Nottingham Forest U21 bring their bags for Middlesbrough U21 and Heritage Park full of optimism, but the host team is hard to beat. More news on the game here!
- Middlesbrough U21 have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Nottingham Forest U21 have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League Cup game only three days ago. That game, against Blackburn Rovers U21, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nottingham Forest U21.
Middlesbrough U21 form and stats
The complete Premier League 2 Divison Two statistics playing at home this season for Middlesbrough U21 are 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). The Middlesbrough U21 manager Crager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Middlesbrough manager Crager and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Newcastle United U21 (placed 9th).
In the preceding match a 5-1 victory visiting Derby County U21.Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league matches reveals that 11 of them had goals from both teams.
The Middlesbrough U21 manager Crager has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Middlesbrough U21 with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.
Two away matches in a row for Nottingham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-6 versus Blackburn Rovers U21 in the Premier League Cup.
A 1-3 defeat away at Sunderland U21 before that.Nottingham Forest U21 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Nottingham in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Nottingham Forest U21 - Middlesbrough U21 1-4.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sivi 5 goals |  J. Larsson 5 goals |
Middlesbrough U21 missing players
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
| Middlesbrough U21 | Nottingham Forest U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 45 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 45 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 56% | 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 33% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 42% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 82% | 42% | 45% |
| 9 | 8.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- All of Middlesbrough U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Middlesbrough U21 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Middlesbrough U21 have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Middlesbrough U21 have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Middlesbrough U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nottingham Forest U21 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Nottingham Forest U21 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Nottingham Forest U21 have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Nottingham Forest U21 have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Nottingham Forest U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Leeds United U21 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Southampton U21 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | West Brom U21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Norwich City U21 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Newcastle United U21 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 12 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 29 | -51 | 1 |
