Crystal Palace U21 reset their brains and bodies for this match after their 1-0 result versus Everton U21, a game that gave some clarity. How will this affect the battle against Arsenal U21?
- Crystal Palace U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Arsenal U21 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Brentford U21. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Crystal Palace U21 form and stats
Crystal Palace U21 have played 9 Premier League 2 Division One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Crystal enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Everton U21 (after extra-time)'s place. The match ended 1-0 with Akinwale scoring. At last, a league win after four matches without. The victory against Everton U21 came after Akinwale's winning goal. The Crystal Palace U21 manager McCarthy was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Tottenham U21 (after extra-time) that finished 1-1.Crystal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Crystal Palace Training Ground with 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Crystal Palace U21 have conceded 17 from these games.
Arsenal U21 form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Arsenal U21 playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Division One this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Arsenal U21's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The attacking players of Arsenal have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 208 minutes.
Two away matches in a row for Arsenal U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Brentford U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Liverpool U21 (after extra-time).So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arsenal U21 playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were {0 Arsenal U21 wins}, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
In the opposite end, Arsenal U21 have conceded 15 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Arsenal U21 - Crystal 1-1 was the score in these sides' previous H2H match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Akinwale 5 goals | D. Omilabu 4 goals | A. Ola-Adebomi 4 goals |
Crystal Palace U21 missing players
Arsenal U21 missing players
| Crystal Palace U21 | Arsenal U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 28 |
| 28 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 89% | 78% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 74% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 83% |
| 58% | 78% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 39% |
| 37% | 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 63% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 72% |
| 32% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 16% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 28% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 55% | 58% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 33% | 35% |
| 12.1 | 13.9 | 17.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
- Crystal Palace U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea U21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Manchester City U21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 34 | 41 |
| 3 | Liverpool U21 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U21 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Arsenal U21 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Manchester United U21 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Everton U21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Wolves U21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 11 | West Ham United U21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Leicester U21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -24 | 11 |
