2025–26 Professional U21 Development League

Premier League 2
Season2025–26
Dates15 August 2025 – 13 April 2026
Matches262
Goals958 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Shumaira Mheuka (Chelsea U21s)
(16 Goals)
Biggest home winManchester City U21s 8–1 Burnley U21s
(9 January 2026)
Liverpool U21s 7–0 Arsenal U21s
(18 January 2026)
Biggest away winNewcastle United U21s 0–5 Chelsea U21s
(22 August 2025)
Stoke City U21s 1–6 Manchester City U21s
(30 January 2026)
Highest scoringLeicester City U21s 3–6 Tottenham Hotspur U21s
(19 September 2025)
Manchester City U21s 8–1 Burnley U21s
(9 January 2026)
Aston Villa U21s 5–4 Ipswich Town U21s (24 January 2026)
Longest winning runManchester United U21s
(18 August 2025 – 25 October 2025)
Manchester City U21s
(30 January 2026 – Present)
(7 Games)
Longest unbeaten runFulham U21s
(15 August 2025 – 6 February 2026)
(13 Games)
Longest winless runReading U21s
(15 August 2025 – 10 January 2026)
Burnley U21s
(31 October 2025 – 27 February 2026)
(9 Games)
Longest losing runStoke City U21s (23 January 2026 – Present)
7 Games
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2026.

The 2025–26 Premier League 2 is the 14th season of the Professional Development League system. It continues to use the same format as the previous 2 seasons with a change from places 17 to 24.[1] The sides finishing in the top eight positions of the Professional U21 Development League 2 at the end of the season will progress to a playoff stage against teams 17-24. 29 Category One Academies are competing this season, the most in league history. Three teams joined with Category One status with Birmingham City U21s,[2] Burnley U21s[3] returning after a three season absence and Ipswich Town U21s[4] playing in the Premier League 2 for the very first time.

Premier League 2

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea U21s (Q) 19 14 1 4 51 23 +28 43 Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs
and Premier League International Cup
2 Manchester United U21s (Q) 18 12 4 2 40 22 +18 40
3 Manchester City U21s (Q) 18 12 1 5 56 20 +36 37
4 Southampton U21s (Q) 19 10 6 3 36 28 +8 36
5 Fulham U21s 18 10 5 3 44 28 +16 35
6 Liverpool U21s 20 11 2 7 49 36 +13 35
7 Ipswich Town U21s 17 11 1 5 38 37 +1 34
8 West Ham United U21s 19 8 6 5 42 32 +10 30
9 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 19 8 5 6 38 25 +13 29
10 Leicester City U21s 19 8 4 7 45 40 +5 28
11 Crystal Palace U21s 18 8 4 6 34 29 +5 28
12 Tottenham Hotspur U21s 17 8 2 7 36 30 +6 26
13 Arsenal U21s 17 7 5 5 26 28 −2 26 Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs
14 Middlesbrough U21s 19 6 6 7 35 28 +7 24
15 Sunderland U21s 17 7 3 7 35 35 0 24
16 Aston Villa U21s 16 7 3 6 29 32 −3 24
17 Nottingham Forest U21s 19 7 2 10 21 23 −2 23 Qualification to the PDL Playoffs
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 18 6 4 8 29 43 −14 22
19 Everton U21s 18 6 3 9 24 31 −7 21
20 Reading U21s 18 6 3 9 23 33 −10 21
21 Norwich City U21s 19 5 5 9 32 39 −7 20
22 Newcastle United U21s 18 5 5 8 26 33 −7 20
23 Stoke City U21s 17 5 4 8 25 39 −14 19
24 Leeds United U21s 18 5 3 10 25 35 −10 18
25 West Bromwich Albion U21s 19 5 3 11 26 40 −14 18
26 Birmingham City U21s 18 4 4 10 25 48 −23 16
27 Derby County U21s 17 3 5 9 22 39 −17 14
28 Burnley U21s 18 3 3 12 22 40 −18 12
29 Blackburn Rovers U21s 17 3 2 12 24 42 −18 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: Premier League 2 Table
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Matches

