Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Portsmouth & Fulham U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Portsmouth nor Fulham U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the EFL Trophy.Portsmouth must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three League One games here at Fratton Park.
Portsmouth are confident in defense, having played 336 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Portsmouth, who played 0-0 against Cheltenham Town. That match was also played at this venue (Fratton Park). Defender Ogilvie got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.55/10. Ogilvie hit two key passes and won 12 of 16 duels.
Before that, Portsmouth had a League One home game versus Exeter City which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portsmouth as they are travelling to their away game against Stevenage in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Portsmouth aren't scoring a lot here at Fratton Park in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. Defensively Portsmouth have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fulham U21 form and stats
Fulham was sent out of EFL Trophy in the group stage last season.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Fulham U21 playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Division One this season.
Impressive finishing from Godo and McCoy-Splatt secured the home win 2-1 against Manchester City U21 in their previous game. Godo has bagged at least one goal for the away side three matches in a row. The smartness!
Preceding that game was the away Premier League 2 Division One victory against Wolves U21 with the score of 3-2.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fulham U21 has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Godo 3 goals |  C. Bishop 2 goals | K. Yengi 2 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Fulham U21 missing players
| Portsmouth | Fulham U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Scored | S | 18 | 54 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 27% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 92% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | ||
| 11.4 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Lincoln City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Derby County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Reading | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Arsenal U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Reading U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Leeds United U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Liverpool U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Chelsea U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | West Brom U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Southampton U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sunderland U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Newcastle United U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Brighton U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | West Ham United U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Leicester U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Derby County U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Norwich City U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Everton U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 21 | Wolves U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Manchester United U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Stoke City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Aston Villa U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 25 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 26 | Manchester City U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
