National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Birmingham City U21 or Colchester United U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Birmingham City U21 saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Professional Development League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Wigan Athletic U21.
Birmingham City U21 form and stats
Birmingham City U21 have collected 11 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 3-2-3.
Birmingham are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Wigan Athletic U21. As you see from the result above, Birmingham City U21 suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Barnsley U21.The match schedule is unforgiving for Birmingham City U21 as they have a new game in only three days, a Professional Development League match thankfully also at home. Hull City U21 are visiting.
Birmingham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Liberty Way with 14 goals in 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 match; a Premier League Cup fixture.
A defeat, in the Premier League Cup away at Everton U21, earlier.
A quick return to home after this game, as Colchester United U21 are hosting Queens Park Rangers U21 in the Professional Development League only four days away.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Colchester United U21 - Birmingham City U21 2-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Birmingham wins - draws - Colchester United U21 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Birmingham City U21 missing players
Colchester United U21 missing players
| Birmingham City U21 | Colchester United U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 26 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 36 | 48 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 65% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 82% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 65% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 70% | 47% | ||
| 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 71% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 6% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 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 | ||
| 7 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 45% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 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 |
