Fasten your seatbelts for one of the major highlights of the season: The MLS Next Pro Invitational final where Hoffenheim II and Crystal Palace U21 will do all they can to write themselves into the history books. Game on!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hoffenheim II form and stats
Hoffenheim's previous match was a MLS Next Pro Invitational game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against Colorado Rapids II. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Previous to that game, a Regionalliga: Südwest home match hosting Homburg in a game that was won 2-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hoffenheim II as they are travelling to their away game against Real Monarchs in the MLS Next Pro Invitational. That match is three days after this one.
Crystal Palace U21 form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League 2 Division One.
Two away games in a row for Crystal Palace U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Real Monarchs in the MLS Next Pro Invitational.
The fixture before was the Premier League International Cup-battle against PSV U21 (after extra-time), a home loss (1-3).
A new game in only four days for Crystal, the MLS Next Pro Invitational home match versus Whitecaps FC II. Busy days.
Crystal Palace U21 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Crystal have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ola-Adebomi 8 goals | V. Akinwale 6 goals |  J. Wells-Morrison 5 goals |
Hoffenheim II missing players
Crystal Palace U21 missing players
| Hoffenheim II | Crystal Palace U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | ||
| 62 | 45 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 48% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 48% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 80 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 49 | 59 |
| 2 | Liverpool U21 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Chelsea U21 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U21 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Brighton U21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Arsenal U21 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Everton U21 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 32 |
| 9 | Manchester United U21 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 64 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 34 | -18 | 30 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | West Ham United U21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Wolves U21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -12 | 28 |
| 14 | Leicester U21 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
