Evenly matched teams: Leicester U21 vs Everton U21 match preview

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Competition: England Premier League 2 Division One
Competition: Mon 24.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Leicester City Training Ground (32312 seats)

Everton U21 know they face a back-breaking trip to Leicester U21 and their The Leicester City Training Ground. This news article has all the details you need ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Leicester U21 have the fewest scored goals (24) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Everton U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Leicester U21 form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League 2 Division One this season. Leicester U21 have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at The Leicester City Training Ground.

A nice win for Leicester U21 last time playing, versus Manchester United U21. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Cover, Maswanhise and Popov scoring for the victors. This was their first victory after 17 consecutive league games without winning! A late climax in the match against Manchester United U21 as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Cover.

Before that, Leicester U21 played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Fulham U21.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leicester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Leicester U21 after this match as they are travelling to West Ham United U21 for a Premier League 2 Division One game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Leicester U21 here at The Leicester City Training Ground in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games).

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Everton U21 form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League 2 Division One matches, Everton U21 have produced an overall stat of 4-1-7 so far.

Everton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Liverpool U21 that finished 1-1.

Prior to that match, the Everton U21 manager Tait faced defeat when travelling to Wolves U21 and losing 0-5.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Everton U21 in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Everton U21, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 12 of this club's latest 16 league matches.

A new game in only four days for Everton U21, the Premier League 2 Division One home match versus Arsenal U21. Busy days.

The visiting Everton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Everton U21's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 31 goals in 12 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Leicester wins - draws - Everton U21 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Everton U21S. Mills
S. Mills
8 goals
Leicester U21T. Maswanhise
T. Maswanhise
6 goals
Everton U21C. Whitaker
C. Whitaker
3 goals

Leicester U21 missing players

Everton U21 missing players

Leicester U21 Everton U21
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 12 4 Played P 4 12 23
3 2 1 Won W 2 4 8
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 5
13 7 3 Lost L 2 7 10
24 11 5 Scored S 6 16 34
49 24 15 Conceded C 10 31 44
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
68% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 75% 57%
55% 42% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 35%
18% 25% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 42% 26%
59% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 61%
14% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 17%
36% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 22%
 
4.5 4.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.8 3.6
5.5 6.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.8 6.5
1.9 2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.7 9.4 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.3 11.3
3.3 3.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4 4.8
33% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 33% 31%
 
10.5 10.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.6 11.7
5.1 4.8 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.6 5
Key stats in Premier League 2 Division One this season:
  • All of Everton U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Everton U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Everton U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Leicester U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Leicester U21 have the fewest points (9) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Leicester U21 have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Leicester U21 have the fewest scored goals (24) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Leicester U21 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Leicester U21 have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
  • Leicester U21 have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Premier League 2 Division One

  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 City U21 24 16 5 3 73 28 12 9 2 1 37 11 12 7 3 2 36 17 45 53
2 Chelsea U21 24 12 7 5 52 35 12 5 4 3 23 17 12 7 3 2 29 18 17 43
3 Crystal Palace U21 23 11 9 3 45 33 11 4 4 3 20 20 12 7 5 0 25 13 12 42
4 Liverpool U21 24 11 7 6 41 29 13 6 4 3 24 14 11 5 3 3 17 15 12 40
5 Fulham U21 24 10 8 6 47 33 11 6 3 2 25 18 13 4 5 4 22 15 14 38
6 Brighton U21 24 10 6 8 52 45 13 8 3 2 32 21 11 2 3 6 20 24 7 36
7 Arsenal U21 24 7 10 7 35 36 12 5 5 2 24 15 12 2 5 5 11 21 -1 31
8 Everton U21 23 8 5 10 34 44 11 4 4 3 18 13 12 4 1 7 16 31 -10 29
9 Manchester United U21 24 6 10 8 42 60 11 4 4 3 21 26 13 2 6 5 21 34 -18 28
10 Blackburn Rovers U21 25 8 2 15 39 52 13 3 2 8 24 30 12 5 0 7 15 22 -13 26
11 West Ham United U21 24 7 4 13 37 48 12 4 0 8 15 24 12 3 4 5 22 24 -11 25
12 Wolves U21 24 7 4 13 31 46 12 5 2 5 21 21 12 2 2 8 10 25 -15 25
13 Tottenham U21 23 4 9 10 28 42 11 2 6 3 15 16 12 2 3 7 13 26 -14 21
14 Leicester U21 22 3 6 13 24 49 12 2 3 7 11 24 10 1 3 6 13 25 -25 15