Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crawley Town & Southampton 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 team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the FA Cup. This match was also played here at The People's Pension Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Southampton U21 have had more rest.
Crawley Town form and stats
Last season, Crawley Town's EFL Trophy journey ended in the group stage.Crawley Town have played 8 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Crawley with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Rochdale game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Crawley fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at The People's Pension Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Tranmere Rovers.
Preceding that match was the home League Two game against Port Vale that was lost 1-4.There will be little rest for Crawley after this match as they are travelling to Swindon Town for a League Two game in only four days.
Crawley Town has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Southampton U21 form and stats
Southampton was sent out of EFL Trophy in the group stage last season.The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U21.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Southampton, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Charlton Athletic.
Prior to that match, the Southampton U21 manager D. Horseman faced defeat when travelling to Leyton Orient and losing 0-1.Southampton U21 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 11 away matches. Southampton have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Appiah 6 goals | J. Hessenthaler 3 goals | N. Tsaroulla 2 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Southampton U21 missing players
| Crawley Town | Southampton U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 20 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 13 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 26 | 33 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 44 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 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 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Southampton U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 4 | Crawley Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
| 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 |