2024–25 Professional U21 Development League

Professional Development League 2
Season	2024–25
Matches played	154
Goals scored	594 (3.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ashley Hay Brentford U21s; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Sheffield United U21s 10–1 Crewe Alexandra U21s; (29 October 2024)
Biggest away win	Queens Park Rangers U21s 0–6 Coventry City U21s; (13 August 2024), Queens Park Rangers U21s 0–6 Sheffield United U21s; (10 September 2024)
Highest scoring	; Sheffield United U21s 10–1 Crewe Alexandra U21s; (29 October 2024)
Longest winning run	8 Matches; Sheffield United U21s (20 August 2024 – 14 October 2024)
Longest unbeaten run	13 Matches; Sheffield United U21s (12 August 2024 – 15 November 2024)
Longest winless run	10 Matches; Colchester United U21s (23 August 2024 – Present)
Longest losing run	6 Matches; Wigan Athletic U21s (8 October 2024 – 19 November 2024)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 18 December 2024.

Premier League 2
Season	2024–25
Matches played	128
Goals scored	508 (3.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jemiah Umolu Crystal Palace U21s (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 10–0 Crystal Palace U21s; (5 October 2024) Record
Biggest away win	Fulham U21s 0–6 Chelsea U21s; (4 October 2024)
Highest scoring	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 10–0 Crystal Palace U21s; (5 October 2024)
Longest winning run	9 Matches; Manchester City U21s
Longest unbeaten run	9 Matches; Brighton & Hove Albion U21s; Manchester City U21s
Longest winless run	9 Matches; Stoke City U21s
Longest losing run	8 Matches; Stoke City U21s
Highest attendance	6,384 Norwich City U21s 3–5 Manchester United U21s September 28, 2024
Lowest attendance	50 2 Matches
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 16 December 2024.

The Premier League 2 is the 13th season of the Professional Development League system. It continues to use the same format as the 2023–24 season.^[1]

Premier League 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City U21s	10	9	0	1	36	12	+24	27	Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs and Premier League International Cup
2	Fulham U21s	9	8	0	1	27	12	+15	24
3	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	10	7	2	1	31	8	+23	23
4	Liverpool U21s	10	6	2	2	22	13	+9	20
5	Newcastle United U21s	10	6	1	3	14	10	+4	19
6	Manchester United U21s	10	6	0	4	25	19	+6	18
7	Chelsea U21s	10	5	1	4	27	16	+11	16
8	Sunderland U21s	10	5	1	4	29	21	+8	16
9	Arsenal U21s	10	5	1	4	21	20	+1	16
10	Nottingham Forest U21s	10	5	0	5	18	12	+6	15
11	Crystal Palace U21s	9	4	3	2	21	20	+1	15
12	West Ham United U21s	9	5	0	4	13	12	+1	15
13	Everton U21s	10	4	3	3	22	23	−1	15	Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs
14	Leicester City U21s	10	4	2	4	19	16	+3	14
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	10	4	2	4	18	18	0	14
16	Southampton U21s	10	4	1	5	16	22	−6	13
17	Reading U21s	10	3	3	4	16	19	−3	12
18	Leeds United U21s	10	3	3	4	14	17	−3	12
19	Norwich City U21s	10	4	0	6	18	24	−6	12
20	West Bromwich Albion U21s	10	3	2	5	16	26	−10	11
21	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	10	3	0	7	18	28	−10	9
22	Middlesbrough U21s	10	3	0	7	17	29	−12	9
23	Derby County U21s	10	3	0	7	16	29	−13	9
24	Blackburn Rovers U21s	10	2	1	7	17	28	−11	7
25	Aston Villa U21s	10	2	1	7	13	28	−15	7
26	Stoke City U21s	9	0	1	8	4	26	−22	1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2024. Source: Premier League 2 Table

