In total; 15 fixtures are finished and Manchester United U21 are 3 points on top of Blackburn Rovers U21. Who will win?
- Manchester United U21 have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Blackburn Rovers U21 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League 2 Division One
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Manchester United U21 form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League 2 Division One, Manchester United U21 have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
A strong away win for Manchester United U21 against West Ham United U21 the last match, as Gómez, Aljofree and Hugill were on target. The game against West Ham United U21 had lots of late drama as Manchester came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Aljofree's goal in the 85th minute. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Dempsey when Aljofree scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Liverpool U21 in a game that was won 2-1.Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 13 of the 15 latest league games with this club has seen three goals or more.
Manchester United U21 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Leigh Sports Village Stadium with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Manchester United U21 having conceded 20 goals here at Leigh Sports Village Stadium so far.
Blackburn Rovers U21 form and stats
Playing away, Blackburn Rovers U21 have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premier League 2 Division One this season.
Blackburn are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the fixture against Everton U21 (placed 7th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Everton U21 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Wolves U21.Observe that 10 of this team's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Blackburn Rovers U21's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Blackburn Rovers U21 - Manchester United U21 6-1.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Leonard 6 goals |  J. Hugill 5 goals | M. Jurado Gómez 4 goals |
Manchester United U21 missing players
Blackburn Rovers U21 missing players
| Manchester United U21 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 40 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 79% |
| 87% | 86% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 71% |
| 73% | 71% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 47% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 53% | 50% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 40% |
| 12.2 | 11.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.1 | 13.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 7 | 5.8 |
- All of Manchester United U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers U21 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Blackburn Rovers U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester United U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Manchester United U21 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Manchester United U21 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League 2 Division One
- Manchester United U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea U21 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Manchester City U21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Arsenal U21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Liverpool U21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Manchester United U21 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 9 | Brighton U21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Wolves U21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 | West Ham United U21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Leicester U21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -14 | 10 |
| 14 | Tottenham U21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 9 |
