Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cardiff City 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!
Cardiff City U21 have less rest than Reading U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sunderland U21.
Cardiff City U21 form and stats
Cardiff City U21 are steadily winning Professional Development League games and points here at Cardiff International Sports Stadium. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Cardiff City U21 are returning here after guesting Sunderland U21 in a Premier League Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Professional Development League match versus Birmingham City U21 with a 2-0 scoreline.Cardiff are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Cardiff International Sports Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. Cardiff City U21 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).
Reading U21 form and stats
3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reading U21 in their Professional Development League matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Reading, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Wolves U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Before that one, a nice away victory 7-2 at Ipswich Town U21.As for defending, Reading U21 rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Reading U21 - Cardiff City U21 1-0 was the score in these teams' latest H2H fixture, played this season. Numbers for the former two meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Cardiff, zero draws and one win for Reading U21. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Cardiff City U21 missing players
Reading U21 missing players
| Cardiff City U21 | Reading U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 6 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 32 | 44 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 31 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 53% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 48% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 44% | ||
| 11.2 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Wolves U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Cardiff City U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sunderland U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 3 | Cardiff City U21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 4 | Swansea City U21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 23 |
| 5 | Reading U21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Colchester United U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 14 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Watford U21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -33 | 3 |
