Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tranmere Rovers & Leicester 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 Tranmere nor Leicester 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.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Tranmere Rovers's previous game, also at home. Visiting Grimsby Town travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Midfielder Jennings was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Jennings scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, Tranmere Rovers won a home game hosting Bradford City (2-1).Tranmere are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Crewe Alexandra awaits in four days.
Tranmere Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Prenton Park with 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Tranmere Rovers have conceded 10 goals.
Leicester U21 form and stats
Things could have gone better for Leicester U21 in their Premier League 2 Division One away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Two away games in a row for Leicester, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 against Fulham U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League 2 Division One victory against Fulham U21 with the score of 3-1.The travelling fans enjoy Leicester U21's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Tranmere one win, zero draws and Leicester U21 one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hawkes 4 goals |  K. Morris 3 goals |  C. Jennings 3 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Leicester U21 missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Leicester U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 39 | 63 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 37% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 12.7 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 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 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Leicester U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -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 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -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 | Tottenham U21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2 | Fulham U21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough U21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Arsenal U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Liverpool U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 6 | Brighton U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Reading U21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | West Ham United U21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Norwich City U21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Chelsea U21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Leeds United U21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Manchester United U21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| 15 | Southampton U21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Aston Villa U21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Wolves U21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Leicester U21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Manchester City U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | West Brom U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 21 | Newcastle United U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 22 | Everton U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 23 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| 24 | Crystal Palace U21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 25 | Stoke City U21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
| 26 | Derby County U21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
