Rotherham United vs Manchester City U21 in EFL Trophy preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rotherham United or Manchester City U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.

The hosts Rotherham saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. That game was an away game at Milton Keynes Dons, so at least Rotherham are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.

4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Rotherham United so far this season.

The Rotherham United goalkeeper Josh Vickers is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.

A good away victory last time out for Rotherham, who won 3-0 against Milton Keynes Dons. Midfielder Daniel Barlaser was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.72 (out of ten) in that game. Barlaser scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

In the match before that, Rotherham hosted Wycombe Wanderers and drew the League One game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotherham handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and two defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Sunderland in only four days. This game is also played here at AESSEAL New York Stadium.

Rotherham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AESSEAL New York Stadium with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Rotherham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Manchester City U21 form and stats

They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the 2nd round.

The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U21.

Manchester City U21 are travelling again after losing away to Doncaster Rovers in their previous match (1-2).

Preceding that game was the away EFL Trophy victory against Scunthorpe United with the score of 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where Manchester City U21 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, one draw and zero defeats.

Manchester have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Manchester in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
9 goals
Rotherham UnitedB. Wiles
B. Wiles
4 goals
RotherhamF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
2 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Manchester City U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Manchester City U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   23 25
13 5   Won W   9 10
7 3   Drew D   6 6
5 4   Lost L   8 9
53 20   Scored S   41 43
19 13   Conceded C   31 32
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 88%
40% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 60%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 12%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   65% 60%
48% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 28%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   9% 12%
 
6.2 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.4
4.3 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.2
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
2 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.3 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.5
4.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.4
36% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 2 2 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 9 6
2 Manchester City U21 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 3
3 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 0 1 2 7 2 1 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 3
4 Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -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 Plymouth Argyle 15 8 6 1 26 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 13 30
2 Wycombe Wanderers 14 9 3 2 22 13 6 6 0 0 13 6 8 3 3 2 9 7 9 30
3 Wigan Athletic 13 9 1 3 24 9 7 4 1 2 9 6 6 5 0 1 15 3 15 28
4 Sunderland 13 9 1 3 24 13 7 6 0 1 14 4 6 3 1 2 10 9 11 28
5 Rotherham United 14 8 3 3 23 10 8 4 2 2 14 8 6 4 1 1 9 2 13 27
6 Oxford United 14 7 3 4 23 16 8 5 2 1 15 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 24
7 Milton Keynes Dons 14 6 4 4 23 20 7 4 1 2 10 9 7 2 3 2 13 11 3 22
8 Burton Albion 15 6 4 5 16 19 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 2 2 3 4 8 -3 22
9 Sheffield Wednesday 14 5 6 3 15 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 8 2 4 2 8 9 2 21
10 Ipswich Town 14 5 5 4 29 22 8 3 4 1 19 14 6 2 1 3 10 8 7 20
11 Accrington Stanley 14 6 2 6 19 25 6 4 1 1 9 8 8 2 1 5 10 17 -6 20
12 Bolton Wanderers 15 5 4 6 22 25 7 2 3 2 9 13 8 3 1 4 13 12 -3 19
13 Cheltenham Town 14 5 3 6 17 24 7 4 1 2 9 8 7 1 2 4 8 16 -7 18
14 AFC Wimbledon 14 4 5 5 20 23 7 1 4 2 10 11 7 3 1 3 10 12 -3 17
15 Lincoln City 14 4 4 6 17 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 2 2 3 10 10 -1 16
16 Portsmouth 14 4 4 6 17 20 6 3 1 2 10 8 8 1 3 4 7 12 -3 16
17 Morecambe 14 4 3 7 24 25 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 12 16 -1 15
18 Cambridge United 13 3 6 4 18 23 8 2 4 2 11 13 5 1 2 2 7 10 -5 15
19 Gillingham 15 3 6 6 15 21 7 2 2 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 8 10 -6 15
20 Shrewsbury Town 15 4 2 9 14 21 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 0 1 6 3 11 -7 14
21 Fleetwood Town 13 3 4 6 21 21 6 2 1 3 9 8 7 1 3 3 12 13 0 13
22 Charlton Athletic 14 3 3 8 16 23 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 2 1 4 8 10 -7 12
23 Doncaster Rovers 13 3 1 9 9 23 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 0 0 7 2 16 -14 10
24 Crewe Alexandra 14 1 5 8 10 24 6 1 2 3 6 11 8 0 3 5 4 13 -14 8
  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 Rotherham United 2 2 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 9 6
2 Manchester City U21 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 3
3 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 0 1 2 7 2 1 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 3
4 Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 0

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