National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bristol Rovers or Crystal Palace U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.Bristol Rovers's results here at Memorial Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The home team returns to Memorial Stadium after drawing with Exeter City on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Rossiter (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Rossiter dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home League One game against Accrington Stanley that was lost 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol Rovers handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bristol Rovers as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Cambridge United are visiting.
The Bristol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches.
Crystal Palace U21 form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the group stage.Crystal Palace U21 are happy with their away performances in the Premier League 2 Division One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Two trips in a row for Crystal Palace U21, whose manager McCarthy could celebrate last time after the win against West Ham United U21.
A draw for Crystal before that, at their own venue hosting Chelsea U21 (3-3).Crystal Palace U21 create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Collins 6 goals |  J. Gordon 6 goals | R. Loft 4 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Crystal Palace U21 missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Crystal Palace U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 47 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 91% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 73% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 27% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 45% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 18% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 50% | ||
| 12 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 13.1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Crystal Palace U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 7 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 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 City U21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Crystal Palace U21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Arsenal U21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Everton U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Liverpool U21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Chelsea U21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Leicester U21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Wolves U21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Manchester United U21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 4 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 3 |
| 14 | West Ham United U21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 1 |
