Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crawley Town & Aston Villa U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Crawley Town and Aston Villa U21.
Crawley Town form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Crawley Town have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Broadfield Stadium.
A nice win for Crawley last time playing, versus Newport County. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Nadesan and Tilley scoring for the victors. Tilley (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Tilley scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Crawley Town lost 0-3 at Grimsby Town's place.The match schedule is unforgiving for Crawley as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Mansfield Town are visiting.
The Crawley Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Crawley Town have conceded 11 from these games.
Aston Villa U21 form and stats
Villa was sent out of EFL Trophy in the 2nd round last season.Things could have gone better for Aston Villa U21 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Aston Villa U21 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Newcastle United U21 proved too strong as Aston Villa U21 slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Southampton U21's place.A new game in only three days for Aston Villa U21, the Premier League 2 Divison Two home match versus Nottingham Forest U21. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Villa are regular goalscorers on their travels. Aston Villa U21 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Firth 4 goals |  J. Tilley 3 goals | A. Nadesan 2 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Aston Villa U21 missing players
| Crawley Town | Aston Villa U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 31 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Conceded | C | 37 | 51 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 37% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 74% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 5% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Crawley Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Aston Villa U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 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 | Stevenage | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Salford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Newport County | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United U21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | Norwich City U21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough U21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | West Brom U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Southampton U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Stoke City U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 10 | Sunderland U21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 0 |
