Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arsenal U21 & Stoke City U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!
Arsenal U21 form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Premier League 2 Division One games here at Meadow Park for Arsenal U21. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A nice win for Arsenal U21 last time playing, versus Everton U21. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Cirjan, Bandeira and Alencar scoring for the victors.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Crystal Palace U21 that ended 1-1.Arsenal U21 are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Stevenage awaits in three days.
Arsenal are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Meadow Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches.
Stoke City U21 form and stats
1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stoke City U21 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two matches away.
Stoke City U21 go into this game after a win, the home game against Derby County U21 that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Stoke was the only team on the pitch versus Derby County U21 in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting West Brom U21's place.The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Stoke City U21 defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() C. Sagoe Junior 4 goals | ![]() D. McGuinness 4 goals |
Arsenal U21 missing players
Stoke City U21 missing players
| Arsenal U21 | Stoke City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 12 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | ||
| 32 | 8 | Conceded | C | 26 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 67% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 22% | ||
| 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 50% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 39% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | ||
| 8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Stoke City U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Burnley U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Swansea City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Arsenal U21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Liverpool U21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Manchester City U21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Chelsea U21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace U21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Fulham U21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 19 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Wolves U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Manchester United U21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 10 |
| 12 | Leicester U21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 13 | West Ham United U21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 8 |
| 14 | Tottenham U21 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -18 | 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 | Leeds United U21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 25 |
| 2 | Southampton U21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 0 |