Premier League Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Blackburn Rovers U21 - Nottingham Forest U21 game

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Competition: England Premier League Cup
Competition: Tue 11.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blackburn Rovers U21 or Nottingham Forest U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers U21 nor Nottingham Forest 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.

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Blackburn Rovers U21 form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League 2 Division One this season. Blackburn Rovers U21 have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers U21's previous match was a Premier League Cup game also played at home, ending 6-1 versus Nottingham Forest U21. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.

Ahead of that match, Blackburn lost 1-3 at home to Crystal Palace U21.

A decent goal production from Blackburn Rovers U21 in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Blackburn with 25 goals conceded in these matches.

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Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest U21 playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Divison Two this season.

Two away matches in a row for Nottingham Forest U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-6 against Blackburn Rovers U21 in the Premier League Cup.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Sunderland U21's place.

Nottingham are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Nottingham Forest U21 have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended Blackburn - Nottingham Forest U21 6-1, earlier this season. One of the profiles has been Weston with 2 goals scored against Nottingham Forest U21 in these 1 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn Rovers U21H. Leonard
H. Leonard
9 goals
Nottingham Forest U21J. Larsson
J. Larsson
5 goals
Nottingham Forest U21O. Hammond
O. Hammond
4 goals

Blackburn Rovers U21 missing players

Nottingham Forest U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers U21 Nottingham Forest U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
12 4   Won W   8 15
2 2   Drew D   2 3
11 6   Lost L   5 7
54 30   Scored S   25 47
47 24   Conceded C   23 32
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 76%
88% 92%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 56%
60% 67%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 36%
40% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 24%
80% 100%   BTTS BTTS   53% 52%
8% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 40%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   13% 16%
 
4.3 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.4
6 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.4
1.7 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.5 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 10.4
4.6 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.5
48% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 42%
 
14 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11
5.4 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.2

  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 22 14 5 3 67 27 11 8 2 1 34 10 11 6 3 2 33 17 40 47
2 Chelsea U21 23 12 7 4 51 32 12 5 4 3 23 17 11 7 3 1 28 15 19 43
3 Crystal Palace U21 22 11 8 3 42 30 10 4 3 3 17 17 12 7 5 0 25 13 12 41
4 Liverpool U21 22 10 6 6 39 28 12 5 4 3 23 14 10 5 2 3 16 14 11 36
5 Fulham U21 22 9 7 6 44 31 10 5 3 2 23 17 12 4 4 4 21 14 13 34
6 Brighton U21 22 9 5 8 46 40 12 7 3 2 29 19 10 2 2 6 17 21 6 32
7 Arsenal U21 22 7 8 7 31 32 10 5 3 2 20 11 12 2 5 5 11 21 -1 29
8 Everton U21 22 8 4 10 33 43 10 4 3 3 17 12 12 4 1 7 16 31 -10 28
9 Manchester United U21 22 6 10 6 38 54 11 4 4 3 21 26 11 2 6 3 17 28 -16 28
10 Wolves U21 23 7 4 12 30 44 12 5 2 5 21 21 11 2 2 7 9 23 -14 25
11 West Ham United U21 22 7 3 12 34 44 12 4 0 8 15 24 10 3 3 4 19 20 -10 24
12 Blackburn Rovers U21 23 7 2 14 36 47 11 2 2 7 21 25 12 5 0 7 15 22 -11 23
13 Tottenham U21 22 4 9 9 26 39 11 2 6 3 15 16 11 2 3 6 11 23 -13 21
14 Leicester U21 21 2 6 13 21 47 11 1 3 7 8 22 10 1 3 6 13 25 -26 12
  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

Table
  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

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