It's the EFL Trophy: Bristol Rovers and Chelsea U21 face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Wed 13.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (1500 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bristol Rovers & Chelsea U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!

These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the League Two. Thankfully the previous game, versus Carlisle United, was also a home game here at Memorial Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the EFL Trophy.

Bristol Rovers have played 6 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Bristol's last game was hosting Carlisle United and winning 3-0. Defender Cian Harries got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Harries hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Swindon Town with the scoreline 1-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol Rovers as a small favourite), we find ten games. Bristol Rovers has won four of these, drawn two and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bristol as they are travelling to their away game against Bradford City in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Bristol Rovers has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Bristol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chelsea U21 form and stats

Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.

As the visiting team in Premier League U21 matches, Chelsea U21 have produced an overall stat of 5-4-2 so far.

Chelsea are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Exeter City (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).

A 3-4 defeat away at Bristol Rovers before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chelsea U21 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Chelsea wins, one draw and two defeats.

Chelsea have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Chelsea have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bristol Rovers-Chelsea U21 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Bristol Rovers two wins, Chelsea U21 zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BristolS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
2 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Chelsea U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol Rovers Chelsea U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   20 25
7 6   Won W   9 11
5 2   Drew D   5 6
13 7   Lost L   6 8
23 15   Scored S   39 45
33 18   Conceded C   28 33
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
68% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 84%
36% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 68%
16% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 40%
8% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 16%
48% 33%   BTTS BTTS   65% 60%
20% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 28%
36% 40%   Failed to Score F T   10% 16%
 
4.7 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.2
4.6 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.8
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 0.8
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.4 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.2
3.5 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.8
26% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 40%

  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 Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Exeter City 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
3 Cheltenham Town 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
4 Chelsea U21 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 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 Forest Green Rovers 11 7 2 2 20 10 6 3 1 2 9 8 5 4 1 0 11 2 10 23
2 Harrogate Town 11 6 4 1 23 13 6 3 3 0 14 7 5 3 1 1 9 6 10 22
3 Swindon Town 11 5 4 2 14 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 19
4 Port Vale 11 5 3 3 16 12 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 18
5 Tranmere Rovers 11 5 3 3 8 4 6 5 0 1 8 2 5 0 3 2 0 2 4 18
6 Leyton Orient 11 4 5 2 19 11 5 3 1 1 9 2 6 1 4 1 10 9 8 17
7 Sutton United 10 5 2 3 16 11 5 4 0 1 12 6 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 17
8 Hartlepool United 11 5 2 4 11 10 6 5 1 0 9 3 5 0 1 4 2 7 1 17
9 Crawley Town 11 5 2 4 14 15 5 3 2 0 8 5 6 2 0 4 6 10 -1 17
10 Exeter City 11 3 7 1 16 10 5 2 3 0 8 3 6 1 4 1 8 7 6 16
11 Barrow 11 4 4 3 15 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 16
12 Bradford City 11 4 4 3 14 11 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 1 2 3 4 7 3 16
13 Newport County 11 4 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 2 1 3 6 9 0 15
14 Northampton Town 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 2 1 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 -1 15
15 Stevenage 11 3 4 4 11 15 6 2 3 1 7 8 5 1 1 3 4 7 -4 13
16 Bristol Rovers 11 4 1 6 12 17 6 3 0 3 7 8 5 1 1 3 5 9 -5 13
17 Salford City 11 3 3 5 12 12 6 2 3 1 7 4 5 1 0 4 5 8 0 12
18 Rochdale 11 3 3 5 12 14 6 1 2 3 3 5 5 2 1 2 9 9 -2 12
19 Walsall 11 3 3 5 13 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 5 0 2 3 4 8 -3 12
20 Colchester United 10 2 4 4 7 11 4 0 1 3 1 5 6 2 3 1 6 6 -4 10
21 Mansfield Town 11 2 4 5 10 15 7 2 2 3 8 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 -5 10
22 Carlisle United 11 2 4 5 9 18 5 1 3 1 5 6 6 1 1 4 4 12 -9 10
23 Oldham Athletic 11 2 2 7 6 16 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 2 1 3 4 8 -10 8
24 Scunthorpe United 11 1 4 6 7 23 5 1 1 3 3 9 6 0 3 3 4 14 -16 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

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 Bristol Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Exeter City 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
3 Cheltenham Town 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
4 Chelsea U21 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

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