Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham City U21 & Colchester United U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Birmingham City U21 have less rest than Colchester United U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Professional Development League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Barnsley U21.
Birmingham City U21 form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Birmingham City U21 have to build on here at Liberty Way in the Professional Development League.
A strong away win for Birmingham against Barnsley U21 the last match.
A 2-2 result against Southampton U21 before that one, played at home in the Premier League Cup.
A decent goal production from Birmingham City U21 in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Colchester United U21 form and stats
Colchester United U21 delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Everton U21 in their previous game; a Premier League Cup fixture.
A loss, in the Premier League Cup away at Everton U21, earlier.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived result featuring both these teams is the Colchester United U21 - Birmingham City U21 2-1 played previously this season. Numbers for the last two meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Birmingham, zero draws and one win for Colchester United U21. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Birmingham City U21 missing players
Colchester United U21 missing players
| Birmingham City U21 | Colchester United U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 26 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 36 | 48 | ||
| 89% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 63% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 82% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 65% | ||
| 26% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 70% | 47% | ||
| 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 71% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 6% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 49% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 6.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southampton U21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Everton U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Birmingham City U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 4 | Colchester United U21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | -15 | 4 |
| 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 |
