EFL Trophy betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Accrington Stanley - Leicester U21 game

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 05.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Accrington Stanley or Leicester U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.

The hosts Accrington saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. This match was also played here at Wham Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Leicester U21 have had more rest.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Last season, Accrington's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.

4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Accrington Stanley have to build on here at Wham Stadium in the League One.

The Accrington supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ipswich Town in League One and win 2-1. The gifted forward Harry Pell bested all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.93 out of 10. Pell scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Heartbreak before that as Accrington Stanley lost 1-5 at Oxford United's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Accrington Stanley matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and zero defeats (from four games).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Accrington, as the League One home game vs Fleetwood Town is only four days away.

Accrington are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Accrington have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Leicester U21 form and stats

Leicester U21's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leicester U21 so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-9 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Leicester are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There might be some fixture complaints from Leicester as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the EFL Trophy match against Fleetwood Town (1-4).

A 2-4 defeat away at Tranmere Rovers before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Leicester when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Leicester have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Leicester U21's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 31 goals in 11 travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyM. Nottingham
M. Nottingham
3 goals
AccringtonM. Butcher
M. Butcher
3 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
3 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Leicester U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Accrington Stanley Leicester U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   21 25
12 6   Won W   8 9
7 4   Drew D   5 5
6 2   Lost L   8 11
38 17   Scored S   35 38
35 16   Conceded C   40 46
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 88%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   86% 80%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   48% 40%
20% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 16%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   81% 68%
32% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 12%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   10% 20%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.8
4.5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.8 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.4
5.2 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.9
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 43%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fleetwood Town 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Barrow 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
3 Accrington Stanley 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Leicester U21 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 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 Wigan Athletic 10 7 1 2 17 7 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 10 22
2 Sunderland 10 7 1 2 18 11 6 6 0 0 14 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 7 22
3 Plymouth Argyle 11 5 5 1 17 10 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 2 1 8 6 7 20
4 Rotherham United 11 6 2 3 16 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 7 20
5 Wycombe Wanderers 10 6 2 2 16 12 4 4 0 0 9 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 4 20
6 Milton Keynes Dons 11 5 4 2 21 15 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 11 9 6 19
7 Bolton Wanderers 11 5 3 3 20 15 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 3 1 2 13 8 5 18
8 Oxford United 11 5 3 3 17 12 6 4 2 0 12 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 18
9 Burton Albion 11 4 4 3 10 12 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 1 2 2 2 6 -2 16
10 Accrington Stanley 11 5 1 5 14 20 5 4 0 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 7 14 -6 16
11 Portsmouth 11 4 3 4 14 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 15
12 Sheffield Wednesday 10 4 3 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 1 15
13 Morecambe 11 4 2 5 20 18 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 1 1 3 9 10 2 14
14 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 4 4 17 19 5 1 3 1 8 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 -2 13
15 Cambridge United 10 3 4 3 14 16 6 2 2 2 8 10 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 13
16 Lincoln City 11 3 3 5 14 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 9 9 -1 12
17 Cheltenham Town 11 3 3 5 11 20 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 6 13 -9 12
18 Gillingham 11 2 5 4 11 15 5 1 2 2 5 9 6 1 3 2 6 6 -4 11
19 Ipswich Town 10 2 4 4 19 18 6 1 4 1 15 12 4 1 0 3 4 6 1 10
20 Fleetwood Town 10 2 4 4 17 18 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 1 3 2 11 11 -1 10
21 Charlton Athletic 11 2 3 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 -6 9
22 Crewe Alexandra 11 1 5 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 3 8 -6 8
23 Shrewsbury Town 11 2 2 7 8 16 6 2 1 3 6 9 5 0 1 4 2 7 -8 8
24 Doncaster Rovers 10 2 1 7 6 18 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 0 6 2 15 -12 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 Manchester United U21 22 15 3 4 44 19 11 10 1 0 31 6 11 5 2 4 13 13 25 48
2 Sunderland U21 22 13 4 5 38 20 11 7 2 2 18 10 11 6 2 3 20 10 18 43
3 Everton U21 22 10 7 5 35 27 11 6 4 1 21 12 11 4 3 4 14 15 8 37
4 Manchester City U21 22 10 4 8 35 26 11 6 2 3 20 12 11 4 2 5 15 14 9 34
5 Chelsea U21 22 9 6 7 34 30 11 4 2 5 18 16 11 5 4 2 16 14 4 33
6 Southampton U21 22 8 6 8 39 40 11 3 5 3 14 15 11 5 1 5 25 25 -1 30
7 Liverpool U21 22 8 4 10 26 37 11 5 1 5 12 18 11 3 3 5 14 19 -11 28
8 Tottenham U21 22 7 6 9 44 43 11 3 2 6 26 27 11 4 4 3 18 16 1 27
9 Reading U21 22 7 6 9 34 40 11 5 2 4 16 20 11 2 4 5 18 20 -6 27
10 Leicester U21 22 6 3 13 25 48 11 4 3 4 12 17 11 2 0 9 13 31 -23 21
11 Middlesbrough U21 22 5 5 12 33 37 11 3 2 6 16 17 11 2 3 6 17 20 -4 20
12 Norwich City U21 22 5 4 13 30 50 11 3 3 5 21 22 11 2 1 8 9 28 -20 19

Accrington Stanley:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fleetwood Town 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Barrow 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
3 Accrington Stanley 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Leicester U21 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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