Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Swansea City U21 & Burnley U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Swansea City U21 form and stats
Swansea City U21 have been very solid at home in the Professional Development League so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.
Swansea City U21's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Coventry City U21. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Coventry City U21) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.
Previous to that game, a Professional Development League home match hosting Queens Park Rangers U21 in a game that was won 4-0.Swansea City U21 always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre with 22 goals in 7 league games. Swansea have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Burnley U21 form and stats
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Barnsley U21 in their previous game.
A 1-4 defeat away at Peterborough United U21 before that.Head 2 Head
Swansea City U21 missing players
Burnley U21 missing players
| Swansea City U21 | Burnley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 26% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 31% | ||
| 61% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 62% | ||
| 35% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 45% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Stoke City U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Burnley U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Swansea City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 |
| 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 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 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 |