Home \ Away ARS AVL BIR BLB BHA BUR CHE CRY DER EVE FUL IPS LEE LEI LIV MNC MNU MID NEW NOR NFO REA SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal U21s 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–5 1–0 4 Apr 2–2 3–2
Aston Villa U21s 1–2 0–2 5–4 0–3 0–4 10 Apr 3–4 2–1 3–3 2–0
Birmingham City U21s 1–1 1–4 3 Apr 1–3 10 Apr 1–5 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2
Blackburn Rovers U21s 2 Mar 5–0 0–4 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–3 17 Apr 2–4
Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 3 Apr 3–2 3–1 5–0 3–4 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–0
Burnley U21s 0–2 12 Apr 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–2
Chelsea U21s 2–1 5–0 4–1 2–4 2–2 3–1 4–1 4–2 1–2 4–0
Crystal Palace U21s 13 Apr 3–1 6–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–2
Derby County U21s 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 3 Apr 1–0 0–3 0–0 6 Apr 4–2
Everton U21s 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–4 17 Apr 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–2
Fulham U21s 3–1 10 Apr 4–4 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 5–0
Ipswich Town U21s 3–1 23 Mar 2–1 4–3 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–3
Leeds United U21s 0–4 2–2 2–3 13 Apr 3 Apr 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3
Leicester City U21s 2–3 6–2 3–3 1–2 4–2 1–4 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–6
Liverpool U21s 7–0 2–3 1–5 4–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 4–2 4–3 5–0
Manchester City U21s 8–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 10 Apr 3–0 3–0 3–3 3–1 6–0
Manchester United U21s 0–4 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 10 Apr 4–2 2–1 4–1
Middlesbrough U21s 1–4 0–1 6–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 5–2 6–1 3–3 0–1
Newcastle United U21s 2–0 2–2 3–2 0–5 3–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–4 13 Apr
Norwich City U21s 2–2 1–4 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 0–3
Nottingham Forest U21s 2–2 2–3 3 Apr 0–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0
Reading U21s 1–4 4–1 13 Apr 1–0 1–5 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0
Southampton U21s 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0
Stoke City U21s 17 Apr 3–1 1–3 23 Mar 1–2 1–6 2–1 12 Apr 1–2 1–1
Sunderland U21s 23 Mar 4–2 5–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 30 Mar 1–2 3–5 2–4
Tottenham Hotspur U21s 4–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4 Apr 10 Apr
West Bromwich Albion U21s 1–3 4–0 3–2 0–0 4–2 0–3 2–2 1–3 1–5 2–1
West Ham United U21s 1–0 3–0 3–3 5–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 3–1 1–2 0–4 3–4 4–3 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: Premier League 2 Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 20 March 2026
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Shumaira Mheuka Chelsea U21s 16
2 Kieran Morrison Liverpool U21s 14
3 Keyrol Figueroa Liverpool U21s 11
Nicholas Oyekunle Southampton U21s
5 Chido Obi Manchester United U21s 9
Matthew Warhurst Manchester City U21s
7 Dani Ángel Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 8
Bradley Burrowes Aston Villa U21s
Braiden Graham Everton U21s
Shea Lacey Manchester United U21s
Aaron Loupalo-Bi Fulham U21s
Zach Marsh Crystal Palace U21s
Tudor Mendel-Idowu Ipswich Town U21s
Sean Neave Newcastle United U21s
Nehemiah Oriola Brighton & Hove Albion U21s
Farhaan Ali Wahid Fulham U21s

