It's the EFL Trophy: Portsmouth and Aston Villa U21 face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 04.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Portsmouth or Aston Villa U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.

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 Portsmouth and Aston Villa U21.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the EFL Trophy.

Portsmouth have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The regulars are hoping that Portsmouth will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Ipswich Town. Bishop, a striker, was the declared top performer for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.4 (out of 10). Bishop scored two goals and hit two key passes.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League One home game that ended 2-2 versus Plymouth Argyle.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Fleetwood Town in only four days. This game is also played here at Fratton Park.

Goals decide football matches and Portsmouth are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches.

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Aston Villa U21 form and stats

Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.

Four points from two away games for Aston Villa U21, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League 2 Divison Two so far.

Villa's previous game was their home loss versus West Brom U21 (2-6). Aston Villa U21 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one.

Before that, Aston Villa U21 travelled to Stoke City U21 and returned home with a draw after the Premier League 2 Divison Two game finished 3-3.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aston Villa U21 manager Carss as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Southampton U21.

7 goals so far away for Aston Villa U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
7 goals
Aston Villa U21D. Firth
D. Firth
4 goals
PortsmouthC. Ogilvie
C. Ogilvie
3 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Aston Villa U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Aston Villa U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   12 16
14 7   Won W   4 4
6 2   Drew D   1 3
5 1   Lost L   7 9
51 22   Scored S   23 30
32 12   Conceded C   30 42
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
64% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   92% 88%
48% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   58% 56%
32% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 38%
60% 70%   BTTS BTTS   75% 81%
32% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 6%
16% 20%   Failed to Score F T   17% 12%
 
3.7 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.6
4.6 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   8.5 8.1
1 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.1 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10
3.4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.3
65% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 43%
 
10.8 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 14.3
2.9 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 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 Crawley Town 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
3 Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Aston Villa U21 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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 Plymouth Argyle 11 8 1 2 19 12 5 5 0 0 8 1 6 3 1 2 11 11 7 25
2 Ipswich Town 11 7 3 1 22 10 5 3 2 0 11 5 6 4 1 1 11 5 12 24
3 Sheffield Wednesday 11 7 2 2 21 10 6 3 2 1 14 8 5 4 0 1 7 2 11 23
4 Portsmouth 10 6 3 1 21 11 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 21
5 Barnsley 11 6 2 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 20
6 Bolton Wanderers 10 6 2 2 13 6 6 5 0 1 10 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 7 20
7 Peterborough United 11 6 0 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 12 1 6 2 0 4 8 11 8 18
8 Derby County 10 5 2 3 11 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 17
9 Accrington Stanley 11 4 4 3 14 13 6 2 3 1 10 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 16
10 Cambridge United 11 5 1 5 14 18 6 4 0 2 9 9 5 1 1 3 5 9 -4 16
11 Exeter City 11 4 3 4 18 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 15
12 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -2 15
13 Lincoln City 10 3 4 3 14 16 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 12 -2 13
14 Charlton Athletic 11 2 6 3 15 15 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 12
15 Fleetwood Town 10 2 6 2 9 9 6 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 12
16 Port Vale 11 3 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 12
17 Cheltenham Town 10 3 2 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 7 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -2 11
18 Oxford United 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 11
19 Wycombe Wanderers 11 3 2 6 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 1 1 4 7 12 -3 11
20 Milton Keynes Dons 10 3 1 6 11 14 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 6 6 -3 10
21 Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -7 9
22 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 2 7 10 25 6 1 0 5 4 14 5 1 2 2 6 11 -15 8
23 Burton Albion 11 2 1 8 14 26 5 1 0 4 3 11 6 1 1 4 11 15 -12 7
24 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 8 21 5 0 2 3 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 11 -13 7
  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 6 5 1 0 24 8 4 3 1 0 17 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 16 16
2 Middlesbrough U21 7 4 2 1 18 10 5 3 1 1 11 6 2 1 1 0 7 4 8 14
3 Norwich City U21 6 4 2 0 15 9 3 3 0 0 9 5 3 1 2 0 6 4 6 14
4 Southampton U21 5 3 1 1 13 9 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 8 7 4 10
5 West Brom U21 5 3 1 1 14 11 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 10 9 3 10
6 Newcastle United U21 6 2 1 3 10 9 3 2 0 1 6 2 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 7
7 Aston Villa U21 5 1 2 2 13 14 3 0 1 2 6 11 2 1 1 0 7 3 -1 5
8 Sunderland U21 6 1 1 4 9 13 2 0 1 1 3 7 4 1 0 3 6 6 -4 4
9 Stoke City U21 5 1 1 3 5 14 2 0 1 1 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 8 -9 4
10 Nottingham Forest U21 5 1 0 4 5 14 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 7 -9 3
11 Derby County U21 6 0 0 6 5 20 2 0 0 2 2 9 4 0 0 4 3 11 -15 0

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 AFC Wimbledon 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
2 Crawley Town 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
3 Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Aston Villa U21 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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