Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Brentford U21 & Blackburn Rovers 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 no vacation for neither Brentford U21 nor Blackburn Rovers 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.
Brentford U21 form and stats
Brentford's previous match was a Premier League Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-0 against Blackburn Rovers U21. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Before that one, a nice away victory at Fulham U21. A Premier League Cup game.
Blackburn Rovers U21 form and stats
6 wins, 0 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Blackburn Rovers U21 playing as the away team in the Premier League 2 Division One this season.
Two away matches in a row for Blackburn Rovers U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Brentford U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Prior to that result Blackburn Rovers U21 won their away game at Crystal Palace U21 in the Premier League 2 Division One. The scoreline was 3-0.The visiting Blackburn have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Blackburn Rovers U21 have conceded 22 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Brentford U21 - Blackburn Rovers U21 1-2. Head to head statistics (for the last two meetings): Brentford won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Blackburn Rovers U21 got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.
Brentford U21 missing players
Blackburn Rovers U21 missing players
| Brentford U21 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 6 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 90% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 72% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 56% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 49% | ||
| 7.2 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