Hat-tricks

As of 23 February 2026
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Shane Nti Brighton & Hove Albion U21s West Bromwich Albion U21s 0–4 (A) 17 August 2025 [6]
Shumaira Mheuka Chelsea U21s Manchester City U21s 3–1 (H) 18 August 2025 [7]
Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi Sunderland U21s Tottenham Hotspur U21s 3–5 (H) 18 August 2025 [8]
Zach Marsh Crystal Palace U21s Tottenham Hotspur U21s 2–3 (A) 22 August 2025 [9]
Luca Williams-Barnett Tottenham Hotspur U21s Leicester City U21s 3–6 (A) 19 September 2025 [10]
Josh Landers West Ham United U21s Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 3–3 (H) 26 September 2025 [11]
Gabriele Biancheri Manchester United U21s Tottenham Hotspur U21s 4–1 (H) 25 October 2025 [12]
Keyrol Figueroa Liverpool U21s Everton U21s 4–1 (H) 26 October 2025 [13]
Shumaira Mheuka Chelsea U21s Crystal Palace U21s 4–1 (H) 10 January 2026 [14]
Kieran Morrison Liverpool U21s Arsenal U21s 7–0 (H) 17 January 2026 [15]
Cruz Ibeh Middlesbrough U21s Ipswich Town U21s 6–1 (H) 18 January 2026 [16]
Sean Patton Reading U21s Blackburn Rovers U21s 4–1 (H) 19 January 2026 [17]
Kadan Young Aston Villa U21s Ipswich Town U21s 5–4 (H) 24 January 2026 [18]
Floyd Samba Manchester City U21s Stoke City U21s 1–6 (A) 30 January 2026 [19]
Demiane Agustien Arsenal U21s Leeds United U21s 0–4 (A) 1 February 2026 [20]
Shea Lacey Manchester United U21s West Bromwich Albion U21s 1–4 (A) 2 February 2026 [21]
Matheos Ferreira Newcastle United U21s Aston Villa U21s 3–4 (A) 6 February 2026 [22]
Reece Evans Reading U21s Stoke City U21s 3–0 (H) 7 February 2026 [23]
Chido Obi4 Manchester United U21s Leicester City U21s 1–4 (A) 23 February 2026 [24]
Jack Daley Middlesbrough U21s Stoke City U21s 6–1 (H) 13 March 2026 [25]
Jack Bray West Bromwich Albion U21s Birmingham City U21s 4–0 (H) 13 March 2026 [26]

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 – player scored 4 goals

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Club Ref.
August Shumaira Mheuka Chelsea U21s [27]
September Lucá Williams-Barnett Tottenham Hotspur U21s [28]
October Brandon Powell Blackburn Rovers U21s [29]
November Farhaan Ali Wahid Fulham U21s [30]
January Kieran Morrison Liverpool U21s [31]
February Joshua Ajala West Ham United U21s [32]

Professional Development League

Professional Development League 2
Season2025–26
Dates8 August 2025 – 21 April 2026
Matches225
Goals862 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorer Adam Moseley (Wigan Athletic U21s)
(18 Goals)
Biggest home winSwansea City U21s 6–0 Huddersfield Town U21s
(24 August 2025)
Watford U21s 6–0 Colchester United U21s
(4 November 2025)
Wigan Athletic U21s 7–1 Coventry City U21s
(10 February 2026)
Charlton Athletic U21s 6–0 Swansea City U21s
(24 February 2026)
Biggest away winCoventry City U21s 0–9 Wigan Athletic U21s
(21 October 2025)
Highest scoringSheffield Wednesday U21s 6–8 Huddersfield Town U21s
(20 February 2026)
Longest winning run(8 games)
Sheffield United U21s
(24 August 2025 – 14 October 2025)
Longest unbeaten run(9 games)
Sheffield United U21s
(12 August 2025 – 14 October 2025)
Longest winless run(12 games)
Crewe Alexandra U21s
(1 September 2025 – 20 January 2026)
Longest losing run(5 games)
Huddersfield Town U21s
(11 August 2025 – 9 September 2025)
Sheffield Wednesday U21s
(24 October 2025 – 25 November 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2026.

