National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blackburn Rovers U23 or Nottingham U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Blackburn Rovers U23 form and stats
Blackburn was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Premier League Cup.Blackburn Rovers U23's results here at The County Ground in the Premier League 2 Division One have been very modest with 0 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. On the other hand, in the Premier League Cup, Blackburn Rovers U23 has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses. With ten home Premier League 2 Division One games in a row without a win, the Blackburn Rovers U23 fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Southampton U23 game long ago, can be stopped today.
C. McBride was the last player to score a league goal for Blackburn Rovers U23 and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Blackburn haven't scored in 198 minutes.
Blackburn Rovers U23's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Manchester United U23. As you see from the result above, Blackburn Rovers U23 suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at West Ham United U23 in the Premier League 2 Division One.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn as they are travelling to their away game against Leicester City U23 in the Premier League 2 Division One. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Blackburn Rovers U23 in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Blackburn Rovers U23 having conceded 15 goals here at The County Ground so far.
Nottingham U23 form and stats
Last season their Premier League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nottingham U23 so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Nottingham's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Nottingham failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two home match vs Newcastle Utd U23 that ended with defeat 1-3.
Prior to that match, the Nottingham manager A. Reid faced defeat when travelling to Middlesbrough U23 and losing 1-2.A new game in only four days for Nottingham U23, the Premier League 2 Divison Two home match versus Stoke City U23. Busy days.
Nottingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nottingham have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Nottingham U23 - Blackburn 4-1.Top Goalscorers
  S. Burns 7 goals |   O. Hammond 5 goals | W. Swan 5 goals |
Blackburn Rovers U23 missing players
Nottingham U23 missing players
| Blackburn Rovers U23 | Nottingham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 58 | 27 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 11.9 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Nottingham U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 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 | West Ham United U23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Tottenham U23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Arsenal U23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Manchester City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Brighton U23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace U23 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Manchester United U23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Everton U23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 17 |
| 9 | Leicester City U23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Liverpool U23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | Chelsea U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Derby County U23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Leeds U23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Burnley U23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Nottingham U23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |