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.

Teams

2023-24 Teams
Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal Meadow Park, Boreham Wood Mehmet Ali Aston Villa Bodymoor Heath Inigo Idiakez Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Mike Sheron Brighton & Hove Albion AMEX Elite Performance Centre Shannon Ruth Chelsea Kingsmeadow Mark Robinson Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Darren Powell Derby County Loughborough University Jake Buxton Everton Haig Avenue, Southport Paul Tait Fulham Motspur Park Hayden Mullins Leeds United Thorp Arch Michael Skubala Leicester City Seagrave Training Ground Ben Petty Liverpool Kirkby Academy Barry Lewtas Manchester City Man City Academy Stadium Brian Barry-Murphy			Team Training Ground Manager Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Travis Binnion Middlesbrough Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland Mark Tinkler Newcastle United Northumberland FA Ben Dawson Norwich City Lotus Training Centre Alan Neilson Nottingham Forest Meadow Lane Warren Joyce Reading Bearwood Park Noel Hunt Southampton The Snows Stadium, Totton Lee Skyrme Stoke City bet365 Stadium Alex Morris 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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	9	9	0	0	30	8	+22	27
2	West Ham United	10	7	2	1	32	13	+19	23
3	Fulham	10	6	3	1	26	13	+13	21
4	Arsenal	9	6	2	1	26	13	+13	20
5	Middlesbrough	9	5	3	1	21	16	+5	18
6	Liverpool	9	5	2	2	19	14	+5	17
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	5	2	3	19	19	0	17
8	Reading	10	5	2	3	18	20	-2	17
9	Norwich City	9	5	1	3	24	15	+9	16
10	Manchester United	9	4	2	3	32	21	+11	14
11	Sunderland	9	4	2	3	18	17	+1	14
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	1	5	18	18	0	13
13	Crystal Palace	10	4	0	6	26	26	0	12
14	Chelsea	9	3	2	4	21	17	+4	11
15	Nottingham Forest	9	2	4	3	15	17	-2	10
16	Southampton	10	3	1	6	21	28	-7	10
17	Leeds United	9	3	1	5	15	24	-9	10
18	West Bromwich Albion	9	2	3	4	10	15	-5	9
19	Stoke City	8	3	0	5	14	25	-11	9
20	Aston Villa	8	2	2	4	16	20	-4	8
21	Newcastle United	8	2	2	4	11	17	-6	8
22	Leicester City	9	2	2	5	12	20	-8	8
23	Everton	10	2	2	6	13	22	-9	8
24	Derby County	10	2	1	7	16	20	-4	7
25	Blackburn Rovers	10	2	1	7	19	40	-21	7
26	Manchester City	10	1	3	6	17	31	-14	6

(Updated: 28th December)

Fixtures

Monday 18 December	Crystal Palace	1-5	West Ham
Monday 18 December	Reading	2-2	Middlesbrough
Monday 18 December	Stoke City	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Monday 18 December	Sunderland	1-2	Arsenal
Monday 18 December	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Leeds United
Monday 18 December	Wolves	1-2	Blackburn Rovers

Results

December

Sunday 17 December	Liverpool	2-1	Chelsea
Sunday 17 December	Manchester City	0-6	Norwich City
Saturday 16 December	Manchester United	3-2	Newcastle United
Saturday 16 December	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-0	Leicester City
Friday 15 December	Southampton	2-1	Derby County
Friday 15 December	Aston Villa	1-1	Fulham
Friday 15 December	Everton	1-3	West Bromwich Albion

Monday 4 December	Derby County	5-1	Reading
Monday 4 December	Everton	5-0	Southampton
Monday 4 December	Leicester City	1-3	Wolves
Saturday 2 December	Manchester City	0-3	Crystal Palace
Friday 1 December	Fulham	3-0	Brighton
Friday 1 December	Norwich City	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
Friday 1 December	West Ham	3-1	Nottingham Forest

November

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Monday 6 November	West Brom	0-0	Reading
Sunday 5 November	Blackburn Rovers	3-6	Stoke City
Sunday 5 November	Middlesbrough	1-0	Derby County
Saturday 4 November	Manchester United	3-1	Everton
Saturday 4 November	Liverpool	0-4	West Ham United
Friday 3 November	Southampton	1-2	Sunderland
Friday 3 November	Arsenal	3-3	Manchester City
Friday 3 November	Brighton	2-1	Aston Villa
Friday 3 November	Chelsea	2-2	Fulham
Friday 3 November	Leeds United	1-7	Crystal Palace
Friday 3 November	Norwich City	3-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Friday 3 November	Nottingham Forest	2-2	Wolves