The Professional Development League, sometimes known as the Professional Development League 2, is Under-21 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league, previously split regionally into north and south divisions, is now a single table with teams playing a geographically-aligned fixture schedule. The sides finishing in the top eight positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a playoff stage against Premier League 2 opposition. Brentford U21s are the defending champions.

20 teams compete in the league this season, two fewer than the previous season. Three teams joined with Category One status with Birmingham City U21s,[33] Burnley U21s[34] returning after a three season absence and six total seasons and founding member Ipswich Town U21s[35] playing in the Premier League 2 for the very first time after 13 seasons. However, Huddersfield Town U21s[36] returned after being granted Category Two academy status after 7 years.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brentford U21s[a] 24 16 2 6 54 30 +24 47 Qualification for #PL2/PDL Playoffs
2 Sheffield United U21s 23 14 5 4 47 28 +19 47
3 Peterborough United U21s 24 13 4 7 58 42 +16 43
4 Huddersfield Town U21s 23 11 4 8 50 45 +5 37
5 Cardiff City U21s 24 10 6 8 44 31 +13 36
6 Watford U21s 23 10 6 7 54 46 +8 36
7 AFC Bournemouth U21s 21 11 2 8 48 35 +13 35
8 Swansea City U21s 19 10 3 6 45 37 +8 33
9 Millwall U21s 25 10 2 13 41 47 −6 32
10 Hull City U21s 22 8 7 7 42 39 +3 31
11 Charlton Athletic U21s 22 8 6 8 44 37 +7 30
12 Wigan Athletic U21s 23 8 5 10 57 49 +8 29
13 Coventry City U21s 21 9 2 10 34 44 −10 29
14 Queens Park Rangers U21s 24 7 8 9 41 52 −11 29
15 Barnsley U21s 21 7 6 8 38 44 −6 27
16 Bristol City U21s 23 7 4 12 35 45 −10 25
17 Colchester United U21s 21 6 4 11 34 56 −22 22
18 Fleetwood Town U21s 23 4 8 11 30 43 −13 20
19 Sheffield Wednesday U21s 22 5 5 12 37 55 −18 20
20 Crewe Alexandra U21s 22 3 7 12 29 57 −28 16
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2026. Source: Professional Development League table
Notes:
  1. ^ Brentford were deducted three points breaching PDL Rules regarding the number of substitution occasions.[37]

