Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sheffield United U21 & Newcastle United U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Professional Development League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Crewe Alexandra U21, was also a home game here at Bramall Lane. The away team is better rested.
Sheffield United U21 form and stats
Sheffield United U21 are steadily winning Professional Development League games and points here at Bramall Lane. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
Sheffield United U21 are confident in defense, having played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Sheffield last time playing, versus Crewe Alexandra U21. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0.
Preceding that result, a home victory hosting Bristol City U21 in the Premier League Cup.
A decent goal production from Sheffield United U21 in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Sheffield United U21 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bramall Lane in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Newcastle United U21 form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League 2 Divison Two matches, Newcastle United U21 have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Premier League Cup home defeat versus Crystal Palace U21 with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A defeat, in the Premier League Cup away at Bristol City U21, before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Newcastle's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. The Newcastle United U21 manager Dickman has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Stephenson 5 goals | J. Scott 4 goals |  J. White 3 goals |
Sheffield United U21 missing players
Newcastle United U21 missing players
| Sheffield United U21 | Newcastle United U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 19 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 16 | 18 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 49 | 55 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 96% | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 68% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 8% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 48% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 12.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crystal Palace U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Bristol City U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sheffield United U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Newcastle United U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -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 | Sheffield United U21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 3 | Burnley U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 4 | Hull City U21 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Birmingham City U21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Peterborough United U21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Coventry City U21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Barnsley U21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -21 | 12 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra U21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 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 |
