National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bristol City U21 or Nottingham Forest U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bristol City 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.
Bristol City U21 form and stats
Bristol City U21 have performed here this season with 6 wins from 10 Professional Development League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
The home club members witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Nottingham Forest U21 in the Premier League Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
In the match before that, Bristol City U21 hosted Millwall U21 and drew the Professional Development League game 0-0.Bristol City U21 can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 22 times. Bristol are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
Nottingham Forest U21's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Nottingham Forest U21 collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Nottingham Forest U21 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Aaron Bott. It's been 330 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League 2 Divison Two.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Bristol City U21 in their previous outing. The Premier League Cup battle ended 0-0.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League 2 Divison Two victory against Southampton U21 with the score of 2-0.10 goals have been conceded by Nottingham in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Hammond 3 goals | J. Larsson 3 goals |
Bristol City U21 missing players
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
| Bristol City U21 | Nottingham Forest U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 30 | Scored | S | 23 | 44 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 75% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 54% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 33% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 25% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 42% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 17% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 47% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millwall U21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 42 |
| 2 | Bristol City U21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | Reading U21 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Cardiff City U21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 32 |
| 5 | Swansea City U21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town U21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Colchester United U21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Watford U21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -38 | 7 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Southampton U21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Aston Villa U21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Norwich City U21 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | West Brom U21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Newcastle United U21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 29 | -36 | 1 |
