This is the Premier League 2 Division One season debut for these teams, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Leicester U21 or Derby County U21 get that very important first three points?
Leicester U21 form and stats
The previous season, Leicester U21's league results were 4 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 14th spot in the Premier League 2 Division One. From these 26 matches they scored {29 goals} and gave away 57. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Leicester U21 produced 2-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with {12 goals} and 28 conceded.
The manager Petty will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arsenal U21 in only four days.
Derby County U21 form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Derby County U21 as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 0 victories from 20 games, relegation was a fact. Derby County U21's manager Lyons are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League 2 Divison Two at the first attempt.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Liverpool U21 in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Leicester U21 missing players
Derby County U21 missing players
| Leicester U21 | Derby County U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leicester U21 | Last season | Derby County U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 9 | 19 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | ||
| 55 | 28 | Conceded | C | 32 | 70 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 62% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 55% | ||
| 19% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 30% | ||
| 58% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 35% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 17% | ||
| 11.2 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 13.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Tottenham U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Arsenal U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Newcastle United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Leeds United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Fulham U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leicester U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Stoke City U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Everton U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Reading U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Derby County U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Liverpool U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Norwich City U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Manchester United U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Crystal Palace U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolves U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Southampton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Brighton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Aston Villa U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | West Ham United U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 25 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 26 | Manchester City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 City U21 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 80 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 49 | 59 |
| 2 | Liverpool U21 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Chelsea U21 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U21 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Brighton U21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Arsenal U21 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Everton U21 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 32 |
| 9 | Manchester United U21 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 64 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 34 | -18 | 30 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | West Ham United U21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Wolves U21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -12 | 28 |
| 14 | Leicester U21 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southampton U21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Leeds United U21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | West Brom U21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Norwich City U21 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 29 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Newcastle United U21 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 14 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 32 | -57 | 1 |