National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Huddersfield Town U21 or Watford U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Huddersfield Town U21 and Watford 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.
Huddersfield Town U21 form and stats
When playing at home in the league, Huddersfield Town U21 have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 0 games.
Huddersfield's previous match was a Premier League Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 versus Middlesbrough U21. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Ahead of that fixture, a home win against West Brom U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Watford U21 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Watford U21 so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-7 (win-draw-lose).
Watford U21 have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 275 minutes ago. Grieves was the goal scorer.
The regulars enjoyed Watford's previous fixture versus West Brom U21, a Premier League Cup win (4-3) played at home.
A defeat, in the Premier League Cup away at Middlesbrough U21, earlier.
A quick return to home after this game, as Watford U21 are hosting Barnsley U21 in the Professional Development League only four days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Watford U21's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 8 matches. There are big problems for the Watford defense as they have conceded 25 goals in 8 away games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides met previously this campaign; Watford U21 - Huddersfield Town U21 1-2.
Huddersfield Town U21 missing players
Watford U21 missing players
| Huddersfield Town U21 | Watford U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 10 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 33 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 81% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 69% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 70% | 62% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 10% | 25% | ||
| 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 90% | 75% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 15.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 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 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Watford U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Watford U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 32 |
| 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 | Ipswich Town U21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 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 |
