National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Charlton Athletic U21 or Hull City U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Charlton Athletic U21 form and stats
Charlton Athletic U21 have collected 11 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 3-2-2.
The Charlton club members got no joy from their last fixture, a Premier League Cup duel also played here at Princes Park: A 1-2 defeat against Fulham U21.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Fulham U21 in the Premier League Cup.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Charlton Athletic U21 as they have a new game in only four days, a Professional Development League match thankfully also at home. Swansea City U21 are visiting.
Charlton can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Charlton Athletic U21 with 15 goals conceded in these matches.
Hull City U21 form and stats
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League Cup home loss versus Charlton Athletic U21 with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
The game earlier was the Premier League Cup-battle against Fulham U21, a home defeat (0-6).
Head 2 Head
Hull City U21 - Charlton Athletic U21 1-2 was the result in these teams' previous head-to-head game, played this season.
Charlton Athletic U21 missing players
Hull City U21 missing players
| Charlton Athletic U21 | Hull City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 82% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 71% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 59% | ||
| 32% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 57% | 47% | ||
| 79% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 59% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 18% | ||
| 5.2 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 41% | ||
| 12.6 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | Hull City U21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 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 |
| 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 |
