National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arsenal U21 or Burnley U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Arsenal U21 form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Meadow Park as Arsenal U21 have scored 18 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premier League 2 Division One are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Arsenal U21 club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Leicester U21 and win 2-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Manchester City U21 (0-6).There will be little rest for Arsenal after this match as they are travelling to Blackburn Rovers U21 for a Premier League 2 Division One game in only four days.
Arsenal U21 are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Meadow Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches.
Burnley U21 form and stats
4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Burnley U21 in their Professional Development League matches away.
The Burnley goalkeeper Denis Franchi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 186 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Burnley U21 delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Swansea City U21 in their previous game; a Premier League Cup duel.
Before that, Burnley U21 secured a home win against Sheffield Wednesday U21 with the score 3-0.Burnley has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Burnley U21 in these games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the participants met previously this season; Burnley U21 - Arsenal U21 1-3. One of the stars has been Ideho with 2 goals scored against Burnley U21 in these 1 games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Sagoe Junior 4 goals | K. Edwards 3 goals |
Arsenal U21 missing players
Burnley U21 missing players
| Arsenal U21 | Burnley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 20 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 35% | ||
| 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 65% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | ||
| 7.4 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal U21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Stoke City U21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Burnley U21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | Swansea City U21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Chelsea U21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Arsenal U21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace U21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Liverpool U21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Fulham U21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Manchester United U21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
| 10 | Wolves U21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | West Ham United U21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 13 | Leicester U21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -14 | 9 |
| 14 | Tottenham U21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 3 | Sheffield United U21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Burnley U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 8 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Hull City U21 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 12 | Peterborough United U21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Birmingham City U21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Coventry City U21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -21 | 12 |
| 18 | Barnsley U21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra U21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
