Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arsenal U21 & Reading U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arsenal U21 and Reading U21.
Arsenal U21 form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League 2 Division One games here at Meadow Park for Arsenal U21. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Arsenal's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 2-3 versus Burnley U21 (in Premier League Cup).
Preceding that match was the home Premier League 2 Division One game against Tottenham U21 that was lost 1-2.Goals decide football matches and Arsenal U21 are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Arsenal have conceded 9 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Reading U21 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional Development League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The Reading U21 goalkeeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 220 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away matches in a row for Reading, whose manager Hunt could celebrate last time after the win against Bristol City U21.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Charlton Athletic U21 in the Professional Development League.Reading U21 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Sagoe Junior 4 goals | K. Edwards 3 goals |
Arsenal U21 missing players
Reading U21 missing players
| Arsenal U21 | Reading U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 26 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 27 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 41% | ||
| 8.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 31 |
| 2 | Chelsea U21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Arsenal U21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U21 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Liverpool U21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Fulham U21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Manchester United U21 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 9 | Brighton U21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | West Ham United U21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 | Wolves U21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 14 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 12 |
| 14 | Leicester U21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City U21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Millwall U21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 31 |
| 4 | Cardiff City U21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Swansea City U21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 23 |
| 6 | Reading U21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | Colchester United U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Watford U21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -33 | 3 |
