Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Southampton U21 & Blackburn Rovers U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League 2 Division One. That game, against Leicester U21, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Blackburn Rovers U21.
Southampton U21 form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League 2 Divison Two for Southampton U21 at their home stadium (Staplewood Training Ground) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Southampton U21's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Nottingham Forest U21.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League 2 Divison Two game against Leeds United U21 that was lost 1-2.Southampton are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (25 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, Southampton U21 have conceded 10 goals.
Blackburn Rovers U21 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Division One travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
Blackburn play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Leicester U21.
The game before that, in the Premier League 2 Division One, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Fulham U21.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Blackburn Rovers U21 have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blackburn Rovers U21 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Leonard 8 goals |
Southampton U21 missing players
Blackburn Rovers U21 missing players
| Southampton U21 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 65 | 39 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 27 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 72% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 46% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.9 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Southampton U21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Aston Villa U21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Norwich City U21 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | West Brom U21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Newcastle United U21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 29 | -36 | 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 | Manchester City U21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 34 | 41 |
| 2 | Chelsea U21 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Liverpool U21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U21 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Arsenal U21 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Manchester United U21 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Everton U21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Wolves U21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 11 | West Ham United U21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Leicester U21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -24 | 11 |
