Sunderland U21 have journeyed here for an engaging duel versus the hosts Nottingham Forest U21. Get ready for the fixture with this full Premier League 2 Divison Two preview!
- Nottingham Forest U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sunderland U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
Three Premier League 2 Divison Two home games done for Nottingham Forest U21, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Nottingham Forest U21's last game was hosting Sunderland U21 (placed 8th) and winning 1-0. Sweet to taste a league victory after four fixtures without. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Rogers when Konate scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Newcastle United U21 (1-2).Nottingham Forest U21 have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Sunderland U21 form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sunderland U21 are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The attacking players of Sunderland have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 218 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sunderland U21 as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Nottingham Forest U21.
Prior to that match, the Sunderland U21 manager Dodds faced defeat when travelling to Middlesbrough U21 and losing 0-2.The travelling fans enjoy Sunderland's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Sunderland U21 have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have battled previously this season: Nottingham - Sunderland U21 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Thompson 5 goals | C. Kelly 2 goals |   A. Konate 1 goals |
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
Sunderland U21 missing players
| Nottingham Forest U21 | Sunderland U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 0.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.5 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 58% |
| 13 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.3 | 14.6 |
| 5.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.3 | 5.8 |
- Nottingham Forest U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest U21 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nottingham Forest U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United U21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Norwich City U21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Southampton U21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | West Brom U21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Stoke City U21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 0 |
