National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Burnley U23 or Peterborough United U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Burnley's stadium has a grass surface. Peterborough United U23 have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Peterborough United U23 when playing on grass; 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from six matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 19.
Burnley U23 form and stats
Last season their Premier League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Burnley U23 have played 4 Premier League 2 Divison Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Burnley has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Burnley's last game was hosting Norwich City U23 and winning 4-3. 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?
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League Cup match versus Sheffield Utd U23 with a 3-0 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Burnley, as the Premier League 2 Divison Two home game vs Middlesbrough U23 is only three days away.
Burnley are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Burnley U23 with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
Peterborough United U23 form and stats
Peterborough United U23's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League.
Peterborough are travelling again after losing away to Sheffield Wed U23 in their previous match (1-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sheffield Wed U23 was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hull City U23 in the Professional Development League.The travelling fans enjoy Peterborough United U23's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Peterborough United U23 concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
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| Burnley U23 | Peterborough United U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 85% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 86% | 69% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 71% | 46% | ||
| 64% | 91% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 77% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.3 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 47% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 53% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Peterborough United U23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Everton U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Fulham U23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Nottingham U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Burnley U23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Wolves U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Norwich City U23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Stoke City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Birmingham U23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Sunderland U23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coventry U23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Peterborough United U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Hull City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Wigan U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 6 | Barnsley U23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 7 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 8 | Crewe U23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 3 |