National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Charlton U23 or Colchester U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Charlton U23 and Colchester U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Charlton U23 form and stats
Last season, Charlton U23's Premier League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Overall Professional Development League stats at home this season for Charlton U23 are 4-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a Premier League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
Charlton U23 drew their last game, 3-3 away at Watford U23. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bristol City U23 and winning 4-0.
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?
Charlton U23 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Princes Park with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Charlton U23's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colchester U23 form and stats
They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Colchester U23's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Professional Development League. Colchester U23 only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. When we have look at the Premier League Cup statistics, we find 1W-2D-1L. This is both home and away. It's all red in the travel logs of Colchester U23, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Colchester U23's last game was the home draw against Ipswich U23 (2-2). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Reading U23 in the Premier League Cup.
Drawing 2-2 against Ipswich U23 after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
Colchester U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). The Colchester U23 manager has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Colchester U23 - Charlton U23 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Charlton U23, one draw and two wins for Colchester U23. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Charlton U23 missing players
Colchester U23 missing players
| Charlton U23 | Colchester U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 50 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 26 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 4% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 216 | 93 | Total Shots | T S | 109 | 230 | ||
| 100 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 90 | ||
| 49% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlton U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Swansea City U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 3 | Reading U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Colchester U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Watford U23 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Millwall U23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Charlton U23 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Coventry U23 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Cardiff U23 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 | Ipswich U23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Bristol City U23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Colchester U23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 12 |