All the facts and stats for the EFL Trophy clash: Forest Green Rovers - Chelsea U21

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 30.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forest Green 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!

Forest have less rest than Chelsea U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only three days ago. This match was also played here at The New Lawn. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Chelsea U21 have had more rest.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers have reached this EFL Trophy stage through battling and winning against Northampton Town, Walsall and Brighton U21. Last season, Forest's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.

Forest Green Rovers are steadily winning League Two games and points here at The New Lawn. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Forest Green Rovers has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at The New Lawn after three straight home wins.

The Forest Green Rovers goalkeeper Luke McGee is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Forest's last game was hosting Bristol Rovers and winning 2-0. Jamille Matt, who usually features in attack, was the champion player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Matt scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Forest had a League Two home game versus Barrow which ended with a victory 2-0.

Forest have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The New Lawn with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Forest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chelsea U21 form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Cheltenham Town, Exeter City and Bristol Rovers in order to reach 2nd round of EFL Trophy. Chelsea U21's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.

The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U21. Total EFL Trophy statistics for Chelsea U21: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Chelsea are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Cheltenham Town (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).

Preceding that game was the away EFL Trophy victory against Bristol Rovers with the score of 2-1.

Chelsea U21 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Chelsea in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
10 goals
ForestM. Stevens
M. Stevens
10 goals
Forest Green RoversN. Cadden
N. Cadden
5 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Chelsea U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Forest Green Rovers Chelsea U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   21 25
14 6   Won W   9 11
7 4   Drew D   6 6
4 2   Lost L   6 8
45 21   Scored S   38 44
25 14   Conceded C   28 33
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 96%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 84%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 68%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 36%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 16%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   62% 60%
40% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 28%
16% 25%   Failed to Score F T   14% 16%
 
6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.4
4.4 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.6
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.7 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.1
4.9 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5
38% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 37%
 
10.8 10   Shots against (avg) S A   12.8 13.3
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5.4

  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 18 12 4 2 34 14 9 6 1 2 16 9 9 6 3 0 18 5 20 40
2 Northampton Town 19 10 4 5 25 15 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 3 3 3 9 8 10 34
3 Exeter City 19 8 9 2 31 21 9 5 4 0 16 8 10 3 5 2 15 13 10 33
4 Swindon Town 18 9 6 3 28 18 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 7 2 0 18 7 10 33
5 Port Vale 19 9 5 5 32 20 10 5 3 2 16 8 9 4 2 3 16 12 12 32
6 Sutton United 19 10 2 7 28 22 9 6 0 3 16 9 10 4 2 4 12 13 6 32
7 Harrogate Town 19 8 6 5 33 24 9 3 4 2 16 12 10 5 2 3 17 12 9 30
8 Leyton Orient 19 6 10 3 32 17 9 5 3 1 19 4 10 1 7 2 13 13 15 28
9 Newport County 19 7 7 5 30 23 8 3 3 2 15 8 11 4 4 3 15 15 7 28
10 Tranmere Rovers 18 7 5 6 15 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 9 1 5 3 5 8 1 26
11 Salford City 19 6 6 7 22 19 11 4 5 2 13 7 8 2 1 5 9 12 3 24
12 Bradford City 19 5 9 5 25 23 9 3 5 1 15 11 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 24
13 Rochdale 19 5 9 5 24 24 10 2 5 3 11 12 9 3 4 2 13 12 0 24
14 Walsall 19 6 6 7 21 23 9 3 3 3 12 13 10 3 3 4 9 10 -2 24
15 Mansfield Town 19 6 5 8 21 25 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 2 2 5 7 13 -4 23
16 Bristol Rovers 19 6 5 8 22 29 9 4 1 4 12 14 10 2 4 4 10 15 -7 23
17 Hartlepool United 19 7 2 10 20 30 9 6 1 2 14 10 10 1 1 8 6 20 -10 23
18 Colchester United 18 5 6 7 16 22 10 3 3 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 6 10 -6 21
19 Crawley Town 18 6 3 9 20 28 10 3 3 4 12 16 8 3 0 5 8 12 -8 21
20 Barrow 19 4 7 8 20 24 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 2 3 5 9 12 -4 19
21 Stevenage 18 4 6 8 15 30 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 2 6 6 20 -15 18
22 Carlisle United 19 3 7 9 13 28 10 2 5 3 6 9 9 1 2 6 7 19 -15 16
23 Oldham Athletic 19 4 3 12 16 30 9 2 1 6 10 16 10 2 2 6 6 14 -14 15
24 Scunthorpe United 19 2 8 9 15 35 10 2 4 4 8 15 9 0 4 5 7 20 -20 14
  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 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

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