National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Colchester United or Brighton U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Colchester United nor Brighton U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Colchester United form and stats
Last season, Colchester's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.Overall League Two results at home this season for Colchester United are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Colchester United's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 against Brighton U21. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that, Colchester United drew at home versus Hartlepool United.On the other hand, Colchester United have conceded 5 goals.
Brighton U21 form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the group stage.Brighton U21 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League 2 Division One, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Two away games in a row for Brighton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Colchester United in the EFL Trophy.
Prior to that result Brighton U21 won their away game at Leicester U21 in the Premier League 2 Division One. The scoreline was 4-1.6 goals so far away for Brighton U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other previously this season, with the final score Colchester United - Brighton U21 2-1 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Chilvers 3 goals |  T. Eastman 1 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Brighton U21 missing players
| Colchester United | Brighton U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 19 | 23 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 28 | 31 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Conceded | C | 32 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 95% | 91% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 57% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 39% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 17% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 68% | 65% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 13% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 26% | ||
| 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 12.8 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Brighton U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gillingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -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 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Barrow | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Salford City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Sutton United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Walsall | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Newport County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Stockport County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 3 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Crystal Palace U21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Manchester City U21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | Everton U21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Chelsea U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Leicester U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Wolves U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Liverpool U21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Brighton U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Tottenham U21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 12 | Manchester United U21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 13 | West Ham United U21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 0 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
