Manchester City's youth teams had their ups and downs in September, with an injury-depleted Under-23s side often borrowing the U18s' better players.
The club do not have high hopes for the Elite Development Squad this season; with a number of players out on loan, surviving in the Premier League 2 is said to be the aim behind the scenes. However, the EDS are actually third in the table, just one point off the top.
To sum up their somewhat strange predicament, they are the division's top scorers with 20 goals, but they have also conceded 20 goals, more than any other team.