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BLB	BHA	CHE	CRY	DER	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	NFO	REA	SOU	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal U21	—	4–1	—	1–1	—	—	4 Apr	—	—	—	—	0–3	—	4–2	14 Feb	21 Feb	—	24 Jan	—	—	—	1–2	2–5	—	—	—
Aston Villa U21	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	3–1	28 Feb	24 Jan	—	—	14 Mar	—	—	—	2–3	0–3	—	7 Feb	—	—	11 Apr	—	—	—	0–4
Blackburn Rovers U21	3–4	—	—	—	—	2–7	—	—	14 Apr	—	3–2	—	10 Feb	1–3	17 Jan	—	3 Mar	24 Feb	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—
Brighton & Hove Albion U21	—	23 Feb	—	—	—	10–0	2–1	—	14 Mar	—	17 Jan	6 Apr	—	26 Jan	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–1	—	0–2	1–1
Chelsea U21	2–1	4 Apr	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	7 Feb	3–1	—	—	21 Feb	—	—	—	—	10 Jan	24 Jan	—	—	1–2	1–2	—	—
Crystal Palace U21	3 Mar	17 Feb	—	—	14 Apr	—	—	—	6 Jan	—	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	27 Jan	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	5–1	—	—	20 Jan
Derby County U21	—	—	27 Jan	—	2–6	—	—	—	—	14 Feb	—	—	2–3	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	11 Apr	—	—	10 Jan	4–1	28 Feb	4–1
Everton U21	14 Mar	—	3–1	7 Feb	—	—	—	—	—	17 Jan	—	—	—	—	—	—	7 Apr	2–4	3–3	14 Feb	4–1	4–3	—	—	—	—
Fulham U21	18 Jan	—	—	—	0–6	—	4–0	21 Feb	—	2–1	3–1	—	4 Apr	—	10 Feb	—	—	3 Mar	—	—	—	5–2	—	—	—	—
Leeds United U21	—	1–1	2–4	3 Mar	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10 Jan	4 Apr	1–3	24 Feb	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	27 Jan	—
Leicester City U21	—	3–1	—	—	—	10 Jan	24 Feb	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	—	1–2	4–0	25 Jan	3 Mar	7 Apr	—	—
Liverpool U21	—	—	—	—	16 Feb	—	3–1	0–2	—	13 Apr	1–2	—	3–1	—	2 Mar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19 Jan	12 Jan	4–1
Manchester City U21	—	4–1	—	10 Jan	28 Feb	16 Mar	—	5–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11 Apr	5–0	—	—	—	17 Jan	—	17 Feb	—	4–1	—
Manchester United U21	—	17 Jan	—	—	—	—	—	—	17 Feb	—	—	0–1	1–3	—	—	—	—	7 Apr	—	5–1	4–1	—	7 Feb	15 Mar	1–0	—
Middlesbrough U21	—	4–2	—	0–3	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21 Feb	—	—	10 Jan	—	1–4	1–3	16 Mar	—	—	—	26 Jan	11 Apr	—
Newcastle United U21	—	—	2–0	—	3–2	1–0	—	24 Jan	—	—	14 Feb	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	—	7 Apr	—	28 Feb	1–1	—	—	0–1	—
Norwich City U21	13 Jan	—	—	14 Feb	14 Mar	—	—	—	—	—	7 Feb	—	—	3–5	1–3	—	—	0–3	—	—	11 Apr	0–3	—	6–1	—	—
Nottingham Forest U21	—	—	—	0–1	17 Jan	—	10 Feb	—	—	0–1	14 Apr	—	2–3	—	—	17 Mar	—	—	—	0–2	17 Feb	—	—	—	—	2–0
Reading U21s	—	—	1–0	14 Apr	—	—	20 Jan	—	1–5	—	—	1–1	—	28 Feb	—	—	1–2	0–2	—	—	27 Jan	—	—	—	24 Feb	—
Southampton U21	—	—	4 Apr	2–4	—	0–2	—	—	10 Jan	—	—	7 Feb	—	—	—	17 Jan	2–3	—	—	—	—	21 Feb	2–1	—	—	28 Feb
Stoke City U21	0–1	10 Jan	—	—	—	10 Feb	14 Mar	—	0–1	1–1	—	21 Feb	—	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	4 Apr
Sunderland U21	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–0	—	—	17 Mar	—	2–3	2–3	5–2	3–2	—	—	10 Jan	17 Feb	—	—	—	7 Apr	—	—	10 Feb
Tottenham Hotspur U21	—	—	14 Mar	—	—	—	—	13 Apr	1–4	0–3	—	26 Jan	—	—	6–1	0–1	18 Jan	—	1–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	21 Feb
West Bromwich Albion U21	14 Apr	—	—	0–4	—	24 Feb	—	10 Jan	—	—	—	—	0–5	—	—	10 Feb	—	—	3–1	1–1	5–0	3 Mar	—	—	—	—
West Ham United U21	7 Feb	—	14 Feb	—	3–2	4 Apr	—	—	0–3	—	14 Mar	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	5–1	TBC	17 Jan	—	—	—	—
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	1–3	—	10 Jan	—	—	—	—	4–2	—	4–1	1–1	—	24 Jan	14 Apr	—	—	—	—	17 Mar	—	—	—	—	17 Feb	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2024. Source: Premier League 2 Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
August	Nathan Butler-Oyedeji	Arsenal U21s	^[2]
September	Farid Alfa-Ruprecht	Manchester City U21s	^[3]
October	Kiano Dyer	Chelsea U21s	^[4]
November	Callum Osmand	Fulham U21s	^[5]

Professional Development League

The Professional Development League 2 is Under-21 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once resulting in 31 games played. The sides finishing in the top two positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Sheffield United U21s are the defending champions.

