Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Scunthorpe United & Manchester City U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Scunthorpe United have less rest than Manchester City U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Carlisle United, was also a home game here at The Park Avenue Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Only two League Two home games for Scunthorpe United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Scunthorpe United's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Carlisle United. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Crawley Town in the League Two.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Scunthorpe handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, three draws and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Scunthorpe as they are travelling to their away game against Tranmere Rovers in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Scunthorpe United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Manchester City U21 form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U21.
Two travels in a row for Manchester, whose manager P. Harsley could celebrate last time after the EFL Trophy win against Mansfield Town. It was a EFL Trophy defeat before that one as the away game against Scunthorpe United wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
Manchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.
Manchester find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Manchester have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Scunthorpe United missing players
Manchester City U21 missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Manchester City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 21 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 33 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 29 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 304 | 158 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 144 | ||
| 104 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 52 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Newport County | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Crawley Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Salford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Stevenage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Walsall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Exeter City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Barrow | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| 24 | Southend United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 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 | 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 |