Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arsenal U21 & Chelsea U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Arsenal U21 form and stats
Action has already taken place for Arsenal in EFL Trophy as they have defeated Ipswich Town, Plymouth Argyle, Newport County and Swindon Town to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.1W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the EFL Trophy for Arsenal U21.
The home team returns to Emirates Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Ipswich Town (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) on their last time out; the EFL Trophy game ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Ipswich Town (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) last time out, but a goal from Balogun completed a comeback to a draw result for Arsenal.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Plymouth Argyle (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that finished 1-1.Chelsea U21 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers, Exeter City and Bristol Rovers in order to reach 3rd round of EFL Trophy. Chelsea was sent out of EFL Trophy in the group stage last season.5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea U21 playing as the away team in the Premier League U21 this season. Total EFL Trophy statistics for Chelsea U21: 1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Chelsea are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Forest Green Rovers (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties).
A 0-0 draw at Cheltenham Town (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties)'s stadium before that.Chelsea have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Chelsea have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Arsenal U21 missing players
Chelsea U21 missing players
| Arsenal U21 | Chelsea U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 0 | Played | P | 22 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Won | W | 9 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 7 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 0 | Scored | S | 39 | 45 | ||
| 26 | 0 | Conceded | C | 29 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 96% | ||
| 93% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 11.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 13.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester United U21 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Sunderland U21 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 43 |
| 3 | Everton U21 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Manchester City U21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Chelsea U21 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Southampton U21 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 25 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Liverpool U21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 8 | Tottenham U21 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Reading U21 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -6 | 27 |
| 10 | Leicester U21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -23 | 21 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough U21 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Norwich City U21 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -20 | 19 |