22 teams compete in the league this season, one more than the previous season and the most since the league's inaugural season in 2012-13. Brentford U21s returned to the league after 9 years their academy was given Category Two status.^[6]

Tables

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield United U21s	15	10	3	2	50	17	+33	33	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Hull City U21s	15	10	0	5	30	28	+2	30	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Burnley U21s	15	9	2	4	47	21	+26	29
4	Sheffield Wednesday U21s	15	7	3	5	27	27	0	24
5	Peterborough United U21s	13	7	0	6	24	24	0	21
6	Fleetwood Town U21s	13	6	2	5	22	22	0	20
7	Barnsley U21s	16	3	5	8	25	35	−10	14
8	Coventry City U21s	12	4	1	7	25	24	+1	13
9	Crewe Alexandra U21s	15	3	2	10	18	37	−19	11
10	Birmingham City U21s	14	3	2	9	25	47	−22	11
11	Wigan Athletic U21s	15	2	2	11	18	36	−18	8

Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2024. Source: Professional Development League table

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Charlton Athletic U21s	16	9	4	3	44	25	+19	31	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Brentford U21s	14	9	2	3	33	20	+13	29	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Cardiff City U21s	13	9	2	2	22	11	+11	29
4	AFC Bournemouth U21s	15	7	3	5	30	32	−2	24
5	Millwall U21s	13	6	3	4	23	19	+4	21
6	Watford U21s	14	7	0	7	31	32	−1	21
7	Ipswich Town U21s	15	5	5	5	28	25	+3	20
8	Bristol City U21s	13	4	4	5	23	25	−2	16
9	Queens Park Rangers U21s	14	4	1	9	18	40	−22	13
10	Swansea City U21s	11	3	3	5	19	19	0	12
11	Colchester United U21s	12	1	3	8	12	28	−16	6

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: Professional Development League table