October

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Monday 30 October	Crystal Palace	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Monday 30 October	Reading	7-2	Blackburn Rovers
Monday 30 October	Wolves	2-1	Southampton
Sunday 29 October	Leeds United	2-2	Liverpool
Sunday 29 October	Newcastle United	1-0	Everton
Sunday 29 October	Arsenal	6-3	Brighton & Hove Albion
Saturday 28 October	Derby County	4-2	Manchester City
Friday 27 October	Chelsea	1-1	Leicester City
Friday 27 October	Fulham	1-1	Manchester United
Friday 27 October	Sunderland	2-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Friday 27 October	West Ham	5-0	Middlesbrough

Monday 2 October	Tottenham Hotspur	4-2	Chelsea
Monday 2 October	Wolves	2-0	Leeds United
Sunday 1 October	Norwich City	2-1	West Brom
Sunday 1 October	Crystal Palace	2-4	Liverpool

September

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Saturday 30 September	Blackburn Rovers	2-5	Manchester United
Saturday 30 September	Manchester City	2-2	West Ham United
Friday 29 September	Aston Villa	2-3	Sunderland
Friday 29 September	Derby County	2-3	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 29 September	Everton	1-1	Arsenal
Friday 29 September	Fulham	1-3	Leicester City
Friday 29 September	Middlesbrough	4-1	Stoke City
Friday 29 September	Newcastle United	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Friday 29 September	Southampton	6-0	Reading

Monday 25 September	Leicester City	1-3	Middlesbrough
Monday 25 September	Stoke City	0-2	Tottenham
Monday 25 September	Sunderland	3-1	Derby County
Monday 25 September	West Brom	0-3	Fulham
Sunday 24 September	Blackburn Rovers	2-3	Aston Villa
Sunday 24 September	Liverpool	2-0	Wolves
Friday 22 September	Everton	2-1	Norwich City
Saturday 23 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-1	Newcastle United
Saturday 23 September	Manchester United	2-4	Arsenal
Saturday 23 September	Nottingham Forest	4-3	Crystal Palace
Friday 22 September	Reading	3-2	Leeds United
Friday 22 September	West Ham	3-3	Southampton
Friday 22 September	Manchester City	1-2	Chelsea

Sunday 3 September	Arsenal	3-0	Reading
Sunday 3 September	Liverpool	1-4	Middlesbrough
Sunday 3 September	Sunderland	5-5	Manchester United
Saturday 2 September	Leicester City	2-3	Norwich City
Saturday 2 September	Newcastle United	0-4	Manchester City
Saturday 2 September	Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
Friday 1 September	Fulham	5-1	Southampton
Friday 1 September	Aston Villa	3-1	Derby County
Friday 1 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Friday 1 September	Chelsea	3-0	West Brom
Friday 1 September	Leeds United	2-1	Stoke City
Friday 1 September	West Ham United	3-1	Everton
Friday 1 September	Wolves	3-2	Crystal Palace

August

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Monday 28 August	Crystal Palace	2-5	Fulham
Monday 28 August	Nottingham Forest	2-0	Arsenal
Sunday 27 August	Blackburn Rovers	4-1	Leicester City
Saturday 26 August	Manchester United	10-1	Stoke City
Friday 25 August	Manchester City	4-4	Aston Villa
Friday 25 August	Southampton	0-3	Liverpool
Friday 25 August	Derby County	0-2	Tottenham
Friday 25 August	Everton	0-4	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 25 August	Leeds United	2-5	West Ham
Friday 25 August	Middlesbrough	3-2	Wolves
Friday 25 August	Norwich City	3-2	Chelsea
Friday 25 August	Reading	1-0	Newcastle United
Friday 25 August	West Brom	0-0	Sunderland

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 19th December)

Player	Club	Goals
Callum Marshall	West Ham United	16
Mark O'Mahony	Brighton & Hove Albion	9
Kenneth Aboh	Norwich City	7
Khayon Edwards	Arsenal	7
Ademola Ola-Adebomi	Crystal Palace	7
Jude Soonsup-Bell	Tottenham Hotspur	7

Hat-tricks

(Updated 19th December)

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
Callum Marshall	West Ham United	26th August 2023	Leeds United 2-5 West Ham United
Callum Marshall	West Ham United	27th October 2023	West Ham United 5-0 Middlesbrough
Ademola Ola-Adebomi	Crystal Palace	3rd November 2023	Leeds United 1-7 Crystal Palace
Semir Telalovic	Blackburn Rovers	5th November 2023	Blackburn Rovers 3-6 Stoke City
Francis Okoronkwo	Everton	4th December 2023	Everton 5-0 Southampton