sunderland
Sunday 21 August	Norwich City	4-2	Newcastle United
Friday 19 August	Aston Villa	1-2	Leeds United
Friday 19 August	Stoke City	0-3	Southampton

Monday 15 August	Leeds United	2-2	Norwich City
Monday 15 August	Newcastle United	0-1	Stoke City
Monday 15 August	Sunderland	0-4	Aston Villa
Friday 12 August	Middlesbrough	3-1	Derby County
Friday 12 August	Southampton	4-1	West Brom

Monday 8 August	Nottingham Forest	1-3	Southampton
Monday 8 August	West Brom	2-1	Newcastle United
Friday 5 August	Norwich City	3-2	Sunderland
Friday 5 August	Aston Villa	3-3	Middlesbrough
Friday 5 August	Derby County	2-5	Leeds United

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 24th January)

DIVISION 1

Player	Club	Goals
Carlos Borges	Manchester City	11
Dire Mebude	Manchester City	8
Tom Cannon	Everton	7
Oliver O'Neill	Fulham	7
John-Kymani Gordon	Crystal Palace	6
Luke Harris	Fulham	6
Harry Leonard	Blackburn Rovers	6
Layton Stewart	Liverpool	6

DIVISION 2

Player	Club	Goals
Reyes Cleary	West Bromwich Albion	11
Mateo Joseph	Leeds United	11
Abu Kamara	Norwich City	9
Dominic Ballard	Southampton	8
Sonny Perkins	Leeds United	7
Declan Frith	Aston Villa	6

Hat-tricks

(Updated 24th January)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Mateo Joseph (4)	Leeds United	5th August 2022	Derby County 2-5 Leeds United
Luke Harris	Fulham	15th August 2022	Chelsea 0-3 Fulham
Max Thompson	Max Thompson	21st August 2022	Derby County 0-4 Sunderland
Evan Ferguson	Brighton & Hove Albion	3rd September 2022	Leicester City 1-4 Brighton & Hove Albion
John-Kymani Gordon	Crystal Palace	3rd September 2022	Crystal Palace 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Patrick Bamford	Leeds United	16th September 2022	Leeds United 6-2 Southampton
Mateo Joseph	Leeds United	30th September 2022	Leeds United 4-0 Stoke City
Layton Stewart	Liverpool	8th October 2022	Liverpool 5-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Reyes Cleary	West Bromwich Albion	10th October 2022	West Bromwich Albion 5-2 Middlesbrough
Mateo Joseph	Leeds United	22nd October 2022	Middlesbrough 2-4 Leeds United
Sékou Mara (4)	Southampton	30th October 2022	Southampton 8-1 Middlesbrough
Theo Walcott	Southampton	30th October 2022	Southampton 8-1 Middlesbrough
Carlos Borges (4)	Manchester City	5th November 2022	Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City
Max Dean	Leeds United	7th November 2022	Leeds United 4-2 Newcastle United