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BUR	COV	CRE	FLE	HUL	PET	SHU	SHW	WIG	BOU	BRE	BRI	CAR	CHA	COL	IPS	MIL	QPR	SWA	WAT
Barnsley U21s	—	2–2	28 Jan	4 Mar	2–0	3–3	14 Mar	3–4	1–1	1–3	14 Jan	—	—	0–4	—	0–4	—	1–2	—	29 Apr	—	4 Apr
Birmingham City U21s	21 Feb	—	10 Mar	24 Jan	17 Feb	3–2	1–2	21 Mar	2–2	6 Jan	1–3	7 Apr	—	—	3–4	—	0–3	—	4–1	—	28 Apr	—
Burnley U21s	3–1	8–1	—	5–0	3–1	18 Mar	4–0	21 Jan	7 Jan	4 Mar	18 Feb	—	8 Apr	—	—	0–4	—	3–3	—	6–0	—	22 Apr
Coventry City U21s	2–2	8–0	11 Feb	—	25 Feb	1–2	0–4	0–2	11 Mar	14 Jan	25 Mar	29 Apr	—	8 Apr	—	—	21 Jan	—	3–4	—	22 Apr	—
Crewe Alexandra U21s	20 Jan	4–2	13 Jan	0–1	—	3 Mar	3–4	2–0	10 Feb	17 Mar	1–1	—	28 Apr	—	7 Apr	—	—	0–3	—	0–1	—	3–0
Fleetwood Town U21s	11 Mar	14 Jan	14 Mar	18 Feb	3–2	—	21 Jan	25 Feb	25 Mar	2–1	2–0	1–4	—	29 Apr	—	8 Apr	—	—	2–1	—	3–1	—
Hull City U21s	2–1	11 Feb	25 Mar	7 Jan	11 Mar	1 Apr	—	4–1	25 Feb	2–1	3–1	—	2–1	—	29 Apr	—	8 Apr	—	—	3–1	—	1–3
Peterborough United U21s	7 Jan	25 Apr	2–5	18 Mar	29 Jan	3–2	19 Feb	—	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	—	11 Mar	—	29 Apr	—	8 Apr	—	—	17 Jan	—
Sheffield United U21s	18 Mar	4 Mar	1–0	3–4	10–1	17 Dec	3–1	2 May	—	2–1	21 Jan	—	6–0	—	2–0	—	22 Apr	—	8 Apr	—	—	8–2
Sheffield Wednesday U21s	18 Apr	2–1	3–2	1–0	3 Feb	7 Feb	13 Jan	7 Mar	21 Mar	—	24 Feb	2–2	—	4–4	—	0–5	—	28 Apr	—	8 Apr	—	—
Wigan Athletic U21s	0–2	18 Mar	0–2	17 Dec	7 Jan	28 Jan	4 Mar	11 Feb	2–3	1–3	—	—	1–1	—	1–3	—	4–1	—	29 Apr	—	8 Apr	—
AFC Bournemouth U21s	4–3	—	3–2	—	1 Apr	—	2–0	—	15 Apr	—	2 May	—	25 Mar	7 Jan	11 Mar	2–3	11 Feb	25 Feb	3–1	2–5	28 Jan	4–1
Brentford U21s	5 May	28 Feb	—	1–0	—	31 Mar	—	2–1	—	14 Apr	—	3–0	—	17 Mar	0–1	7 Jan	3–2	17 Feb	3–1	4–1	3 Mar	TBC
Bristol City U21s	—	5 May	1–3	—	2–0	—	31 Mar	—	1–1	—	14 Apr	5–0	0–4	—	24 Feb	0–0	17 Feb	2–2	23 Apr	20 Jan	13 Jan	25 Mar
Cardiff City U21s	15 Apr	—	6 May	17 Jan	—	2–0	—	1 Apr	—	0–1	—	0–0	14 Jan	4–1	—	2–0	15 Mar	2–2	4 Mar	2–1	11 Feb	2 May
Charlton Athletic U21s	—	15 Apr	—	6 May	1–1	—	6–0	—	1 Apr	—	4–2	18 Mar	1–6	4 Mar	21 Jan	—	21 Feb	2–2	18 Feb	6–3	3–1	14 Jan
Colchester United U21s	1–3	—	11 Apr	—	5 May	0–0	—	0–1	—	28 Mar	—	17 Jan	7 Mar	23 Dec	0–1	2–2	—	21 Mar	10 Jan	2–3	13 Dec	7 Feb
Ipswich Town U21s	—	6–1	—	11 Apr	—	6 May	0–2	—	0–1	—	1 Apr	1–2	1–2	11 Feb	7 Jan	28 Jan	1–1	—	18 Mar	4 Mar	3–2	2–1
Millwall U21s	1 Apr	—	1–1	—	15 Apr	—	2 May	2–1	—	1–1	—	4 Feb	25 Feb	28 Jan	28 Mar	2–0	3–0	3–0	—	0–0	24 Jan	11 Mar
Queens Park Rangers U21s	—	1 Apr	—	0–6	—	15 Apr	—	6 May	0–6	—	3–1	14 Jan	11 Feb	0–1	22 Apr	11 Mar	28 Jan	28 Mar	7 Jan	—	27 Feb	25 Feb
Swansea City U21s	0–0	—	31 Mar	—	4–0	—	14 Apr	—	5 May	3–1	—	2–2	3–3	2–0	0–1	24 Mar	6 Jan	10 Mar	20 Jan	17 Feb	—	1–3
Watford U21s	—	0–4	—	31 Mar	—	1–0	—	11 Apr	—	5 May	4–1	3 Mar	18 Apr	5–2	17 Feb	2–3	7–0	20 Jan	1–3	1–0	17 Mar	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: Professional Development League Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

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Professional Development League National Final

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References

^ "Reformatting of Premier League 2 for 2023/24 explained". Premier League. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ "Butler-Oyedeji wins PL2 Player of the Month for August". premierleague.com. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
^ "Alfa-Ruprecht wins PL2 Player of the Month for September". premierleague.com. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
^ "Dyer wins PL2 Player of the Month for October". premierleague.com. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
^ "Osmand wins PL2 Player of the Month for November". premierleague.com. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "Brentford B fixtures revealed". www.brentfordfc.com. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[1] "Reformatting of Premier League 2 for 2023/24 explained". Premier League. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[2] "Butler-Oyedeji wins PL2 Player of the Month for August". premierleague.com. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

[3] "Alfa-Ruprecht wins PL2 Player of the Month for September". premierleague.com. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

[4] "Dyer wins PL2 Player of the Month for October". premierleague.com. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

[5] "Osmand wins PL2 Player of the Month for November". premierleague.com. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

[6] "Brentford B fixtures revealed". www.brentfordfc.com. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

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