All the facts and stats for the EFL Trophy clash: Salford City - Manchester United U21

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Wed 09.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Salford City & Manchester United U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!

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Salford City form and stats

Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the semi-finals.

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Salford City are 5-6-8 (wins-draw-losses).

The Salford City goalkeeper Chris Neal is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 229 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Salford City's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Bradford City. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Macclesfield Town with a 2-0 scoreline.

Salford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 19 games. 24 goals have been conceded.

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Manchester United U21 form and stats

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

5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Manchester United U21 in their Premier League U21 matches away.

There might be some fixture complaints from Manchester United U21 as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the EFL Trophy match against Tranmere Rovers (2-3). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Doncaster Rovers.

Manchester are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Manchester in these games.

Head 2 Head

Salford City missing players

Manchester United U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Salford City Manchester United U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
10 5   Won W   8 18
6 3   Drew D   1 2
9 6   Lost L   5 5
35 20   Scored S   19 50
23 16   Conceded C   16 22
88% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
48% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
20% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 36%
8% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 20%
48% 57%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
36% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 40%
28% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 12%
 
4.5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6
5.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
305 200   Total Shots T S   53 53
96 61   Shots on Target S O   17 17
35% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22
  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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