National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fulham U21 or Nottingham Forest U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Fulham U21 and Nottingham Forest U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fulham U21 form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League 2 Division One numbers at home for Fulham U21 so far this season.
Fulham are returning here after guesting Hull City U21 in a Premier League Cup game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline.
Before that, a fine away win at Nottingham Forest U21. A Premier League Cup game.
Goals decide football matches and Fulham U21 are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches. Fulham U21 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Motspur Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
Playing away, Nottingham Forest U21 have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League 2 Divison Two this season.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Premier League Cup home defeat versus Charlton Athletic U21 with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, the victory at home against Hull City U21 in the Premier League Cup (1-0).
Nottingham are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Nottingham Forest U21 have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nottingham Forest U21 - Fulham 0-2 was the outcome when these squads previously met, also in this season. One of the profiles has been Jasper with 2 goals scored against Nottingham Forest U21 in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  O. O'Neill 7 goals |   A. Konate 5 goals |
Fulham U21 missing players
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
| Fulham U21 | Nottingham Forest U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 36 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 79% | ||
| 60% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 71% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 21% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 12.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 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 | Arsenal U21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Liverpool U21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Manchester City U21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Chelsea U21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace U21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Fulham U21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 19 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Wolves U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Manchester United U21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 10 |
| 12 | Leicester U21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 13 | West Ham United U21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 8 |
| 14 | Tottenham U21 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -18 | 6 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 25 |
| 2 | Southampton U21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 0 |
