It's the Premier League Cup: Arsenal U23 and Southampton U23 face off

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Competition: England Premier League Cup
Competition: Thu 02.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arsenal U23 & Southampton U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

The visiting Southampton U23 played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League 2 Divison Two match. That game, against Middlesbrough U23, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Southampton U23.

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Arsenal U23 form and stats

Arsenal U23 have played 4 Premier League 2 Divison Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Arsenal after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A nice win for Arsenal U23 last time playing, versus Monaco U23. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-3 with Z. Medley (2) and F. Balogun (2) scoring for the victors. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? A late climax in the match against Monaco U23 as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by F. Balogun.

Previous to that game, a Premier League International Cup home match hosting Leicester City U23 in a game that was won 3-0.

Arsenal are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won one, drew zero and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Arsenal U23's attacking play is working. Arsenal U23's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Southampton U23 form and stats

Southampton U23 was sent out of Premier League Cup in the group stage last season.

The Premier League 2 Divison Two season is young and Southampton U23 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Southampton lost away at Middlesbrough U23 (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Ahead of that match was the Premier League 2 Divison Two away draw versus Nottingham U23 that ended 0-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Southampton U23 has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Arsenal U23K. Taylor-Hart
K. Taylor-Hart
2 goals
Arsenal U23M. Azeez
M. Azeez
1 goals

Arsenal U23 missing players

Southampton U23 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal U23 Southampton U23
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 16   Played P   10 25
14 11   Won W   1 9
5 3   Drew D   2 3
6 2   Lost L   7 13
52 36   Scored S   9 39
34 16   Conceded C   21 45
96% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 96%
80% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 92%
72% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 76%
60% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 36%
20% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
60% 44%   BTTS BTTS   70% 72%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 12%
8% 12%   Failed to Score F T   20% 20%
 
6.1 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.6
4.2 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.6
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.4 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 12
6.6 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 6
33% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 28%

  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 U23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Southampton U23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Brighton U23 13 8 4 1 33 8 7 4 3 0 19 5 6 4 1 1 14 3 25 28
2 Aston Villa U23 13 9 0 4 32 18 6 4 0 2 18 9 7 5 0 2 14 9 14 27
3 Blackburn Rovers U23 11 8 1 2 19 8 6 4 0 2 7 4 5 4 1 0 12 4 11 25
4 Norwich City U23 13 7 1 5 21 19 6 4 0 2 10 9 7 3 1 3 11 10 2 22
5 Southampton U23 13 6 3 4 27 23 6 3 0 3 13 16 7 3 3 1 14 7 4 21
6 Wolves U23 13 5 4 4 20 24 6 2 2 2 8 12 7 3 2 2 12 12 -4 19
7 Swansea City U23 8 5 1 2 12 6 5 4 1 0 11 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 6 16
8 Tottenham U23 8 5 1 2 16 14 4 2 0 2 6 9 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 16
9 Arsenal U23 7 5 0 2 16 9 4 3 0 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 7 15
10 Chelsea U23 10 5 0 5 18 16 3 2 0 1 5 4 7 3 0 4 13 12 2 15
11 Fulham U23 12 4 3 5 18 20 5 0 2 3 3 9 7 4 1 2 15 11 -2 15
12 Manchester City U23 9 4 2 3 17 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 3 1 1 13 3 9 14
13 Reading U23 12 3 3 6 17 23 7 3 2 2 11 10 5 0 1 4 6 13 -6 12
14 Leicester City U23 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 3 1 0 10 2 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 11
15 Everton U23 8 3 1 4 11 16 4 2 0 2 6 7 4 1 1 2 5 9 -5 10
16 Liverpool U23 8 3 0 5 12 13 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 1 0 3 5 9 -1 9
17 Manchester United U23 7 2 3 2 11 12 4 1 1 2 7 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 -1 9
18 Sunderland U23 8 3 0 5 8 17 5 2 0 3 7 12 3 1 0 2 1 5 -9 9
19 Middlesbrough U23 12 2 3 7 15 28 5 1 2 2 8 12 7 1 1 5 7 16 -13 9
20 Stoke City U23 10 2 2 6 13 22 6 2 0 4 9 12 4 0 2 2 4 10 -9 8
21 Newcastle Utd U23 8 2 1 5 11 17 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 1 0 3 7 9 -6 7
22 Derby County U23 7 2 1 4 8 14 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 3 6 9 -6 7
23 West Ham United U23 8 2 1 5 3 9 4 0 1 3 1 5 4 2 0 2 2 4 -6 7
24 West Bromwich Albion U23 10 1 1 8 10 26 6 1 1 4 6 14 4 0 0 4 4 12 -16 4
25 Gjilani 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
26 Kek-U 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

Table
  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 U23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Southampton U23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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