Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Milton Keynes Dons & Chelsea 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 no vacation for neither Milton Keynes Dons nor Chelsea 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.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.Perfect League Two season at home so far for Milton Keynes Dons 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Keynes's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Doncaster Rovers. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Colchester United.This is expected to be a close game, with Milton Keynes Dons perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Milton Keynes Dons as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Milton Keynes Dons has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Milton Keynes Dons after this match as they are travelling to Crewe Alexandra for a League Two game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Milton Keynes Dons at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Chelsea U21 form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League 2 Division One.
Chelsea play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Norwich City U21. Stutter has scored at least one goal for the away side three games in a row. The ability!
A 2-3 loss hosting Brighton U21 before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Chelsea U21 in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Chelsea U21, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting West Brom U21 in just three days.
Chelsea U21 have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stutter 5 goals |  M. Eisa 4 goals |  J. Leko 2 goals |
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
Chelsea U21 missing players
| Milton Keynes Dons | Chelsea U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 27 | 55 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | ||
| 14.3 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Chelsea U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Milton Keynes Dons | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Gillingham | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Notts County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | AFC Wimbledon | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Barrow | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Walsall | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Fulham U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Reading U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Liverpool U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Brighton U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | West Ham United U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Leeds United U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | West Brom U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Sunderland U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Norwich City U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Manchester United U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 16 | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Newcastle United U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Southampton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Crystal Palace U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Leicester U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Stoke City U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 22 | Derby County U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 23 | Aston Villa U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Manchester City U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 1 |
| 25 | Everton U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| 26 | Wolves U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