Matches

Home \ Away BOU BAR BRE BRI CAR CHA COL COV CRE FLE HUD HUL MIL PET QPR SHU SHW SWA WIG WAT
AFC Bournemouth U21s 1–0 2–3 5–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 30 Mar 3–0 4–0 0–1 1–4 3–0 4–1 1–0
Barnsley U21s 1–2 1–1 10 Apr 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–3 3 Apr 3–4 2–3 27 Mar 2–2 2–7 0–3
Brentford U21s 2–3 1–0 6 Apr 2–1 4–1 3–0 31 Mar 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 19 Apr 4–0 4–0
Bristol City U21s 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 20 Apr 3–4 31 Mar 1–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2
Cardiff City U21s 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 31 Mar 4–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–5
Charlton Athletic U21s 27 Mar 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 17 Apr 3–3 1–2 2–0 31 Mar 2–2 5–0 6–0 3–1
Colchester United U21s 2–1 2–3 0–3 14 Apr 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–6 1–1 31 Mar 3–1 4–1 5–2
Coventry City U21s 3–2 1–1 2–0 23 Mar 17 Apr 1–2 7 Apr 2–3 14 Apr 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–9
Crewe Alexandra U21s 7 Apr 0–3 0–3 23 Mar 0–4 1–1 0–5 3–2 3–3 13 Apr 2–3 1–1 1–3 2–3
Fleetwood Town U21s 7 Apr 1–2 3–0 0–2 3 Apr 2–0 1–3 1–1 24 Mar 3–1 1–1 3–3 14 Apr 0–0
Huddersfield Town U21s 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 21 Apr 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 24 Mar 0–1 4–1 2–2 14 Apr
Hull City U21s 14 Apr 0–2 8 Apr 2–4 2–4 4–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–2 24 Mar 2–1
Millwall U21s 3–1 0–4 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 4–0 2–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 31 Mar 2–5 2–0
Peterborough United U21s 5–1 14 Apr 1–4 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–4 2–3 2–2 6–1 3–0 4–0 24 Mar
Queens Park Rangers U21s 10 Apr 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–4 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 27 Mar 1–1
Sheffield United U21s 23 Mar 5–2 14 Apr 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 21 Apr 3–2
Sheffield Wednesday U21s 14 Apr 1–2 10 Apr 3–0 1–2 20 Apr 4–1 6–8 0–2 2–1 2–6 0–1 2–1 3–3
Swansea City U21s 4–2 30 Mar 0–3 4–1 1–1 3–0 3 Apr 3–2 6–0 1–1 7 Apr 3–1 5–1 10 Apr
Wigan Athletic U21s 1–2 1–1 24 Mar 14 Apr 7–1 1–1 5–3 2–5 31 Mar 1–2 2–2 2–1 7 Apr 5–2
Watford U21s 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 3 Apr 6–0 27 Mar 1–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 0–5 5–4 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2026. Source: Professional Development League Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 17 March 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adam Moseley Wigan Athletic U21s 18
2 Morgan Bates Swansea City U21s 14
3 Devlan Moses Sheffield Wednesday U21s 13
Cole Simms Wigan Athletic U21s
5 Jonny Day AFC Bournemouth U21s 11
6 Louie Marsh Sheffield United U21s 10
Amin Nabizada Watford U21s
Nickson Okosun Watford U21s
Josh Pescatore Swansea City U21s
10 Jevan Beattie Sheffield United U21s 8
Makise Evans Colchester United U21s
Ethan Laidlaw Brentford U21s
Kaion Lisbie Colchester United U21s
Hugh Parker Hull City U21s
Troy Perrett Cardiff City U21s
Tom Woodward Swansea City U21s

Hat-tricks

As of 10 March 2026
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Jevan Beattie Sheffield United U21s Watford U21s 0–5 (A) 5 September 2025 [38]
Adam Moseley4 Wigan Athletic U21s Swansea City U21s 5–2 (H) 16 September 2025 [39]
Louie Marsh Sheffield United U21s Barnsley U21s 5–2 (H) 14 October 2025 [40]
Adam Moseley4 Wigan Athletic U21s Coventry City U21s 0–9 (A) 21 October 2025 [41]
Cole Simms Wigan Athletic U21s Coventry City U21s 0–9 (A) 21 October 2025 [42]
Adam Moseley4 Wigan Athletic U21s Barnsley U21s 2–7 (A) 17 November 2025 [43]
Jaydon Thomas-Smith Millwall U21s Colchester United U21s 0–6 (A) 9 January 2026 [44]
Conrad Ambursley Coventry City U21s Hull City U21s 2–4 (A) 20 January 2026 [45]
George Sebine Huddersfield Town U21s Peterborough United U21s 2–4 (A) 3 February 2026 [46]
Nickson Okosun Watford U21s Queens Park Rangers U21s 5–0 (H) 3 February 2026 [47]
Devlan Moses Sheffield Wednesday U21s Huddersfield Town U21s 6–8 (H) 20 February 2026 [48]
Kaheim Dixon Charlton Athletic U21s Swansea City U21s 6–0 (H) 24 February 2026 [49]
Morgan Bates Swansea City U21s Queens Park Rangers U21s 3–1 (H) 2 March 2026 [50]
Devlan Moses Sheffield Wednesday U21s Fleetwood Town U21s 3–3 (A) 10 March 2026 [51]
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 – player scored 4 goals

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

v
v

Professional Development League National Final

v

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